<< Objectives >>NARRATIVE CARE is a training research course that involves the use of Autobiographical Methodologies on two levels:training of social workers in the 4 Partner Countries ( Greece, Italy, Poland, Hungary) and, through them, support interventions for psychologically fragile and defenceless people. The implementation of the capability of first-level recipients, the social inclusion of second-level recipients and the exchange of Good Practices are the results to be pursued.<< Implementation >>Activity 1 : Focus group on partner experiences with Autobiographical Methodologies ( 04/03/2022-04/05/2022)Activity 2: Training for social workers in all partner organisations ( 05/04/2022-08/31/2022)Activity 3: Operators working in the field (09/01/2022- 12/20/2022)Activity 4: Dissemination event (01/01/2023- 01/31/2023)activity 5: Manual processing NARRATIVE CARE (02/01/2023- 04/03/2023)<< Results >>From NARRATIVE CARE, results are expected such as:- operators' participation with enthusiasm in training;- the respectful and positive inclusion and involvement of all end-users( people living in uncomfortable situations) with whom operators will interface in the social and care field, interviewing them and producing autobiographical material- greater awareness of European education and training policies

The main aim of this project was exchange of best practices and knowledge on workplace inclusion between mentors working with women with disabilities from partner countries. The European continent is aging. The average age of Europeans is about 40 years of age. Changes in the age structure of Europe increases the number of people with disabilities. Workplace inclusion thru mentoring was learning partnership between employees for the exchange of technical information, knowledge and skills about a specific profession or a particular job position. With the introduction of a mentoring programme, companies can guarantee that their employees can work fully with their knowledge and position. By learning in the workplace we mean to train persons with disability in all the skills needed to develop and fulfil their tasks at the workplace. The trained skills are within these five areas: Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Task Development, Environment and Management. With this project we intend to upgrade the skills and competences of mentors in order to enhance workplace inclusion of women with disabilities. The project has benefited the following main target groups: 1. mentors working with women with disabilities in companies; 2. employers, organizations of employers; 3. disabled women working and looking for work; 4. Organizations training women with disabilities and their trainers, career counsellors, coaches, educators) 5. Others: associations of women with disabilities, organizations training trainers, disabled entrepreneus, entrepreneurs’ associations, decision makers. MAIN RESULTS OF THE PROJECT WORK INCLUSION: 1. Blog of the project ; 2. Compendium of Best Practices in work-based training and mentoring gathered in all partner countries; 3. Guide for mentors working with women with disabilities on their successful work integration; 4. face to face training in Gijon, ES for mentors working with women with disabilities 5. Facebook page of the project in EN and all partners languages.

In 2015, more than 6,6 million young people (aged 15-24 years) were neither in employment nor in education or training (NEETs) in the EU. Many of them come from disadvantaged background. Most services addressed to NEETs are delivered by youth educators, however a European standard for youth educators working with NEETs, and tools to check the quality of their work is missing.This project aims was to improve the current situation by mapping the Competence profile of youth educators working with NEETs, and by developing a methodology for assessment of their competence called expertise checkup, a E-course course for assessors, a European certification and a register for assessors and youth educators that have passed the checkup. The checkup was carried out thanks also to a web platform. The description of the Competence profile of the youth educator working with NEETs is based on ECVET, and the checkup on the European Council recommendation on validation of non-formal and informal learning and to the European Guidelines for Validating Not Formal and Informal Learning developed by CEDEFOP.The project consortium is composed by organizations working with NEETs based in PL, UK, ES, SK. Also, many other organizations working with NEETs and youth workers were involved in project activities thanks to partners wide networks.Thank to variety of dissemination activities, over 20 000 people from target groups was informed about the project, and over 400 youth educators were directly involved in it. Main intellectual outputs of the project were:1. The Competence profile of youth educators working with NEETs.2. Guide to the expertise chekup with youth educators working with NEETs.3. Web based assessment tool.4. E-course for assessors of youth educators working with NEETs.All those results are available in English and partner languages.Long term benefits will be better quality of European youth work with NEETs and improved recognition of skills of European youth educators.Target group of the project were as follows:1. partner organizations and their Staff;2. organizations working with NEETS;3. youth educators working with NEETS;4. other interested parties, decision makers in the youth field and of NEETS, youth association, parents’associations, youth educators’ associations, researchers in HR and youth work and so on, at regional,regional and EU level.Impact on participants: higher awareness on youth educators’ expertise, identification of youth educatorscompetences, skills, activities and knowledge and the differences among partner countries; highersatisfaction of their work with NEETs.

