30 IS TOO LATE Erasmus Project

Project Title

30 IS TOO LATE

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment

Project Summary

Along with globalization the youth unemployment has been the common problem of all countries regardless of being developed or underdeveloped . Too many young people leave school too early and adults are often only equipped with low soft skills, which increases the risk for (future) unemployment even further.The percentage of youth unemployment is frightening. The Europe 2020 strategy forsees promoting a high employment economy. To address this issue and at the same time to counteract for fighting a prognosed shortage of skilled staff appropriate actions need to be taken.
’30 is too late’ aims, through the development and training of soft skills, which are relevant to the labour market, and the usage of European Instruments (ECVET) to close an existing gap, which causes staff shortage and will fight future unemployment of low- skilled youngs.Socialization and relationship-building are a critical part of young adolescents’ lives, therefore secondary school is a perfect place and correct time to incorporate soft skill development into the school day. The trainings prove to be less effective on people in their 30s than they do on young people as well. By adding this important element to class and outside-class plans, educators help prepare students for success at future careers.
As the coordinator, we and our other partners Italy, Portugal, Macedonia,Romania and Poland are suffering from youth unemployment and with this project
we aim to;
*Both to improve existing skills among the students and teachers in our school and in the partner institutions and provide an awareness among them.
* Secondary and higher education young people will be informed about the qualifications of the business world looking for before they are taken into business life and through the project they will have opportunities to gain these proficiencies.
* Our educators who acquire these proficiencies to provide trainings throughout the province, mainly to psychological counselors and classroom guidance teachers in our institution, within the framework of dissemination of the work.
This project will provide the secondary and higher education students with more knowledge about competences required by business life and help the students gain them.Young people who are equipped with soft skills will overcome personal barriers and obstacles and this will contribute to the European 2020 strategy which aims to create a more resource efficient and greener economy.

ACTIVITIES:
1) meeting the human resources department of some companies to determine the expected profiles of the employees
2) Taking an example of the both sample and filled surveys of these companies and their results.
3)Conducting a soft skill inventory for all grades.
4)Situation analyse will be done at the end of the inventory results.
5) Need analyse will be done by comparing the soft skill inventory results.

RESULTS:
1)CAREER PLANNING ACADEMY will identify the poor skills of students and enable them to improve.
2)WORKPLACE SIMULATION will make students experience a model of real-life work place atmosphere at school so that they can learn and acquire the soft skills by living.
3)HANDBOOK will be prepared to train class guidance teachers to let them develop the students’ soft skills.
4)‘KEEP UPDATE TEAM Regular interviews will be made with employers to keep track of changing business expectations and new business areas.
5)PORTAL will disseminate the project results, informing project activities and promoting the project and project partners

Project Website

http://www.30istoolate.net

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 149873,5 Eur

Project Coordinator

Bursa Hürriyet Anadolu Lisesi & Country: TR

Project Partners

• Agrupamento de Escolas do Forte da Casa
• SOU Gimnazija “Goce Delcev”
• Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im. Wojska Polskiego w Nowym Dworze Mazowieckim
• ISTITUTO ISTRUZIONE SECONDARIA SUPERIORE “Publio Virgilio Marone”
• Colegiul Ion Kalinderu