The project objectives were following: 1. Raise capacities of partners for empowering unemployed young people’s employability and entrepreneurial skills, through active participation in development of new educational materials, and through organising local level training courses for VET educators of partners. 2. Develop a comprehensive curriculum for educators and VET providers for enhancing entrepreneurial and selfemployment skills of unemployed young people; containing plan of learning for educators and workshops for organizing trainings. 3.Raise knowledge and skills of 45 VET educators for using the educational curriculum to empower unemployed young people’s employability and entrepreneurial skills; through 3 local trainings organised in each of the participating countries. 4. Develop 2 interactive gamified online learning courses for unemployed young people, empowering their employability and entrepreneurial skills and their knowledge and skills for work as virtual assistants and finding entry level jobs in the field. 5. Present project outputs to wider audience of VET educators and VET providers in local communities of partners, and ensure further use of the educational materials; through 3 local multiplier conferences
Unemployed and NEET young people face persistent challenges entering the labour market, often due to a mismatch between their skills and employers’ needs. VET programmes in many European countries still lack sufficient focus on digital and entrepreneurial competences demanded by the modern economy. Our organisations recognised these shared challenges among the participating countries that includes: limited digital readiness of VET educators, lack of innovative educational materials, and weak links between training and the labour market. The project was designed to bridge this gap by developing a curriculum and interactive online courses focused on virtual assistance, self-employment, and digital entrepreneurship. Through this initiative, we aimed to enhance the employability of unemployed youth, strengthen educators’ capacity, and support the adaptation of VET systems to the realities of the digital labour market. For this reason, the project involved three main target groups: partner organisations (VET providers), VET educators and unemployed/NEET citizens from our local communities.