Strengthening Sub-Saharan youth career paths Erasmus Project

Project Title

Strengthening Sub-Saharan youth career paths

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 : Capacity Building for youth in ACP countries, Latin America and Asia

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

The project focused on youth workers career guidance/education competences development seeking to solve huge problems faced in developing countries, namely Sub-Saharan Africa regions. This project scope and challenge were selected on purpose. Project Partners from Sub-Saharan Africa regions were eager to improve their competences and expend their work field. All parties acknowledged the necessity of career guidance/education services, as they are still are not that well developed and implemented in Africa. Also the statistics shows, that to provide high quality career guidance/education services for local youth is very important as these countries face high youth unemployment rate. One of the main factors, why the career guidance/education services have not been provided in Sub-Saharan Africa is the general lack of professionally trained experts at virtually all levels: community development workers, programme facilitators and coordinators, planners, materials developers, writers, trainers, lecturers and in particular researchers. Only a very small number of non-governmental adult education initiatives are operating, if at all, at community or village level only. Also it has to be outlined that the training concentrates only on technical know-how and it does not prepare youth for economic activities or enable trainees to open a business. Training materials such as tools, working instruments and raw materials are available in insufficient quantities only, and learning materials are virtually absent.
The project proposal main aim was to increase and develop youth workers competences in Career Guidance/education services for underprivileged youth in Sub-Saharan Africa regions.
The project aim have been achieved through cooperation and exchanges in the field of youth between Lithuania and Sub-Saharan Africa regions (Ghana, Uganda and Kenya).
The main project objectives that contributed to project aim achievement were:
• Built capacity of 21 youth worker, youth organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa in the field of career guidance/education (CGE) and increased quality of work in mentioned field in participating countries through developed CGE methodologies and tools (training programme, training course, best practise exchanges);
• 3 Career Centres in Partner countries for quality CGE services for underprivileged youth established in Accra, Nairobi, Kampala with installed computers;
• Methodologies and tools on CGE among participating organizations have been transferred and exchanged;
• Active participation and non-formal learning within EU and Africa during 45 career guidance/education sessions for local youth have been promoted by Lithuanian youth workers mobilities and trough work of Partner countries youth workers.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 150000 Eur

Project Coordinator

SOCIALINIU MOKSLU KOLEGIJA & Country: LT

Project Partners