The analysis of the labour in the country of partner organisation and the applicant shows high percentage of unemployment of adult persons. In Macedonia the unemployment is 28,6% of which 27% are people of up to 45 years age. In Poland the unemployment is lower and it is about 12,6% of which 15,2% are people of up to 45 years age and in Romania 15,5% of which 23,8% are people of up to 45 years old. In Bulgaria the unemployment is 25% of which 22% are people of up to 45 years age. There are several reasons for the high unemployment in this part of Europe among which the low level of professional competences thus disabling them more active inclusion in the labour market. According to this, the problem with unemployment and inappropriate professional competences is current problem in all partner organisations and that is why the applicant and the partner organization in the project Taking the Road to Employment - Developing New Skills and Knowledge of Unemployed Persons aimed at improving the competences of persons covered by the project for the purpose of easier access towards the employments.ObjectivesThe main objective of the project was to prepare guide books for improving the competences and skills of unemployed persons such as improving the personal development, use of Information technology, platforms for marketing and entrepreneurship which are in compliance with the modern needs of the labour market for the purpose of facilitating the access to employment.C.E.S Training Center was implementator of the project and three partner organisations: Teza - Bulgaria, Aleron - Romania and Syntea-Poland.Syntea has been operating on the education market for over 10 years. The competence delivery system including training courses, certification, apprenticeships, internships, practical placements, and employment exchange activities allows us to guide theircustomers, i.e. natural persons, companies, institutions and organisations, through the entire education process, starting from analysing competence predispositions, delivering training courses, providing career advising services, organizing vocational practice, to finding and optimizing a job. The system developed by Syntea is compliant with the idea of occupational mobility of employees and adapted to the most crucial directions of the European and global education policy. Duringtheir activity they have already acquired over PLN 65 mln for implementing local, national and international education projects, trained over 45 000 individuals and issued over 50 000 certificates. Syntea Education Partners includes over 100 public and commercial entities operating on the education, advising, and labour markets in Poland and abroad, especially in the East-Central Europe. According to the Bussiness Newspaper 2014 Syntea is the leader among VET providers in Poland. TEZA is a company oriented to the latest technologies and means for lifelong learning. They are constantly expanding the palette of services offered in the field of education, professional development and management of the organizational talent. TEZA's activity is focused in the field of traditional and electronic educational services and technologies. TEZA constantly improves the quality of the offered products and services. In 2006, they created a fully equipped computer training center, and in 2007 they received ISO 9001:2000 certification for performance of services in the field of professional trainings and supply and installation of specialized applications that we maintain and improve successfully to this day. During the last five years they built a capacity to work on large and complex projects in the field of the specialized and professional trainings for private and public organizations.Aleron Training Center is a provider of education services and trainings for adults.The field of expertise includes the following types of trainings: IT and Computer Trainings;Project Management; Business Trainings (Business Process Management, Business Analysis, Financial Management), Internet and Social Marketing Trainings; Web Design and Computer Programming; Soft skills Trainings (Communication, Leadership and Time Management)The project activities realised are as follows:-drafted and printed four (4) Guidance (Guidance for professional and personal development, Guidance for Internet Marketing, Guidance for Drafting Project Applications and Guidance for Entrepreneurship and Innovation)- 4 training realised in different countries- 64 unemployed direct participants trained in the field covered by the project within 4 successfully implemented training in different countries

•Background of the project;The problem that has been defined by the project partners during their daily activities was lack of interdisciplinary skills related with management - taking into account the professional and also private life. It is caused by lack proper education (early school leavers) lack of motivation and vocational guidance. To prove the necessity of the project aim all partners prepared the research – by contacting the youth groups from the local area.The defined by the consortium set of skills helped the young people to manage their career effectively - despite of the sector and occupation. The international character of the project activities improved the national experiences and existing practices and were the first step to the closer international cooperation.•ObjectivesGeneral aim of the project is to create opportunities of cooperation aiming youth trainers, VET providers and employers in order to define 3 aspects of the digital competences:1. assessment tool for youngsters - which can be used as a self-assessment for young people or assessment tool for trainers or future employers. 2. basic training programme and supporting materials for youth workers/trainers - with the introduction of innovative system of recognition and validation of learning outcomes. (VCC system). 