In our days, migration of young people into the labor market raises big obstacles for Member States, since young people aged 15-24 have been one of the greatest victims by the economic crisis in regard to their employment prospects.The condition for young women at that age is much worse. According to the Eurostat figures for 2017, the unemployment rate has hit 16.2%. Taking a closer look at the statistics of 2017regarding the partner countries of the project, we would be surprised to find that the number of unemployed young people in Greece is 48.2 per cent, which means that around 1 in 2 women is unemployed; in Sweden, the unemployment rate was 8 per cent in 2013, but progressively decreased over the time considered and was 6.8 per cent in 2019. In 2019, however the rates was 6.9 percent among women, and that's why Swedish partner decided to be the leader of the project, bringing optimism and confidence for similar positive results. The Norwegian partner is also on the lead of the program as Norway present the percentage of 4,8%. In Romania 18,6%, meaning that about 1 every 5 women is unemployed and in Poland 15% with 1 every 6 women between 15-24 years old being unemployed (Eurostat, 2017). We all have to realise that young women are a fundamental asset for European economies and societies. Therefore, empowering young women, by creating the proper conditions to actively participate in the labour market, is considered imperative for the economic and social development and for the sustainability of European societies.The goal of this relationship between the five organizations is to encourage behavior and the sharing of common practices in the field of soft skills in order to foster the technical inclusion of young women into the labor force. The project will help, on the one hand, professionals working with young people to boost their soft skills and enhance digital education programs targeted at them (especially young women belonging to vulnerable communities, immigrants, migrants) in order to train them with soft skills and strategies to promote their employability and socio-educational and personal growth and to promote their progress. In the other hand, it would give young people the ability to develop their basic communication skills and core skills by engaging activities and learning environments, and to expand their prospects for seamless transition into the job force.The purpose of the project is an international synergy between 5 European organisations with the same need - TO DEVELOP THE SOFT SKILLS AND COMPETENCES OF YOUNG WOMEN TO INCREASE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES OF INTEGRATION INTO THE LABOR MARKET. Having as target groups youth workers, trainers, ICT and digital technology experts involved in youth education belonging to partner groups, as well as low-skilled women and young women belonging to disadvantaged groups (i.e. women living in remote areas, refugees, migrants), we propose a project having the following objectives:1.Tο increase the prοfessiοnal development in soft skills and competences of each partner by means of 4 Short-term joint staff training events,2.To strengthen the networking among partners by develοping a website named Skills4Jοb, including best practices in skill acquisitiοn, discussiοn fοrums, flipped classroom, flashnοtes, screen capture videοs of tutors giving online tutοrials, ebοοks, etc,3.To launch an awareness-raising campaign - SKILLS4JOB. The οbjectives will be achieved thrοugh:*4 Shοrtterm joint staff training events during which the target grοups will learn 4 TRAININGS in the fοrm of wοrkshοps:Training 1: Sοft skills literacy - Yοung Wοmen, Training 2: Cοmmunication advance for a better carrer, Training 3: Business simulatiοn , Training 4: Cοnfidence Skills. SKILLS4JOB website as digital netwοrk amοng partner οrganisations will οrganised, which will spread knowledge and training to the yοung women through asynchrοnοus methοds (forums,lecture materials, etc),*The awareness raising campaign, SKILLS4JOB, where οur target grοups will interact with the public and get οur project's message for the need for sοft skill develοpment οut to peοple and pressurise decision-makers, The transnational character οf the prοject helps all partners in their professiοnal develοpment in teaching skills,tο cοmpare approaches οffered by the 5 partner countries on digital skill development, to becοme more complete in their work with youth,more visible at natiοnal and internatiοnal level and mοre familiar with Eurοpean tοοls to implement a prοject.

The European context of this project is economies providing few jobs for young people since the 2008 recession, barriers to higher education, and populist politics with harsh side-effects for new Europeans. It is difficult for a young person to find purpose in this context, and to get drawn into radicalization. On the African continent, risk of radicalisation may be zero in one country and deter travelers in another. Youth are bribed/blackmailed into radical groups to fill ranks, or triggered into radicalism by perceptions of injustice, hopelessness, religiously-inspired indignation, hunger, and dislocation.Underlying this project is the EC-funded Radicalization Awareness Network’s finding that the best way to prevent radicalization in young people is to divert their attention and engage them in self-reinforcing activities; also stresses the need for closer links between local government and youth NGOs youth workers covering the “last mile” to the radicalism candidate.“Horizontal Youth Engagement to Prevent Radicalization” (HYEPR) is the natural result of something common to all of the NGOs listed here: deep engagement in youth work, and equally deep concern with growing numbers of young people who are having identity crises, or who cannot find their place in the European economies of today, facing high levels of unemployment with few opportunities to become apprenticed, and reduced social services to support them in the effort to find that place and that identity.HYEPR aims to build up the capacities of European and East African youth work NGOs so they can face youth radicalization with innovative and attractive tools, resilient management, and a sense of their ethical boundaries. In order to meet this objective, this project draws into partnership the most dedicated NGOs doing radicalization prevention, and the most innovative informal education designers.The partners research all tools used in youth work in the 7 countries, also letting peer NGOs know about this anti-radicalization initiative. Partners present tools, groups learn how they work, and select the 21 tools and activities for the Meta-Toolkit, accompanied by a best practices Handbook for global dissemination and trainings. 28 youth workers do intensive training to become Meta-Toolkit trainers who will train 560 other youth workers in their countries. Project leverages mobility and capacity-building events to improve linkage and local government’s recognition of the value of youth work. Five international events/mobilities over 24 months allow partners to help each other strengthen organization, improve governance, fundraising and capacity for innovative thinking. This project generates intense phases of group activity to turn partners into a pioneer group of informal learning tailored to radicalization.

