READ is a 20-month capacity building project dealing with youth, literacy and social inclusion and involving 5 partners: 3 from Europe (CSC Danilo Dolci – Italy, RIS Mansion Rakičan – Slovenia, Amadeus Association– Austria), 1 from Asia (JRP – India) and 1 from Africa (ITF from Kenya).The aim of the project has been to promote reading to young people in an integrated manner. READ has been addressing the problem of illiteracy, the risk of school dropout and the lack of interest that young people have towards education and reading in an integrated manner, using creativity and non-formal education methodologies. The objectives are:- To promote marginalized youngsters ‘s appeal and creativity to decrease their risk of early school leaving- To enhance the socio-professional development of unemployed youth workers- To foster young people’s social inclusion through intercultural activities- To produce a freely available and sustainable Open Educational Resource (OER) for youth workers and organisations dealing with youth.READ foresees the following local and mobility activities:1) State of the art about: a) the situation of literacy/early school leaving levels of partners’ country and specific focus on local community; b) the specific learning needs of the target; c) background framework for project’s methodologies; d) best practices on non-formal approach to read, including the use of digital technologies and social media.2) 8-day International Training Course involving 36 youth workers with educational/artistic background working in youth centres. Goals: 1. to share the results of the research and learn non-formal methodologies in order to increase the appeal of education and the interest in reading for young people; 2. stimulating their creativity and participation and providing the basis of the method to be implemented in the following activities; 3. plan local activities .3) Local activities, involving youth workers, young people dealing with the educational field and youngsters with fewer opportunities. In each project country, youth workers trained young people on how to reinterpret reading through the arts.Local educational activities aimed at increasing the interest and appeal for the educational path, developing outputs, tools and methodologies to be used in the local community. 5) A Local Contest during which local teams has the opportunity to present their creative outputs and a jury selected the winning local team.6) Job shadowing: youth workers from each project organisation had the opportunity to live a short term mobility in a project country exchanging good practices on non-formal educational methods7) International READ Workshop and Festival (8 days): international mixed teams composed by the young people winners of the Local Contests work together to produce new READ products, showing the project results during a public event.Finally, an Open Educational Resource has been developed to capitalize all the outcomes and outputs of the project as well as to be used by any people and organisations dealing with youth and education.

Success is not only related to numbers and figures, but has to do also with respect, honor, integrity, results-oriented, risk-taking, passion, creativity, innovation, project management, reaching purposes, persistence, environmental friendly; features to be applied both to school both to business climate. The project emphasizes the vital role of entrepreneurship education in creating economic values that are bounded by ethically and socially responsible business practice, taking into account that one of the main challenges of a young entrepreneur is to maintain its core values towards the community, people and environment in a ruthless competition.The main topic is the promotion of Ethics and Entrepreneurship Education by matching formal, informal and non formal competencies.The objectives of EYEE are:- Promoting the culture of doing business ethically among young people at European level.- Proposing to do business as a possible source of employment after high school.- Creating a path of integration and cultural exchange between young people of different origins.- Appreciating the common values in the way of doing business, combining the legitimate profit with the centrality of the human person and the social responsibilities.- Promoting the development and the creation of start-ups, starting by the schools. The project activities:- elaborated a common framework for the assessment, validation and recognition of informal and non-formal competences and skills concerning Ethical entrepreneurship and propose a unified profile on Ethical entrepreneurship fundamentals;- provided a valid instrument for teachers/trainers/mentors to recognize these competencies in the students/learners;- trained teachers and trainers on: how to recognize competences and skills assessment related to Ethical Entrepreneurship; how to address skills and competencies to build an Ethical enterprise, how to develop online training contents; how to admin Moodle platform; how to acquire an entrepreneurial mentoring approach.- moved students/learners/youngsters through the stages of maturation of entrepreneurial concepts for ensuring the development of an ethical and social entrepreneurship;- provided a training course (online and face-to-face) on Ethical Entrepreneurship for students, learners, startuppers and other beginners;- built a permanent platform with information and online training modules on Ethical entrepreneurship fundamentals and start up;- created a community where schools, start-ups, SMEs, Local Authorities, Universities, VET providers can develop contents, evaluate their business plan and create a network.EYEE project involved in 2 years 300 high school students, 20 schools, 100 professionals and entrepreneurs in 10 European cities in 8 countries to promote an ethics and entrepreneurship path that help youngsters to start from 0 and to create their own business ideas. EYEE project results have longer-term benefit providing a format for ethics and entrepreneurship education that can be used in schools all over Europe in next years. Some of the students that participated to the project created business ideas that can be transformed in next years in in real businesses and startups.

