"Project ABLE2DO offered a new way to promote employability and competitiveness of youth, integration of low-skilled young people into labour market, promoting youth entrepreneurship. The main aim of the project ABLE2DO is to develop entrepreneurial mindset and sense of initiative of young people through national craftsmanship, their responsible attitude and abilities to find and provide high quality products and services in accordance with local needs and national economic perspectives of the involved European countries through transfer of best practical experience and entrepreneurial skills of creating products and services of high quality by ""Made in Italy"" example. In order to contribute to the solution of the youth employment problems, the project ABLE2DO has facilitated the entry of young people to the labor market, encourage youth actively engage in entrepreneurship, through implementation the following objectives: 1) to involve young people in entrepreneurship through learning of artisan crafts, 2) to develop a solid system of values - the work ethic and the apprenticeship sacrifice, responsibility for the result, the pursuit of excellence, etc. that can effectively counter the possible apathy drift with no future for young generations and facilitate their integration into labour market; 3) to internationalise and share the know-how and best experience of Italian Artisan Crafts (""Made in Italy"") as a function of the mutual development of Craftsmanship's Future of Europe, testing it and introducing it during this pilot project in such countries as Latvia and Lithuania, but then in other EU countries; 4) to facilitate preservation of national ancient crafts by encouraging young people to support unique crafts of their own country and to renew the ""unique value"" of ""Made in Latvia"" and ""Made in Lithuania"" and following their example in other EU countries and ensuring a ""Gold Reserve"" of professionalism to the involved European countries and a future for artisan crafts in Europe otherwise destined to disappear; 5) in a long-term perspective to build a ""bridge"" between craftsmen and entrepreneurs by sewing up the dialogue to the ""know how"" of ancient roots in the name of the transmission from generation to generation. Main activities of the project ABLE2DO were following:1) short-term joint staff mobility for youth workers and trainers (study visit);2) brief research on traditional and ancient crafts and collection of best cases of partner countries in order to adapt methodology for Craftsmanship's Future of Europe: I AM ABLE TO DO!;3) elaboration of the craftsmanship and employability skills training course program ""Made in Italy""; 4) training course for young people based on the program; 5) wide dissemination activities, including international dissemination event - Youth Conference ""Business support for young people in contemporary society"", and photo exhibition ""I AM ABLE TO DO!"" of the project results, created by participants themselves.Results of the project are listed below: 1) improved entrepreneurial skills among young people and their competitiveness for successful entry to labour market; 30 participants (27 young people and 3 youth leaders) have mastered the training course program ""Made in Italy"" in the course of the project; by the end of the training course young people have developed the key competences - entrepreneurial attitude, sense of initiative, creativity, innovation, risk-taking, communication and other soft skills to a level that equips them for professional life and successful entry to labour market;2) decreased unemployment for young people and participants who have applied for further education, started a job or launched their own private initiative/business;3) involvement of young people in entrepreneurship through craftsmanship;3) elaborated innovative methodology for ""Craftsmanship's Future of Europe: I AM ABLE TO DO!"" and guidance of it implementation in youth work; 4) developed innovative entrepreneurship and employability skills training course program and related methodological materials, with the aim to develop sense of initiative and entrepreneurship through craftsmanship among youth; 5) 10 youth workers were instructed and prepared to implement innovative methodology and training course program in youth work; increased youth workers competence and capability to provide professional support for youth; 6) provided adjustment of the training program on national level;7) ensured wide distribution and dissemination of the project ABLE2DO results.Project duration was 15 months. Project partners were organisations from Latvia, Lithuania and Italy."

