Today, many young people in Europe are facing with not adequate soft and employment skills and to find opportunities to enhance these skills. Young people are having issues to adapt to the labor market in today’s globalized world.
We aimed to organize this youth exchange and to bring together young people from 6 European countries, in particular NGO’s in those countries whose communities face issue of youth unemployment and lack of opportunities for non formal education activities, in order to develop their soft skills and to take initiative to enhance their employability in the labor market trough self-development and entrepreneurship.
With this project we aimed to raise their awareness of the importance of soft skills and how these skills with proper validation can contribute to their job opportunities. make better use of the soft skills, to equip young people with the new skills that are needed, and to help them find and create quality jobs and improve their life chances in their communities and countries.
OBJECTIVES:
– To provide tools for young people to develop their soft skills and take their ideas into action.
– To find the ways to adapt adequately to the labor market’s needs.
– To develop entrepreneurship skills of 31 young people from 6 countries.
– To gain knowledge about opportunities of Erasmus+ (and Erasmus for young entrepreneurs)
– To enhance youth activism and sense of initiative.
– To promote European cooperation in the field of youth.
Project partners:
- TWILIGHT COMMUNITY GROUP (Ireland)
- Latvian Association for Youth Activists (Latvia)
- Asociacion Cultural Somos Europa (Spain)
- KIYIKOY DOGA SPORLARI KULUBU DERNEGI (Turkey)
- ARTE M ASSOCIACAO CULTURAL E ARTISTICA NA MADEIRA (Portugal)
Project dates:
You exchange happened between 23- 29 May, 2022 in Trakai region, Lithuania.
Impact:
During the 7-day youth exchange participants boosted their soft skills and developed their entrepreneurship skill-set, as well as by working in the international groups developed business and start-up ideas based on the business canvas model. Additionally participants received know-how on how to write a business plan, how budgeting works and what all opportunities at home or internationally they can use to put their idea into action (i.e. get funding).
