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Capability means Employability

2022-3-DE04-KA152-YOU-0000952232022Mobility of young peoplefinalized
Countries: DE|MK|ES|BG|RS|IT · Grant: €28,360
EmployabilityYouth employabilityDigital skills and competences

Objectives

The project ‘Capability Means Employability’ implemented by ‘Europaische Jugendperspektiven’ from Germany in cooperation with the partners representing North Macedonia, Serbia, Spain, Italy and Bulgaria aimed to develop digital competencies of young people with the goal to increase their employability. Concretely, the project ‘Capability Means Employability’ included one mobility activity, youth exchange aiming to reach the following objectives: -to provide the participants an opportunity to increase digital competencies through individual and group work; -to develop participant’s active digital participation competence which covers the skills required to find, critically assess and use digital content; -to develop participant’s knowledge on digital competences in relation to job seeking process; -to increase employability of the participants of youth exchange and their future job prospects; -to raise participant’s understanding of digital cultures, ‘being a digital native’ and being able to navigate and work in the digital environments; -to share good practices from participating countries focused on increasing digital competencies of young people including young people with fewer opportunities and get inspired by them; -to strengthen participants team work and intercultural competencies by providing them an opportunity to work in mix intercultural environment; -to encourage the participants to share their new competencies with their peers coming from their communities through follow up events or with their peers who will be reached through online activities implemented during the youth exchange; -to develop participant’s leadership skills by providing them an opportunity to prepare with support of their sending organizations and group leaders sessions through which other participants can explore healthy practices in their countries; -to strengthen participants' understanding of Erasmus + Programme and to encourage young people to take part in international mobility activities. Planned objectives were reached through activities based on methods and tools of non-formal education supporting active involvement of young people, including young people with fewer opportunities.

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