<< Background >>Through the generations, we have continuously encountered the dissatisfaction of young people in general, but especially young people with fewer opportunities who drop out of school or finish high school and do not know what they are good at, what and in what field they want to work and what are their options. . Surveys that we conducted on a sample of 50 young people, we found that it is necessary to create and create content that is tailored to young people with fewer opportunities. Surveys have found that young people with fewer opportunities do not have the resources available to facilitate their educational orientation after completing or dropping out of school. These are essential elements for achieving the goals of the European Education Area, the Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027, the European Youth Strategy and the European Union's work plan in the field of sport. With this project, we would achieve the goals set by the European Union's youth strategy for the period 2019-2027, which are:-promote learning mobility for individuals and groups and cooperation, quality, inclusiveness and equity, excellence, creativity and innovation at the level of organizations and policies in the field of education and training-promote mobility for the purpose of non-formal and informal learning, active participation of young people and cooperation, quality, inclusion, creativity and innovation at the level of organizations and policies in the field of youth.In addition, the project includes a strategy for inclusion and diversity, which helps to remove obstacles faced by different target groups in accessing such opportunities in Europe and beyond.Furthermore, through previous internal research, the need for an adapted type of web platform for young people with fewer opportunities has been identified, and accordingly to choose which business areas they would like to work in and for which areas they are most competent.. The aim is to provide the same type of support to young people with fewer opportunities as other young people and to include them to be active in society and have their place in it and thus not be on the margins of society.<< Objectives >>The aim is to define the key needs of young people with fewer opportunities in order to facilitate their more inclusive access to society and help them be more competitive in the labor market. One of the main goals is to empower young people and point out their existing qualities, but also to encourage them to develop additional skills needed to compete in the marketplace, using content on the Web-Lab platform. The goal is also to create a large network of young people who will be a continuous support in sharing experiences, encouraging them to look for and reviewing new jobs, working on personal competencies, overall coping with the labor market and all possible obstacles that young people may face within educational or business orientation. It is also crucial that young people with fewer opportunities have additional help that they can seek at any time, with which it will be easier to find answers and motivation for further educational development through entertaining interactive content. By using the contents of the Web-Lab, young people can discover their desired business orientation or at least eliminate occupations they do not want to pursue. By providing a wide range of support to young people with fewer opportunities through a Web-Lab platform that is created exclusively to their needs, it allows them to more easily find their interests and positions in the business world. The aim of the project is to motivate and encourage all young people whit fewer opportunities and those who belong to vulnerable groups to become more actively involved in society and sucessfuly enter the labor market.<< Implementation >>The activities to be implemented through the project are ;1. 2 Focus groups and 2 workshops in each partner country = a total of 10 focus groups and 10 workshops2. A web platform is created which is the main product of the second project result3. Interactive contents are created; surveys, crossword puzzles, quizzes and webinars are recorded which are the main product of the third project result<< Results >>The results that will be achieved by the implementation of this project are:- Organized focus groups and workshops for young people with fewer opportunities in which the contentf or the Web-Lab platform will be precisely determined and defined.- Published one scientific article based on the results from the first project result (PR1)- Youth workers went to Latvia for a five-day training on digital competencies and know how to use the web platform and are additionally empowered to access and work with young people with fewer opportunities- The web platform was created and adapted to young people with fewer opportunities. It's free, fun, educational and always available. The Web-Lab offers a Forum through which young people can connect and thus create a network of young people from all partner countries with whom they will share their experiences.- Interactive content on the web platform provides assistance to young people in discovering their skills and qualities and provides educational or business orientation, as well as the opportunity to acquire and develop additional skills and competencies that are crucial for entering the labour market.

The aim of the project UPENSKILLS is to identify and define essential soft skills for entrepreneurship in order to produce of a set of tools to be used as training materials in entrepreneurship related courses and programmes for cultivating entrepreneurial mindset of young people. The project will address the education needs of young people during their progression from high school students to young entrepreneurs.The Project will consist of two main parts: identification and definition of essential skills for entrepreneurship, and production of a set of “training sheets” on entrepreneurship skills and competencies to be used as training materials in entrepreneurship related courses and programmes.In order to contribute to the solution of the youth employment problems, the project UPENSKILLS will facilitate the entry of young people to the labor market, encourage youth actively engage in entrepreneurship, through implementation the following objectives: - promoting entrepreneurship education in European Union and in partner countries; fostering recognition of entrepreneurship education and reinforcing a discussion about entrepreneurship competence training, - making entrepreneurship education a basic feature in education systems;- sharing of ideas, knowledge, experience, and best practices among countries, stakeholders, and practitioners;- developing innovative instruments of non-formal education to contribute to development of entrepreneurial competences of young people; Main activities and project tasks:- to identify and define key competences and skills to be and entrepreneur;- to create a portrait of the successful entrepreneur;- to identify similarities and differences in the participant countries/regions; - to collect best cases/good practices on entrepreneurship training in non-formal education and produce portfolio of Good Practices;- to produce of a flexible and adaptable set of methods (method cards) for entrepreneurship trainers based on previous soft skills demand identification to be added as a part of a course or as a programme itself; - to conduct international training course for youth workers to equip them with competences to work with the developed toolkit;- to carry out pilot testing of new toolkit for young people at national level in all partner countries;- to organise three multiplier events and disseminate results.