<< Objectives >>Specific objectives and expected results:- Promotion of financial-environmental awareness among entrepreneurs- Improvement of teaching methodologies for the acquisition of eco-responsible financial skills- Create specific training itineraries to acquire the necessary financial skills- Promote cooperation at European level- Support European, national and regional strategies for innovation and smart specialisation.<< Implementation >>- Kick-off meeting- Tangible result of the project. EXPERT COURSE/Guide- Learning activity- Multiplier events (Spain and Italy)- Final coordination meeting<< Results >>Expert course / guide.Learning activityMultiplier eventsPromotion of financial-environmental awareness among entrepreneursImprovement of teaching methodologies for the acquisition of eco-responsible skills

<< Objectives >>-Promotion of environmental awareness among entrepreneurs-Improvement of teaching methodologies for the acquisition of eco-responsible skills-Promotion of business sustainability-Fight against depopulation in rural areas-Make high-quality material available to trainers and entrepreneurs-Create specific training itineraries to acquire the necessary ecological capacities<< Implementation >>-Kick off meeting-Tangible result of the project. EXPERT COURSE-Learning activity-Follow-up meeting-Multiplier event<< Results >>-Expert Course-Multiplier Event-Learning activity-Promotion of environmental awareness among entrepreneurs-Improvement of teaching methodologies for the acquisition of eco-responsible skills-Fight against depopulation in rural areas

Project’s scope is focused in tackling the needs of VET sector in vocational advisory. According to the project experts' research (representing all partners) and available literature there is a need to update outdated tests, which have been used since years and methodology of supporting career decisions and vocational development of people during transition and long-term unemployed looking for competencies important in open EU job market. The format and methodology of assessment and supporting vocational development are not suitable any more for young EU citizens, which means that VET advisors (working in schools, labour agencies, coaches, ect.) are looking for new tools assisting personal career development. Consortium will focus on supporting emotional intelligence and socio-emotional competencies of beneficiary thanks of:- Working on conflict: The labour market is not capable of meeting the working needs of the citizens which has taken many people into learning as a desperate way out to get a job. As a consequence, unrest, negativity, demotivation and hopelessness in the future are the elements that represent a situation which is much more complex for teachers of the unemployed. - Sharing experiences and contrasting methodologies: Being a common problem and challenge across Europe there is the opportunity to share experiences and methodologies for knowledge transfer.- Providing trainers with socio-emotional skills: VET educators and trainers often are specialist in their technical subject but they do not have the emotional skills and competences developed to face the complex socio-emotional situations that might encounter in the classrooms. The project is focused in VET as TARGET GROUP, especially: VET advisors, career coaches (1st) and VET learners (2nd). Improving competencies of these groups is very promising for achieving broad results coming from services delivered for big number of advisors customers. Due to the economic crisis, for the last few years there has been a significant growth in the number of people who are long-term unemployed. Eurostat's statistics show that 5% of the EU working population is long term unemployed although the differences between European countries vary from the 5% of AU to the 19,5% of Greece. Analyzing the long term unemployment as a percentage of the total unemployment by sex and age from 14-75 years the figures an EU average of around 33.6% The difficulties that these people face are two-fold: on one hand, they are searching in a saturated employment market, and on the other, their experience and qualifications are not easily adapted to present needs. The long-term unemployed, not only need to improve their technical skills, but they also have difficulties with motivation, initiative and maintaining a positive attitude. Understanding this is key to improve their employability. Professionals that teach the long-term unemployed, not only need to know the technical contents, but also the process of teaching and learning. It's vital to give teachers the emotional skills to identify the course attendees´ needs, address their low self-esteem, frustration, rage and hopelessness.OBJECTIVES:- To improve advisors´ educational practice quality, by using online tests/guides or coaching sessions (O1-O4) to facilitate the management of emotional processes in classroom. - Develop innovative teaching resources to train VET educators in emotional competencies (O1-O4).- Develop an interactive platform with virtual spaces for the self-assessment of emotional competencies, co-creation and dissemination of educational materials, exchange of ideas and methodologies, etc. (IO1).- Test the quality of the products obtained consulting stakeholders, associated partners and indirect target groups.- Disseminate the project at local/regional/national and international level taking advantage of partners’ network.The ultimate objective of this project is to improve the quality of the teaching and learning process by developing emotional skills competences among VET advisors to tackle effectively the specific characteristic of the target group: VET students.The emotional skills training for VET advisors will improve their professional practice, will improve their expectations of being successful in teaching target group and will have positive impact on professional development and future career. By offering new tools and methods they will help to avoid burnout. Project would generate a positive IMPACT:1. Educate trainers of the long-term unemployed who are actively seeking work, particularly those at risk of exclusion and vulnerability (such as refugees and asylum seekers).2. It will help VET students who want to improve their training to maintain or improve their professional career.