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Made by Two Hands - Regional Handicraft in Introducing Youth into European Labour Market
Start date: Oct 26, 2015, End date: Oct 25, 2017 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The world of employment in our global society is changing permanently. Due to the rapid progress of the information technology, new occupational fields come up all the time, and traditional job profiles have to be modified. In future times our pupils have to orientate themselves to the European job market and have to hold their grounds against strong competitors. Our project aims to facilitate students’ school-to-work transition and make them aware of job opportunities in other EU countries. We believe that entrepreneurship, creativity, innovation and adaptation to the rapidly changing world of work is very significant for the future of the youth. All in all involving youth in European issues will help them get rid of their prejudice towards EU countries , make them willing to be active citizens and qualified workers of the EU and also motivate them to continue their studies, preventing them from early school leaving. Realization of the project "Made by Two Hands - Regional Handicraft in Introducing Youth into European Labour Market" is to show pupils the EU in a positive light to the youth and encouraging their active involvement in EU issues. We hope to strengthen international cooperation and knowledge of partners' languages and cultures. We will use IT to encourage communication and youth-friendly materials and activities to motivate their interest. In the course of the project students will have the opportunity to learn more about the European Union and its member countries, about other cultures and ways of life and to make sure that people from various cultural backgrounds are able to work together to promote European values. The teachers will have the chance to study the others’ countries educational systems, to exchange the experiences connected with work with pupils and parents and finally become more innovative. Through a diversity of activities (as aptitude, multiple intelligence tests, craft and jobs questionnaires and career orientation) the students’ positive attitude towards school increases, they keep coming to school, and we can encounter less early school leaving, while they become aware of the importance of school and education, of the necessity of graduating in order to enter the European, work market. Students will develop their knowledge in different school subjects in the active way and will find proper information concerning the labour market. Realization of the project will take place through: - searching and working out the information about the dream jobs in different information sources - taking part in workshops: psychological ones and crafts - creating different handmade products , preparing multimedial presentations and exhibitions-preparation the small business plans -execution "little businesses". The final effect of the project will also be creating the electronic book by the pupils, presenting the information about dream jobs and labor market in EU both in English and the national language. The project will also bring benefits to teachers who will try to experiment different teaching methods and approaches. A focus on the chosen traditional handicrafts and jobs of each country will give all participants the opportunity to raise their own cultural awareness . We learn about the partner’s countries through getting knowing their educational systems, schools, region and country but from future work possibilities point of view. The partners start working out with their pupils what are the dream jobs for them and what are the future possibilities in the EU to study and work. They collect ideas and material, which are suitable for showing the job market in their country. The pupils work about the traditional and modern professions and enrich their description with photos, interviews with businessmen, people doing interesting job, instruction how to write CVs. We expect with this project that increasing knowledge and awareness within certain areas, together with experiences we are going to share during the project meetings can prepare both teachers and students for labour market challenges in future.
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