Mapping, assessing and validating competences of youth educators working with NEETS Erasmus Project

Project Title

Mapping, assessing and validating competences of youth educators working with NEETS

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 youth

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Recognition (non-formal and informal learning/credits); Inclusion – equity; Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Project Summary

In 2015, more than 6,6 million young people (aged 15-24 years) were neither in employment nor in education or training (NEETs) in the EU. Many of them come from disadvantaged background. Most services addressed to NEETs are delivered by youth educators, however a European standard for youth educators working with NEETs, and tools to check the quality of their work is missing.
This project aims was to improve the current situation by mapping the Competence profile of youth educators working with NEETs, and by developing a methodology for assessment of their competence called expertise checkup, a E-course course for assessors, a European certification and a register for assessors and youth educators that have passed the checkup. The checkup was carried out thanks also to a web platform. The description of the Competence profile of the youth educator working with NEETs is based on ECVET, and the checkup on the European Council recommendation on validation of non-formal and informal learning and to the European Guidelines for Validating Not Formal and Informal Learning developed by CEDEFOP.
The project consortium is composed by organizations working with NEETs based in PL, UK, ES, SK. Also, many other organizations working with NEETs and youth workers were involved in project activities thanks to partners wide networks.
Thank to variety of dissemination activities, over 20 000 people from target groups was informed about the project, and over 400 youth educators were directly involved in it.
Main intellectual outputs of the project were:
1. The Competence profile of youth educators working with NEETs.
2. Guide to the expertise chekup with youth educators working with NEETs.
3. Web based assessment tool.
4. E-course for assessors of youth educators working with NEETs.
All those results are available in English and partner languages.
Long term benefits will be better quality of European youth work with NEETs and improved recognition of skills of European youth educators.
Target group of the project were as follows:
1. partner organizations and their Staff;
2. organizations working with NEETS;
3. youth educators working with NEETS;
4. other interested parties, decision makers in the youth field and of NEETS, youth association, parents’
associations, youth educators’ associations, researchers in HR and youth work and so on, at regional,
regional and EU level.
Impact on participants: higher awareness on youth educators’ expertise, identification of youth educators
competences, skills, activities and knowledge and the differences among partner countries; higher
satisfaction of their work with NEETs.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 138215 Eur

Project Coordinator

VIVA FEMINA & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Kairos Europe Limited
• Academia Postal 3 Vigo S.L.
• OBCIANSKE ZDRUZENIE KERIC