Latin American economic outlook 2017 focuses on #Youth, Skills & Entrepreneurship is OUT! Improving youth inclusion through better skills and entrepreneurship opportunities !
Description
ES4Y is a Capacity Building project within the framework of the European Commission’s Erasmus + Programme with project partners from Italy, Spain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile joined to develop a toolkit with learning scenarios that bridge the gaps between young peoples’ skills and the world of work via non-formal education methods. All Institutions will form a network for designing, programming and planning of an online e-learning platform that aims to add quality of the systems of support to youth, youth workers and young people with fewer opportunities. This project will contribute to the implementation of “Europe 2020” strategy, working specifically in the fight against poverty and social exclusion of youth. The online web-based platform (O1) called ES4Y will be the main sharing tool: users will be able to upload resources, methods and good practices (pictures, texts and audio-video contents), which will be availablefor free downloading and easy feedback during the project and beyond its lifetime. The online platform will include a space with useful tips on visa applications for young people. Youth workers and youngsters will learn how to plan and implement new and innovative trainings, relational support meetings, workshops and leisure time activities for disadvantaged, adolescents, young universities students and in general young people with fewer opportunities. Therefore, this capacity building project will develop youth workers' and youngsters set of technical, transversal and intercultural skills and competences which may open new job opportunities and improve their employability in the social work field at a local, national and international level. Creativity, entrepreneurship, teamwork and sense of initiative will be continuously developed thus promoting a real and deep personal and professional growth of youth workers and youngsters. The activity will be set the basis for the creation of project work tools. Including an integral study of the abilities and skills needed by employers to facilitate the job creation. The project includes a phase of development of teaching materials of non-formal character of socio-professional skills education.
About ES4Y
ES4Y is a Capacity Building project within the framework of the European Commission’s Erasmus + Programme with project partners from Italy, Spain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile joined to develop a toolkit with learning scenarios that bridge the gaps between young peoples’ skills and the world of work via non-formal education methods. All Institutions will form a network for designing, programming and planning of an online e-learning platform that aims to add quality of the systems of support to youth, youth workers and young people with fewer opportunities. This project will contribute to the implementation of “Europe 2020” strategy, working specifically in the fight against poverty and social exclusion of youth. The online web-based platform (O1) called ES4Y will be the main sharing tool: users will be able to upload resources, methods and good practices (pictures, texts and audio-video contents), which will be availablefor free downloading and easy feedback during the project and beyond its lifetime. The online platform will include a space with useful tips on visa applications for young people. Youth workers and youngsters will learn how to plan and implement new and innovative trainings, relational support meetings, workshops and leisure time activities for disadvantaged, adolescents, young universities students and in general young people with fewer opportunities. Therefore, this capacity building project will develop youth workers' and youngsters set of technical, transversal and intercultural skills and competences which may open new job opportunities and improve their employability in the social work field at a local, national and international level. Creativity, entrepreneurship, teamwork and sense of initiative will be continuously developed thus promoting a real and deep personal and professional growth of youth workers and youngsters. The activity will be set the basis for the creation of project work tools. Including an integral study of the abilities and skills needed by employers to facilitate the job creation. The project includes a phase of development of teaching materials of non-formal character of socio-professional skills education.