Upskilling the Women in NEET: From Household Economies to Leading Enterprises Erasmus Project

Project Title

Upskilling the Women in NEET: From Household Economies to Leading Enterprises

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 : Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education

Project Summary

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES
The economic crises all over the Europe in the last two decades revealed the concept of NEET (not in employment, education, and training). The citizens become not able to reach education, employment, and training. Even in most prosperous countries of the EU, the gap is between men and women to the detriment of women. Starting from this point, UP-HOLD project focus on women in NEET aged 25+. European countries make commitments to solve the problem of unemployment, try to create new job opportunities, and work on giving required trainings and education for upskilling them but the number of women in NEET, regardless their ages, is higher than men in every single EU country. The NEET concept is very new but for adult women, it is a broader concept. The background of starting point of the project idea is to reveal the reasons of why women in NEET situation and creating awareness of this situation and also offering opportunities.

Technological development and societal changes cause people to reskill and upskill themselves to overcome the NEET situation. Women in NEET aged 25+ are mostly housewives who are considerably lack of basic competences such as digital and mathematical skills to service in labour market or the ones who needs to look after their children (or more specifically having a disabled relatives in need nurturing to hold on their lives. The project gathers partners from countries have the highest NEET proportion gap (Male, Female in NEET) namely Turkey (15%, 51%), Slovakia (10%, 30%), Poland (9%, 23%), Spain (18%, 24%) according to the Eurostat2018.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES
PO1: Enhance access of women to training, developing open educational resources tailored to their needs.
PO2: Providing a modern and basic training method, enabling women in NEET receiving the learning pathways as regards the acquisition of skills relevant to upskilling in order to compete in labour market
PO3: Updating & upskilling digital, financial, and entrepreneurial competences of women in NEET
PO4: Enable municipalities, adult education providers and associations of disadvantaged groups to offer courses for women in NEET open to their citizens, learners and members, with the aim to attract especially learners with disadvantaged backgrounds.
PO5: Ensure sustainability of project results through the active involvement of public Adult education providers, social organisations and municipalities in the partnership countries.

PARTNERSHIP
• Pendik Municipality has great experience on adult education and digital competence and committed to serve more than 700k people within its borders. Their expertise on creating high quality training materials and project management will facilitate the PMI.
• KİŞGEM is a newcomer to Erasmus projects even if there are two different LLP projects earlier. Their network and having successful women entrepreneur under their umbrella will be fruitful for our target group in terms of guidance.
• Celal Bayar University is a well-experienced in terms of financial and entrepreneurship trainings. During the project, we will benefit their teaching skills for adults. This will be add value for the project.
• Topcoach brings its expertise in research methodologies, entrepreneurship and digital skills. Their current project SKILL-UP will be an example for their capabilities.
• Autokreacja has extensive knowledge on entrepreneurship and empowering of women within society by having required skills.
• SSF is one of the most experienced NGOs working in Spain. They are mostly dealing with disadvantaged groups (migrant, women, and roma people). Their expertise on digital learning for these groups will help Pendik Municipality as well.

ACTIVITIES & METHODOLOGY
• The methodology and content of each learning material will be created through the feedbacks and pilot trainings.
• Development of learning materials to be accessible for adult learners and providers.
• Resources and tools ease the implementation and dissemination of the project outcomes.
• Involvement of municipalities, NGOs, associations of disadvantaged to ensure the adoption of UP-HOLD knowledge resources and online course
• Multiplier events will be main activities reaching target audiences.

RESULTS & IMPACT
• The number of women in NEET and would like to receive the upskilling trainings of the UP-HOLD project will be increased.
• The number of adult education centre using the training materials of the UP-HOLD project.
• The partnership of the project will be extended through the use uptake of the outcomes of the project. Notably municipalities, adult education centres interest in the UP-HOLD project.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 109436 Eur

Project Coordinator

Pendik Belediyesi & Country: TR

Project Partners

• FUNDACJA AUTOKREACJA
• SOLIDARIDAD SIN FRONTERAS
• MANISA CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY
• TOPCOACH SRO