Empowerment of Youth Women Labour Through Non-Formal Learning Erasmus Project

Project Title

Empowerment of Youth Women Labour Through Non-Formal Learning

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Recognition (non-formal and informal learning/credits); Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment; Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Project Summary

Title: Empowerment of Youth Women Labour Through Non-Formal Learning
Duration : 18 months
Grant Budget: 149,318.00 EUR
Location : Location of the action covers Albania, Bulgaria, France and Turkey.
Coordinator : HAK-IS TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION, known as HAK-IS, from Turkey – PIC: 907343724
Local Partner: Ankara YILDIRIM Beyazit University (AYBU)
European Partners: A research organization, Center for Labor Relations and Social Dialogue (CLR.AL) from Albania, the Federation of the Transport Trade Unions of Bulgaria (FTTUB) from Bulgaria, COJEP International from France.

In Europe, youth unemployment rates are generally much higher, even double or more than double, than unemployment rates for all ages. Eurostats estimates that 17.632 million men and women in the EU-28, of whom 13.916 million were in the euro area (EA-19), were unemployed in February 2018. In February 2018, the youth unemployment rate was 15.9 % in the EU-28 and 17.7 % in the euro area, compared with 17.3 % and 19.4 % respectively in February 2017.

In 2018, the EU employment rate for people aged 20 to 64 was 64.5 % for those born outside the EU, 73.9 % for the native-born population and 76.5 % for those born in another EU Member State. In 2018, the EU unemployment rate for people aged 20 to 64 was 12.2 % for those born outside the EU, 6.1 % for the native-born population and 6.8 % for those born in another EU Member State.

The current population of Turkey is estimated at 83.43 million. The population is fairly young with almost 27% ranging from 0 to 14 years of age, while 67% are 15 to 64 years old. Only around 6% are above 64 years of age. The median age of the population is at 30.9 years of age, with a total life expectancy of 75 years of age in 2018. Labour Force Participation Rate in Turkey increased to 53.30 percent in June 2019 from 52.90 percent in May of 2019. Labour Force Participation Rate in Turkey averaged 48.32 percent from 2005 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 53.50 percent in August of 2018. Turkey’s unemployment rate rose to 13.90 percent in June 2019 from 10.2 percent in the same period of the previous year.Youth unemployment rate, measuring job-seekers between 15 and 24 years old, also rose to 24.8 percent from 19.4 percent in the same month a year ago.

Target group of the action covers young workers in the age range of 17-30 years. 60% of the target group are women workers and the rest (40%) are men workers. This contingency rate is fixed to maintain the balance between working and social lives. On the gender basis, 90 direct beneficiaries of the totally 150 ones will be female workers (60%).

The action target group consist of young women and young men employees from Albania, Bulgaria, France and Turkey with an objective in order to build up their individual capacities alongside to raise their awareness about industrial relations, influential communication technics, negotiation skills, active citizenship, environment conscious, organised society and trade unions through various non-formal learning activities.

Method: On the basis of knowledge and experience exchange, non-formal learning techniques (tools and methods) will be used during the action implementation period to transfer of good practices from EU countries to candidate countries for empowering the young workers in the selected countries within an innovative approach.

The non-formal learning format includes the self-directed learning, the constructive learning and the experiential learning. These methods are chosen to make the target group gain or renew (update) knowledge and skills to be strong young persons in the society and in the labour life since a qualified young labour force is extensively needed by the companies and employers in all sectors.
It is planned to conduct the below mentioned activities :
– Establishment of the Action Management Team
– Kick-Off Meeting
– Transnational seminars
– Workshops
– The Youth Interaction Platform meetings
— Audit and Reporting
– Preparation and Printing of the Action Outputs (Industrial Relations Literacy Paper, Trade Union Literacy Guide, Mobile application)
– Making a public service announcement (psa) under the title of “From Now Onward”
– Transnational Non-Formal Learning Activity: Capacity Empowerment of the Target Group and Increasing Quality of the Action Outputs
– Broadcasting of the “From Now Onward” psa on internet and TV channels
– Final Conference and Conclusion Event
– Introduction, Visibility and Dissemination Activities.
It is suggested that the proposed action will lead to produce 4 pcs outputs for the benefit of young workers through non-formal learning techniques by focusing on empowering the youth labour within an hollistic innovative approach and sustainable framework:
a) Industrial Relations Literacy Paper,
b) Trade Union Literacy Guide,
c) Mobile Application for iOS and Android platforms, and
d) A public service announcement (psa) under the title of “From Now Onward”.

Project Website

http://www.hakis.org.tr

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 103924,25 Eur

Project Coordinator

HAK ISCI SENDIKALARI KONFEDERASYONU (HAK-IS) & Country: TR

Project Partners

• ANKARA YILDIRIM BEYAZIT UNIVERSITESI
• COJEP International
• Federation of Transport Trade Unions in Bulgaria
• Qendra per te Drejtat ne Pune (CLR)