In many EU countries and at the European level, there is a general desire to support and further improve youth participation, as can be seen in the strategy for the youth sector 2020-2023. YOUC aims to enhance the expertise of young activists and educators to involve marginalised youth in activities for the benefit of local communities, to improve youth empowerment, social inclusion and networking with local decision makers and ordinary citizens. The partnership has developed : - A guide for promoting youth civic participation at the local level which consists of a methodology and a set of tools that youth activists and educators can use in their projects. The topics of the guide are - Involving young people at risk and keeping them involved - Diagnosing the needs of local communities - Understanding and cooperating with the local institutional context- Defining the objectives and action plan of your project- Monitoring and evaluating the results of your project- Evaluating your own learning - A face-to-face training programme for young people involved in civic participation projects: contains 26 lesson plans and related teaching materials that youth activists and educators can use to train and guide vulnerable (at-risk) young people involved in local change projects by addressing the questions of Why mobilise in a project? How to build a team and value individual skills in a collective approach? How to diagnose the needs of local communities and identify the local context for the implementation of initiatives to benefit local communities? How to define objectives and corresponding action plans and take action? How to monitor and evaluate results? The guide and the training programme can be downloaded from the project website https://youc-project.eu/the-project/, the Erasmus+ results platform, Epale, OER Commons. - An online training programme for educators, youth activists and young people at risk: The online training is based on the methodology and material contained in the previous intellectual productions, but with a fluidity, interactivity and ergonomics that make it easy to use and read. Evaluation questionnaires have been integrated to test the learners' knowledge. https://youc-project.eu/our-courses/ 500 people: young activists, young people at risk, youth educators, staff of youth associations were mobilised (mobility in France, steering locally, participation in meetings) during the project to work on local participation of these young people to solve problems in their local communities. They were able to test the intellectual productions in order to improve them. The project methodology is based on experiential learning, cooperative learning, peer education and participatory action research. The consortium is composed of youth and research organisations based in FR, PL, ES, LV. 44,140 people have been reached by YOUC actions in direct and indirect ways.

"<< Background >>TARGET groups of this project are as follows:1. women with disabilities willing to develop their entrepreneurial and digital skills, to improve their employment possibilities, starting a business or a consultant activity.2. disabled women entrepreneurs willing to help other disabled women with disabilities to develop their entrepreneurial and digital skills, and eventually looking for DW to join their staff in managerial position.3. Organizations training people with disabilities and their trainers (in a broader sense: also career counsellors, coaches, educators)4. Others: associations of women with disabilities, organizations training trainers, women with disabilities company owners, entrepreneurs’ associations, decision makers and others in this field.Low labor market position of women with disabilities results from the educational shortcomings of this social group, which are the basis of further difficulties in the labor market. Meanwhile, ""work is a value that enables the individual to participate fully in social life”. It provides the material conditions of existence, defines the role and status within the social organization.It should be emphasized that work in addition to its economic function, also has many others - is a condition, opportunity or means of achieving many needs beyond economics. Increasingly, in the case of illness and disability specialists emphasize the importance of working as part of social rehabilitation. There are psychological barrier, consisting of lack of confidence of women with disabilities caused by a sense of not having sufficient professional qualifications, lack of or limited range of measures to improve professionals skills and build positive self-esteem. Women with physical disabilities are especially discriminated. They are losing the most at the stage of recruitment. Women with impaired movement face problems regarding the infrastructure and architecture accessibility, but also barriers related to the other people dislike of staying in an environment of people with visible physical deformities. Development of entrepreneurial skills for such women are very important so that they can regardless their physical limitations organize their professional life.