Digital literacy and 21st century skills play a crucial role, because all young people will have to have technological and digital skills & a flexible approach at work for the future and in everyday life.Therefore, the development and promoting quality of diversity youth work is crucial for inclusion in socio-economical environments and promoting digital empowerment allowing greater synergies across all fields of actions concerning young people with special focus on autonomy, participation with active citizenship, notably for those at risk of social exclusion by enhancing critical thinking and media literacy, sense of initiative and promoting entrepreneurship education (EU Rec. Digital Inclusion for a better Europe) . We will develop Diversity Youth worker to be able to empower the disadvantaged young people to take charge of their own life. The Diversity Youth Worker will learn new technical skills such as video-blogging, but also intra/entrepreneurial skills & coaching techniques to enable them to make disadvantaged young people more employable in the future and put ideas into practice; to become active EU citizens. The project tackles also challenges of discrimination and poverty through the aid of video-blogging and facilitation skills developed so that the Youth woker is able to promote diversity, common values of freedom, enhance critical thinking, media literacy & strengthening the sense of initiatives of disadvantaged young people. We will create two training pathways : Diversity Youth Worker and Digital Enterprise. This project will also promote quality youth work by developing youth workers/trainers to engage with marginalised young people & strengthen cross-sector cooperation. They will be able to offer education provision to marginalised young people, that is seen as relevant to their personal development & incorporate new learning methods. It will attract young marginalised people to be involved in education and training as learner. The trainers will enjoy developing practical learning activities as the young people will develop skills and develop sustainable & innovative ideas with new technology. This type of project is only workable in association with partners who have the relevant skills and experiences. This project develops a new approach to strengthen the education and training paths of youth worker by developing the capability to design, resource and facilitate entrepreneurial workshops & citizenship skill development with modern media usage such as video-blogging and coaching methodology that are attractive and educational for young people. The youth workers will gain skills and competencies in innovative training skills for empowering young people and promote active citizenship within young people across different cultures. We will also use Youthpass certification & the EQAVET system which will promote high quality of youth work & training paths. Having built this capacity within the Diversity Youth Workers, they will in turn present national workshops to disadvantaged young people with disabilities, NEETs, migrant background and from deprived or rural areas.The partnership is between organisation which work with youths and also develop professional pathways, there are from: UK, Italy, Romania and Spain. There are 2 target groups: 1. Trainers/Teachers/youth workers/Teachers/trainers/coaches and mentors who work with Young people also from marginalised backgrounds. 2. Disabled Young people (16- 26 year old) mainly from marginalised background which are at risk of isolation. Diversity Youth Worker will have all the skills to facilitate innovative youth work and use technology and digital skills to enhance the offer and programs. Digital Enterprise Facilitator will be able to guide the Young people into adulthood with enterprise and digital skills for integration into the labour market. We will train 12 Diversity Youth Workers and Digital Enterprise Facilitator, and 24 Young people in turn.

"The COVID-19 virus has shown that Smart Working is essential in critical situations but can be adapted even after the pandemic to avoid pollution and work more efficiently. A lot of people trainers and end users especially with disadvantages are not able to understand and apply the technology and prepare themselves psychologically and physically for the new way of working. The recognision of the issues to combatting COVID-19 will grow and the inclusion of disadvantaged members of society will be even more crucial. It is unclear how the world will be effected by COVID-19 in the long term but a new recognition of the importance of social distancing and the environmental benefits of reducing travel are creating an upward trend to the popularity of working from home, or Smart Working. Therefor supporting the uptake of innovative approaches and digital technologies for teaching and learning becomes fundamental to society itself. The project introducing systematic approach to, and opportunities for, the initial and continuous professional development of VET teachers which work with disadvantaged (Disabled, NEETs, rural communities, economical & health issues). We will exchange good practise with a work-based setting to develop a guidelines (e-book) & pathway for digital and practical tools in SmartWorking. This will raise the attractiveness of the professions for VET teachers , trainers, mentors and leaders, especially in VET organisations working with disadvantage students. The project aims to deliver outputs appropriate for VET trainers, mentors and leaders which work with disadvantaged and disabled members of society. To combat the threat of COVID-19 and social distancing and the consequential growing trend of working from home, that is Smart Working. The group of disadvantaged students are a difficult to reach one at the best of times, and suffor of social isolation, now with the COVID-19 issues there are even more at risk of isolation. It is crucial that we have trained VET teachers, trainers and mentor which have the correct skill to firstly be able to do SmartWorking themselves, but secondly be able to provide the disadvantage students with the right skills to tackle the challenges. It needs a systematic approach . The partnership will share good practise and create a guideline book for SmartWorking considering the physiological aspects and difficulties of working with disadvantaged students. Research carried out by the European Commission “Shaping Europe’s digital future” explained how Shaping ""A European approach to digital transformation means empowering and including every citizen, strengthening the potential of every business and meeting global challenges with our European core values."" The Digital Innovation Hubs are putting digital technology to work on real-world problems. On 25 March 2020 the Hub exchanged ideas on how to swiftly help with the consequences of the COVICOVID-19 crisis through collaboration tools, video conferencing, delivery and payment solutions, and uptake of technology that makes a real difference to people’s daily lives. A strong and competitive economy that masters and shapes technology in a way that respects European values and includes disadvantaged and disabled members of society are an important group of society who are excluded from these solutions to combat COVID-19. This needs a development of partnerships which are able to promote the digital tools in work environment. We will train the partnership VET trainer in work-based learning through our blended Transnational Meetings and on-line on digital tools useful for SmartWorking, including e-conferencing, webinars, interviews, video curriculum, etc. The 60 VET trainers participants in the Blended transnational meetings will then train locally 5 Vet trainers (25 total) working with disadvantaged students.The project is 24 months and involved 5 organisation from Italy, the UK, Romania and Austria."