23% - Who cares? - Youth unemployment in Europe
Start date: Sep 1, 2014,
End date: Aug 31, 2016
PROJECT
FINISHED
Context and background of project:
Youth unemployment is a current and explosive topic in the whole of Europe and young people in Europe should get the opportunity to increase their chances on the job market. Increasing unemployment should be stemmed. In case of unemployment young people should be supported by showing them ways to access financial and legal support.
Number and profile of participants:
1. Höhere Bundeslehranstalt für wirtschaftliche Berufe, Tourismus, Mode und Bekleidungstechnik Oberwart - Berufsbildende Höhere Schule
HBLA-Oberwart is a vocational school offering education and training to 740 students. The students can choose between four branches: Fashion and Clothing, Product Management, Tourism, and Service Industries.
2. IES ALFONSO XIII
La Vall d’Alba High School, officially IES Alfonso XIII, with 630 students is the centre of education for all its students from 22 towns.
3. Oberstufenzentrum Ostprignitz-Ruppin
With 1800 students and about 80 teachers and trainers the OSZ OPR is the biggest centre (college) for vocational training and vocational education in the northern part of the Federal State of Brandenburg.
4. i.m.s. Vittoria Colonna
The lyceum “Vittoria Colonna” is a high school with almost 800 students and 70 teachers. It has three different areas: Scientific-technology, human and social science and linguistics.
5. Escola Secundária de Moura
It is a public school for General education on a secondary level.
Activities:
A1 – A5: “film-project days” at each partner school - dated at the beginning of the project October 2014
A6 – A10: “get your job days” at each partner school – dated January 2015
A11 – A15: “date your job days“ at each partner school - dated March 2015
A16 – A20: “further education days“ at each partner school – dated May 2015
C1 + C2: workshop and project-days in Austria – dated December 2014
C3 + C4: workshop and project-days in Germany – dated March 2015
C5 + C6: workshop and project-days in Portugal – dated October 2015
C7 + C8: workshop and project-days in Italy – dated May 2015
C9 + C10: workshop and project-days in Spain– dated January 2016
C11: long-term visit in Austria – dated November/December 2014
C12: long-term visit in Germany – dated February/March 2015
C13: long-term visit in Portugal – dated September/October 2015
C14: long-term visit in Italy – dated April/May 2015
C15: long-term visit in Spain – dated December/January 2015/16
M1: coordinating meeting in Austria – dated October 2014
M2: final presentation in Austria – dated May 2016
E1: Mulitplier Event in Austria – dated December 2014
E2: Final presentation in Austria – dated May 2016
E3: Press-conference in Germany – dated March 2015
E4: Press-conference in Italy – dated May 2015
E5: Press-conference in Portugal – dated October 2015
E6: Press-conference in Spain – dated January 2016
Methodology used in carrying out the project:
Applied project management and a structural plan which has been developed give an overview over budget and time structure. The project will be under permanent supervision of a controlling body in charge (e.g. headmaster /-mistress).
Target oriented work with the help of work packages will lead to sustainable and useable results. Monthly quality checks by the controlling body guarantee the compliance with the structure plan of the project regarding time, finance and results.
Reasons must be given for deviances from the structure plan.
All participating schools will send reports of their results so that the coordinating school will be able to act adequate to the situation.
The controlling body is trained in business economics and law and experienced in the fields of controlling and conflict management.
Pedagogues with degrees in the following subjects are involved in the project and guarantee the quality of the common product (job-box).
Results and impact:
The project wants to reduce unemployment and support affected people.
Long term benefits:
This project will entail contacts and friendships among participating students and teachers. Teachers and students will be working closely together and in long-term and short-term mobilities students will spend a lot of time together with students from participating other schools. They will get to know more about each other’s living-conditions, cultures and ways of life and will be influenced by them. These positive experiences will broaden students’ and teachers’ horizons and make them more open for a common European mindset that includes thoughts of peace, cooperation and liberality. These results will persist and will therefore foster common European goals.
The encounter with people from other countries with a different background will inevitably have an impact on all the participants. Students will afterwards be more open to travelling and will probably also think about foreign countries as a choice for their domicile and place of work.
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