New Dimension in Career Guidance Erasmus Project

Project Title

New Dimension in Career Guidance

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: Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Project Summary

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
Lithuania, Latvia, Belarussia, Ireland
05.2019-05.2021

GOAL OF THE PROJECTS – to create an innovative and comprehensive methodology, by combining the best experiences of each partner in the area of professional orientation, which could be used by youth workers within the context of the implementation of professional orientation (career counseling) in various forms of youth work (open youth work, mobility work, work in the streets, and the development of practical skills).

The methodology will be presented both in a paper version (as well as an online version), and its information will be used to create digital training playlists available for youth workers in a virtual space, by employing the City of Learning platform as well as the Open Badges system. This will attract larger numbers of youth workers to use this platform independently of their living location, because the learning process will be occurring in a virtual space. These learning playlists will be curated by Lentvaris open youth center and Badgecraft Ireland Limited.

The methodology combines group work for youth workers, individual guidance and consulting, as well the empowerment of youths through the realization of their individual initiatives and employment, by organizing internships in the dominant areas of interest.

Besides the creation of the methodology, there will an inter-sectoral field study conducted throughout the duration of the project – international meetings (one international youth conference is foreseen for the topic of professional orientation of youths and the most innovative and best practices in this field), with the goal to improve the professional orientation of youths ages 14-29 and to expand the network of these type of services, while empowering youth workers to exercise good-quality and well-rounded career counseling in their work with youths.

RESULTS:

-We will inform and train 150 youth workers how to work with this methodology, who are in one way or another confronting the need for consulting youths in terms of professional matters- in Lithuania, Latvia, and Belarussia.

-We will integrate and try out the first training playlists in a virtual space for youth workers, which will be adapted and adjusted according to each organizations’ needs by taking into account the content of the methodology.

-Throughout the duration of the project, each one of the three partner countries will attract a minimum of 10 decision makers, in the public and private sectors, with whom there will be a dialogue developed about the improvement of the professional consultation system for youths.

-20 youths from each partner state (Lithuania, Latvia, Belarussia) will have the opportunity to receive individual guidance through individual work described in the methodology, and an additional 100 unique visitors (youths) will participate in the group work sessions.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 83980 Eur

Project Coordinator

Vilniaus Antakalnio atviras jaunimo centras & Country: LT

Project Partners

• IT for Everybody
• Badgecraft Ireland Limited
• Young Folks LV
• Asociacija Madrus