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INstruments of promotion FOr youth employment: bui..
INstruments of promotion FOr youth employment: building our future
Start date: Jan 1, 2015,
End date: Aug 1, 2015
PROJECT
FINISHED
INstruments of promotion FOr youth employment: building our future – INFO Project was promoted by the Municpality of Roccavaldina (ME). The project has been thought as a combined project, composed of two parts: a Seminar and a Youth Exchange under KA1, Programme Countries, but only the Youth Exchange part was approved.
The activities of the Youth Exchange took place in Roccavaldina – Italy from 20 to 27 of May 2015.
The Project involved Local Bodies and NGO from Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Estonia, Slovakia, Portugal, Spain e Romania. At the youth exchange took part 4 young people and 1 Group Leader for each one, in total 38 youngsters and 9 group leader.
The topic of the project focused on Youth Employment in EU and the need to identify differences at the level of European youth policy especially in the field of support for professional qualifications and employability of young people, creating a venue platform for sharing best practices and dialogue among the participants on the nation experiences in the Youth Employment System. The main objective was to encourage the participants to reflect upon European priorities and to involve them in the discussion on the construction and the future of the EU Agenda and 2020 European Strategy. The Youth Exchange intended to develop competences for young people and group leaders that contribute to a spirit of mutual understanding and respect of each other, to raise awareness of understanding of other cultures by offering them the opportunity to build international networks of contacts.
The working methods have been based on the principles of non formal education which promoted the active learning, among youth workers and young people and the peer exchange of knowledge: both were based on the learning by doing and on the horizontal cooperation between participants, in order to ensure the individual personal and professional development.
The activities of the project were: Presentation performed by each partner, Social Games, Workshop, Seminar and learning moments, Working Group, Brainstorming, Experience Laboratory e Simulation, Circle Time, Business Game, Teambuilding Activities, Exchange of good practices, Networking, Evaluation, Intercultural Night, Moments of debates, Panel Discussion and Comparison. Furthermore this articulated project also offered the space for establishment of new network and cooperation for future international youth projects.