Growing skills for resilient careers

The main objectives of the project are:

O1. To develop Social and Personal Competence of 28 young people.

O2. To raise awareness about the importance of Social and Personal Competencies for the workplace of at least 500 people.

The purpose of the project is to enhance young people’s competencies required by future employers. The unemployment medium rate for the EU for youngsters (15-29 years old) is 7.1. In Romania the unemployment rate for the same age group is 5,5, higher with 0,7% than in 2020, for Bulgaria it stayed the same at 3,7. For Spain, the unemployment rate was in 2021 14, making it the first European country regarding unemployment. Italy is also in the top 5 countries regarding unemployment with a rate of 8,5. Portugal has a rate of 7,7, Armenia 20,9 and in North Macedonia 16,20. 

Taking into consideration all of the above we believe that it is a clear need of developing competencies not job related, but which can make youngsters shine during an interview and can assure them success in getting and keeping the job they want.

Activities during the mobility:  

– A welcoming session dedicated to introducing participants to one another and help create the right environment for the project activities. Participants will also receive a personal agenda in their welcome kit to write down their impressions during the project and learning outcomes and group leaders a journal to note down the evolution of participants and project activities. 

– Ice breakers, energizers, games to help participants get to know each other and create group cohesion during the project activities. This is a session dedicated to presenting the project and its schedule, followed by a Q & A part. Participants will be invited to express their expectations and needs for this project, this way a common vision and clear starting point will be created for everybody. 

– NGO presentation session where every participant NGO will have the opportunity to present their activity. This will help enhance intercultural awareness and will encourage new partnerships to be created. 

– A session dedicated to creating international groups for the workshops. Each group will have 4 participants and 1 group leader. This activity will help set up goals and expectations from the project and the working methods use and will also set up some ground rules. 

– A self-assessment regarding their transversal skills level will be filled by participants in the first and last day of activities. This will help us measure the impact of the activities and the learning outcomes. 

– Non-formal activities related to decision making. Participants will have the chance to remodel historical decisions and support their point of view, also using the method of simulation they will learn about how lack of information can lead to wrong decision

– workshops and activities based on the concept of non-violent communication. This will stimulate active participation and improve language skills. 

– workshops and interactive activities (brainstorming, simulation, storytelling, etc.) about stress management, team cooperation, conflict. 

– create an agenda with monthly challenges. This activity will help participants work better in teams, set clear expectations, and target their learning. 

– create a CV by using auto-reflection and SWOT analysis to identify their personal and professional potential, participants will write their CV focusing on what competences they have. This will stimulate their self-awareness and will motivate them to engage in future competence learning activities. 

– create a dissemination plan for the results of the project. Each national team will create a local strategy, to disseminate the project results in their community, with the help of the sending NGO. 

– Reflection sessions each day. Participants will reflect upon what they have learnt and note down their impressions in their personal agendas. 

– Evaluation sessions for participants. At the end of each day participants will submit an online anonymous form. 

– Meetings between the project team and group leaders to evaluate the progress of the activities and participants, every evening. Members of the project team and group leaders will note down in their personal agendas their daily observations and issues will be discussed. 

– Session dedicated to evaluating the project at the end of the mobility. This will help see to how participants and organisers feel about the activities and if the outcome was the expected one. 

– Session dedicated to reflecting and finding ways to continue the action and disseminate the results within communities after the mobility. 

– 1 cultural visit at Peles Castle in Sinaia will help enhance intercultural awareness and creativity regarding leadership and entrepreneurial skills. 

– Intercultural nights for participating countries will help enhance intercultural awareness.