From school to work easily - Youth Competence Center

Project facts

Project promoter:
Artemisszio Foundation
Project Number:
HU05-0266
Target groups
Young adults,
Teachers, trainers, managers, leaders and other staff within higher education institutions
Status:
Completed
Initial project cost:
€71,800
Final project cost:
€66,603
From EEA Grants:
€ 58,408
The project is carried out in:
Budapest

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Description

The youth unemployment rate is really high in Hungary. Generally fewer youth try to apply for jobs and they have less success. The high rate and the reproduction of unemployment deepen the inequality, the structural discrimination and social dissatisfaction. The problem is known, many civic organizations try to deal with it, but they lack the network and cooperation that would make their work more efficient. The objective of the project is to realize an adoptable complex program that is based on non-formal learning methods and to create a network of experts in order to decrease the number of unemployed youth and to ease the transition from schools to the labour market. It aims to develop different competencies of disadvantaged youth and inform them about opportunities. During the project there will be workshops and trainings where the developed model program and methods will be delivered. Beside the several media appearance an informative video will be published. The target group consists of disadvantaged youth studying in vocational schools, the representatives of civic sector, social and educational professionals.

Summary of project results

The youth unemployment rate is really high in Hungary. Generally fewer youth try to apply for jobs and they have less success. The high rate and the reproduction of unemployment deepen the inequality, the structural discrimination and social dissatisfaction. The problem is known, many civic organizations try to deal with it, but they lack the network and cooperation that would make their work more efficient. The objective of the project was to realize an adoptable complex program that is based on non-formal learning methods and to create a network of experts in order to decrease the number of unemployed youth and to ease the transition from schools to the labor market. There was a huge interest in the program, more than 60 people applied for the training series (200% oversubscription). The complex service pack focusing on skills development of youth was given to civic organizations, schools and social service providers through trainings. 20 representatives and experts took part in the series of trainings including the knowledge transfer of practice oriented career guidance method and digital career map (DCM). The program thematic was finalized and got ready for the usage in schools. The thematic includes CV and motivation letter writing, group job interview training, individual job interview training, simulations and relevant experience gaining program. From Budapest 3 vocational schools and 1 vocational school from Szentendre cooperated in the project. During the project 26 youth were involved to the program, their complex development program was elaborated, they also went on factory visits. The project promoter edited short videos in order to introduce and popularize the program, you can reach them on the Youtube channel of the organization: https://goo.gl/NgAC2y

Summary of bilateral results