The goal of the project was building the capacity of three organizations in the project consortium in order to raise the quality level of youth work in the field of strengthening the employability of young people. Our consortium wanted to develop the competences of youth workers, bring the EU dimension to their work, and finally create tools and methods for supporting young people to find their way in today’s labour market. During the project our team delivered on 3 specific objectives: 1) to promote the network exchange of knowledge, the best practices and the European perspectives among youth workers and our organizations in the consortium in order to improve our everyday operations and achieve greater impact to our beneficiaries; 2) to equip and empower youth workers for supporting young people to find their way in today’s labour market and to improve their employability; 3) to create better career prospects for young people with fewer opportunities by identifying new ways of cooperating with diverse stakeholders in the field of employability for young people
The main motivation to apply for this project were the results of analyses conducted by 3 organizations in the consortium and experience from other youth organizations. Results showed that youth workers should develop methodologies and tools to support young people on their career path, especially in post-pandemic conditions. Feedback received from IT companies and young people in Serbia; youth workers from Croatia and young people from Portugal, showed that the young are interested in remote jobs. For young people a particular challenge is work-life balance and a lack of flexibility in work and working hours. For remote-first and IT companies remote culture is a system to attract young people and reach many youth outside of big cities. Based on all these recommendations, and gained experience in work with young beneficiaries and youth workers, the consortium organizations developed a comprehensive tool to respond to needs which we have addressed in the project. The toolkit contains solutions, suggestions and recommendations for young people on how to position themselves in the labour market, obtain skills and how to reach stakeholders from their prospective areas of interests.