"<< Background >>Europe’s six million teachers have the essential competencies they require in order to be effective in the classroom is one of the keys to raising levels of pupil attainment; encouraging teachers to continue developing and extending their competencies is vital in a fast-changing world.As noted in the European Commission’s communication ‘Rethinking Education’ (2012), the reform of education and training systems is essential to achieving higher productivity and the supply of highly skilled workers. In this context, it invited the Member States to revise and strengthen the professional profile of all teaching professions by reviewing the effectiveness as well as the academic and pedagogical quality of adult education trainers, introducing coherent and adequately resourced systems for recruitment, selection, induction and professional development of adult education teaching staff based on clearly defined competencies needed at each stage of a teaching career, and increasing teacher digital competence”. (European Commission 2012a). The Commission’s document ‘‘Supporting the Teaching Professions” (European Commission 2012c) notes that a lack of clarity about what society can expect from its teaching staff can make it more difficult for the Member States to ensure that the same high standards of teaching apply in all education centres. Therefore, Member States increasingly acknowledge the need to define clearly what teaching staff is expected to know, and be able to do; such frameworks of teacher competencies can then be the basis for:- Assessing teachers/trainers’ needs for in-service training,- Arranging the provision of professional learning opportunities so that teachers/trainers continue to develop their competencies throughout their whole careers.The roles of trainers and adult education centres are changing, and so are expectations about them: Adult education providers are asked to teach in increasingly multicultural classrooms, integrate students with special needs, use ICT for teaching effectively, engage in evaluation and accountability processes (OECD, 2009). Furthermore, World Summit on Teaching noted that adult education providers need to help students/learners acquire not only “the skills that are easiest to teach and easiest to test” but more importantly, ways of thinking (creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making and learning); ways of working (communication and collaboration); tools for working (including information and communications technologies); and skills around citizenship, life and career and personal and social responsibility for success” (OECD 2011).According to Eurofound (2015), the high number of NEETs (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) has cost the European economies an estimated €142 billion a year in benefits and foregone earnings and taxes. Moreover, 11% of young people around Europe lost their jobs due to the pandemic, along with 12% stating that is likely to lose their jobs in the forthcoming future. Considering the highly impacted NEET group and changing needs and requirements of the 21st century and post-covid era, a new perspective in teaching, especially in adult education is highly required, to prepare the European society for the future. An effective way to prepare the people of Europe for the future lies beneath the development of key competencies, especially the development of resilient, flexible digital abilities in adults and young adults.Therefore, ""Digital skills development toolkit for young NEETS to increase employability"" aims to improve the attention of NEETs by increasing digital competencies, increasing confidence in their ability to utilize information-communication technologies, boosting soft skills to increase employability and effectively solve problems by generating creative, practical solutions.<< Objectives >>Digital skills and soft skills are indispensable parts of individuals in the 21st century. A person's competence in using information communication technologies (ICT) and their ability to utilize ICT technologies as part of their problem-solving processes is the measure of the ability to prevail in today’s fast-paced, information-dependent society. High-level ICT competence, in the 21st century, especially after the COVID19 pandemic, gave people the ability to get things done in an effective, safer and sustainable way, making digital skills part of our social and professional lives and a pre-requisite for success."" Digital skills development toolkit for young NEET to increase employability"" aims to improve the competence of NEET by increasing digital skills and increasing their employability through the use of ICT tools and soft skills development. Also, it aims to increase their ability to create quality content on online mediums, create their own digital portfolio, produce engaging presentations and connect with other professionals.With the training in the project, NEETs will get techniques to apply with peers to improve their soft skills and hone their digital skills. Project results will introduce concepts and techniques that give the youth to learn anything in online mediums easily and be up-to-date all the time. Also, the project will provide practical exercises, tools, tips, and tricks to practice these skills. NEETs will use the products to improve their personal and social development.“Digi4You” Project aims to:- increase the quality of education and training of youth staff in project partner countries and Europe: combining higher levels of excellence and attractiveness in youth education through structured content and tools aimed at raising digital abilities and soft skills of youth.- improve professional competencies of NEETs through developing soft skills via digital skills education and ICT use.- Expand NEET's ability on problem-solving, creativity, communication- Increase NEET's time management and team working skills- Improve NEET's digital skills and use of ICT tools on career development- Develop employability skills of NEETs through digital skills management and portfolio making - Increase competence in creativity through imaginative methods: giant leaps of creative intuition- Boosted knowledge and skills in harnessing the power of digital skills.- Develop strategic and integrated use of ICT for NEETs and Youth Trainers<< Implementation >>The project consortium will implement the following activities:1. Bilateral agreements2. IPR agreement3. Communication strategy4. Action plan with predefined Gantt chart for all activities5. TPM reports/minutes6. Quality assurance and assessment strategy7. Advisory board meeting reports in each partner country with school counsellors, school coordinators and experts from educational NGOs, training institutes, youth centres, universities, and community-based organisations8. Dissemination strategy9. Dissemination reports10. Exploitation report for short term and long-term sustainability of the project’s core activities and results11. Multilingual project web platform12. Digital dissemination materials (leaflets, flyers, banners etc.)14. Publications and press release15. Development of the R1: Digital skills training framework16. Development of the R2: Digital skills training toolkit17. Development of the R3: Guidebook for youth trainers to improve digital soft skills of youth18. Development of the R4: Digital skills online application19. Development of the R5: Usability and user experience evaluation tool20. Informative sessions21. Thematic workshops22. Pilot training23. Develop the project website24. Develop the application for memory coaching25. Arrangement of multiplier events ""Workshop on Digital Skills for Employment Practices""25. Arrangement of multiplier event ""Final Conference of Digital Skills for Employment; New Perspectives""26. Filling the Mobility Tool+ for progress/interim and final reports<< Results >>The objectives of the Digital skills development toolkit for young NEETS to increase employability Project are to:- Improve youth’s digital skills capacity by learning the methods of creating digital content- Expand youth’s soft skills through the use of ICT technologies and tools- Improve youth’s problem-solving skills- Improve young people’s employability through leveraging youth’s digital skills and ICT knowledge- Solve problems using logical methods of step by step analysis- Solve problems by imaginative methods: giant leaps of creative intuition- Solve problems by harnessing the youth’s soft skills and digital skillsDuring the project, 5 results will be developed by the partners to rapidly improve young people employability with the right training to use with students/learners. Results of the projects are:1. Digital Skills training framework: It will be designed for an intensive course on digital skills, practical strategies, creating digital portfolios, making presentations, and creating digital content. It will also include a comparative need analysis about the recent situation of the digital skills development of youth and their needs and expectations from the "" Digi4You"" and examples of good practices in 4 partner countries in soft skills development and digital skills enhancement for employability practices.2. Digital Skills training toolkit: It will include (minimum) 36 hours of training course content and it will be designed according to the result of the Digital Skills training framework.3. Guidebook for youth trainers to improve soft skills of youth: It will be created to improve youth trainers’ working skills with soft skills development concepts and techniques and also it will help to increase digital skills.4. Digital Skills online application: It will include videos, guidebooks, simple digital practical tips, practical exercises, tools, tips, and tricks on digital skills. It will be free of charge and compatible with Android devices.5. Usability and user experience evaluation tool: It will describe an evaluation plan for conducting usability during the implementation of the project. The goals of usability and user experience testing will include establishing a baseline of user performance, establishing and validating user performance measures."