<< Objectives >>The main objective of this project is to support, through learning, the professional and personal development of women with disabilities in Europe and beyond, thus contributing to sustainable growth, quality jobs and social cohesion, promoting innovation and strengthening the European identity and active citizenship. Thus the partnership aims at empowering women with disabilities with entrepreneurial and digital skills, which are necessary for working adult learners in Europe.<< Implementation >>WWW FOR PRACTITIONERS The Guide and other interactive digital tools used by trainers, coaches, HR managers, businesses consultants that want to deliver the WWW program. It includes details on the most typical barriers women are still facing to help them offering a way to find solutions with the participants. The product will help trainers, business coach and business consultants of different sort, by increasing their competences in using the newly prepared WWW tools.INTANGIBLE RESULTS *Increased understanding among the 5 partners, their key audience and stakeholders on the issues and challenges connected with women entrepreneurship skills and access to training *increased possibility to support women in starting or reshaping their business using new skills and increased possibility on how to overcome the methodological shortcomings identified in the actual systems *increased possibility for professional and personal development for trainers of the partners involved in the project *increased key competences in entrepreneurship, digital literacy, increased motivation thanks to best practices and storytelling *The greater autonomy brought about better competences and ability for self-management and handle workload will increase the opportunity to lead more balanced and healthy lives for the female participants. Better working patterns as experimented by the institutions in the project, with a huge positive impact on their lives – as for the general improvement of the services offered in general. *Improved knowledge and expertise for the project partners and local experts thanks to sharing good practice from own work and having the opportunity to test ideas in collaboration, and in different environments *Consolidation of the project partnership and planning of further initiatives of follow-up to the project. *Increased managerial capacity and capacity to work in a multicultural environment for the staff of the partners participating in the project In the end, the project is expected to influence a wider group of stakeholders groups at local, regional, European levels and increase their knowledge, awareness on the barriers.<< Results >>CONCRETE OUTPUTS of WWW project:1. VIDEOS WITH STORYTELLING about success wonder women with disabilities working. The videos will have the motivation factor for women with disabilities and it will show the importance of entrepreneurship and digital skills in practical way. Users will also learn about the importance of social networks in the projects, sharing ideas with other women in each partner country. The videos will be used as a tool to help the theoretical and practical understanding of the course contents, thus increasing the women with disabilities interest and engagement, improving the learning outcomes. As a result from this output, women with disabilities will reflect on the importance of acquiring entrepreneurship and digital skills.2. WWW OPEN AND INTERACTIVE WEBAPP FOR THE SUPPORT FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES. The innovation of this result is more than the use of ICT because more and more educators are now developing digital competences. The teachers with this tool will empowered to incorporate 21st century digital skills into the training teaching and impart the same skills to women with disabilities. This tool for entrepreneur innovation improvement will be especially useful in a post-Covid era, where women will have to rethink much of their skills and vocational activities.3. A BLENDED UP-SKILLING PATHWAYS PROGRAMME FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES. This training programme will offer case studies, guidelines, strategy, monitoring tools, assessment test etc4. PROGRAMME GUIDE PACK FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES. The main objective of the guide will be to provide focused information on the proposed system for digital social entrepreneurs based on the success model of women with disabilities. The guide will be structured in 2 parts: 1) Conceptual model for digital social entrepreneur 2) A collection of best practices ""from idea to entrepreneurship"". In order to address the challenges of the entrepreneur of women with disabilities, PR4 will present a conceptual model of Digital Social Entrepreneurship and its compatibility with the current digital ecosystem."