3. apprenticeship model in digital competences - defined together with representatives of employers to assure link from self-assessment via training model towards apprenticeship and employment.•Number and profile of participating organisationsThe project was implemented in cooperation with 5 organizations: - Teza OOD (Bulgaria) – lead partner - EDUFORMA SRL (Italy), - ASOCIACIJA AKTYVUS JAUNIMAS (Lithuania), - Fundacja VCC (Poland) and- ASOCIATIA CENTRUL PENTRU STRATEGII DE DEZVOLTARE A TINERETULUI (Romania)The project partners have experience and specialize in various fields of expertize: VET, business consulting, curricula development, training and education, new media, IT, vocational advisory, certification system, employment services. What is more represent different types of organizations – NGOS and SMES and different state of art in terms of the vocational advisory in the secondary or high schools (regulated by the state). The partners have also experience in successful implementation of EU projects and trainings delivery and cooperation with different organisations at national and international level. This consortium was based on the previous cooperation and common projects undertaken in last 2 years, partners were involved in common international projects or preparation of national proposals. The partnership was established with the view of broad knowledge and experiences in different sectors and different daily activities in order to gather expertise and project results from different perspectives.Experience valuable for YMEC project:1.Teza OOD (Bulgaria) – ICT expertise, VET provider2.Fundacja VCC (Poland) – expert in accreditation and certification, training development, innovation for other partners – VCC entrepreneurs network – for the VCC apprenticeship programmes. 3.Active Youth” Association (Lithuania) - expert in entrepreneurial education and working with youth, especially excluded groups.4.Center of Strategies for Youth Development (Romania)–expert in youth work, 5.Eduforma (Italy)–experienced in implementation of policies related to youth strategies, such as Youth Guarantee, or support to young entrepreneurs.•Description of undertaken main activities;- support professional development of youth workers to cope with youth unemployment; - develop innovative methods of youth work and language of learning outcomes- increase the capacities, attractiveness and international dimension of participating organizations so that they are able to offer activities and programmes that better respond to the needs of individual youths; - reinforce synergy between non-formal education, employment and entrepreneurship- strengthen cooperation among youth, youth workers and employers.•Results and impact attained;The project have accomplished all the objectives set at application stage, and the accomplished goals are the following: 1. Tools for youngsters assessing skills and competences - that can be used in digital format.2. Recognition and validation of youth workers skills in digital competences in management in VCC system3. Development of the apprenticeship model in digital skills in cooperation with employers 4. Create new partnership and great opportunity to work at international level.Results:- Four transnational meeting foster the partner cooperation’s and future development of this collaboration;- Four intellectual inputs for youngster, Youth workers and employers.- One short-term joint staff event for 14 participants; - One multiplier event in Poland for 53 participants.

The project GamificationEDUis implemented in a consortium of 5 partners of Romania (leader), Greece, Poland, Latvia and Bulgaria. It is a partnership that focuses on target groups that experience similar educational realities (formal educational systems in these countries have a great deal of similarities, starting with focus of theory and ending with a low relevance of educational performances to the needs of the labour market). Each of the partners in the project have launched a needs analysis among the beneficiaries of their projects (youth workers and young people aged 15 to 25). These two target groups were questioned on the opportunity to develop and use gamification methodologies and instruments in non-formal education contexts with the perspective of including them in formal education experiences. The main problem we identified as a consortium is the constantly changing interests and learning preferences of young people who have to be addressed by new solutions in our educational programmes/activities. The most frequently mentioned needs by youth workers in all 5 organizations were: the need to adapt their methods to the changing educational need of young people, the need to be involved in developing methodologies and instruments and the need to test those methodologies and instruments before using them extensively. The most frequently mentioned needs by young people in all 5 organizations were: the need to learn in an attractive environment, the need to be motivated and to feel confident in the learning process, the need to be guided or to be provided support at different levels at educational progress. Aims and objectives The general aim of the project is to develop gamification non-formal education methodologies and instruments for young people aged 18-23. The project objectives which are planned to be achieved in a 2 year duration are: 1. Creation of 5 new instruments and methodologies using gamification to be tested by 25 youth workers in their activities with 100 young people over the course of a two-year period 2. Improving professional skills of 25 youth workers by the participation in the creation of gamification educational methodologies and by testing them with 100 young people throughout the project period. 3. Testing transversal educational impact of the methodologies developed in the project in 5 formal education contexts (university modules in Romania and Greece and schools in Poland, Latvia and Bulgaria).