“The “Voluntary Youth Work Recognition for Employability” was a long-term Erasmus+ Capacity Building Project in the Field of Youth. It was developed by Social and Youth Workers and its European partners. Due to several meetings, the consortium set the most important goals of the project. The main objectives were to increase recognition of voluntary youth work in society and among youth field employers, to acknowledge and validate youth volunteering at local, regional, and national levels, develop volunteers' competencies and link them to the labour market through validation of the skills and knowledge gained as a part of non-formal learning.The main driving force to start this project was the high need to gain the acceptance of voluntary youth work in society and among youth field employers because the appreciation of volunteering varies from country to country. While in Western and Scandinavian countries there are plenty of recognition tools created for volunteers, Eastern Partnership countries have some problems with structured recognition methods of voluntary youth work. That’s why all the partners decided to improve the quality and validation of youth work, non-formal learning, and volunteering locally, and undertake this project to enhance particularly voluntary work, their synergies, and complementarities with the labour market and government. The project brought in a united platform and dimension variety of stakeholders of voluntary youth work, including governmental agencies, public educational bodies, and civil society organisations.This project involved a wide range of countries, bringing experience and cooperation from Spain to Armenia and from Norway to Cyprus. It included 5 activities, 4 international, and 1 local awareness-raising campaign. The project included both Capacity Building (Conference, Meeting) and Mobility (Study Visit, Training Course) activities. Youth workers and youth leaders from different European youth organisations joined for the development of recognition tools and used their existing experience to develop their own. The project played a crucial role in increasing the capacities of the involved organisations to work on the recognition of non-formal education and voluntary youth work: It increased the capacity of youth organisations and gave a possibility to develop national recognition tools specified to local needs.Due to this project young people understood that volunteering is an incredible way to learn new things, develop, grow their skills and career pathways, and discover what you’re passionate about. Participants also understood that volunteering can help people to build strong networks and transferable skills, such as communication, teamwork, and problem-solving, which can benefit their future careers. Another very important outcome of this project was the recognition tools created by the participants and partners involved in the project. Tools like L - EARN, Video refleCtiVe, Skills presenter, YouTHRec, and Open Online Badges were created, which had a great contribution in the realisation of the project aims. Unquestionably, this project gave us significant results, developing the capacities of all involved parties.

This project focuses on social and sustainable entrepreneurship to create a community of young people who can shape a better world for them and future generations.Including 3 European and 3 African partners working in the topic with NEETs and young people with fewer opportunities, the project responds to the need of engaging youth workers and young generations from different backgrounds in identifying tools and methods to achieve an entrepreneurship looking at the economy in a human- and culture-oriented environment by sharing good practices and reaching equally.Todays’ context brings challenges and opportunities for them to act, express potential to boost green innovation, get inspired from stories coming from abroad, and use all to change their life and the society.Specific Objectives:-to foster youth workers methods in creating innovative social opportunities in labour and entrepreneurial field by sharing good practices, tools and methods;-to provide young people with the tools to create and sustain a social-intercultural entrepreneurship through non-formal education and experiential practice improving their creativity and innovation while also experiencing how to develop small sustainable projects;-to raise awareness on sustainable development and global environmental issues among young people and local communities;-to create an EU-African network of young people who can share innovation and improve their communities by finding sustainable solutions;-to promote sustainable social entrepreneurship, quality employment and education opportunities among regions outside the EU involving local stakeholders.The project will include the following activities:- Kick-Off Meeting;- Job Shadowing for youth workers;- Local workshops for young people;- Pre-departure training for young people;- BootCamp to foster social and green entrepreneurship among youth;- Local activities to develop small projects;- Large Scale Youth Event to present the results of local project involving business angels;- Final Meeting.Main expected outcomes and results:- high-quality series of podcasts on youth entrepreneurship know-how and knowledge (OER) by experienced youth workers, experts and trainers broadcasted across the EU and beyond.- improved NGOs capacity in supporting NEETs young people in their entrepreneurial development by shared know-know and innovative tools.- follow-up activities and projects development among involved actors in the social and environmental sector with the support of a fostered local networking.- strengthened collaboration and networking among the African and European involved countries.