Training for sustainable employment of youth and young adults Erasmus Project

Project Title

Training for sustainable employment of youth and young adults

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 vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment; Cooperation between educational institutions and business; Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Project Summary

The phenomenon of unemployment among young people has emerged in the European Union, with different incidence in the different member states. But in general, the unemployment rate in the population aged 20 to 29 years is higher than the unemployment rate in the total population.
In Portugal, unemployed people under the age of 30 represented in 2018, 15% of the total unemployed, with 5% being the percentage of those who were 25 years old or less. In addition to these cases are young people who have completed their education and are looking for their first job.
According to Eurostat, the unemployed population between 20 and 29 years old with post-secondary education represented more than twice the average of the EU-27 in three member states that are part of the consortium for this project (Italy, Spain and Turkey, being 13.0 % the rate seen in Portugal in the same age group A relevant group in this field is made up of young people with higher education.
One of the reasons that has been pointed out for this phenomenon is related to a gap between the training received and the needs of employers, so this project aims to contribute to a reduction of youth unemployment through specially developed training, corresponding to the needs of companies in the region. .
Given that the issue of youth unemployment is transversal in the EU member states, this project can be developed by the consortium partners, with the same objectives and using the same methodology.
The TSEMY project involves innovation as it assumes a different answer to the existing problem of unemployment. On the one hand, this new methodology leads to the production of training content that meets the needs of employers and on the other, training is a mix of training in the workplace and mentoring through a digital platform. Finally, the fact that it is tailor-made training accompanied by a motivational strategy for trainees and employers will lead to sustainable action that can be replicated in other work contexts and other member states.
With regard to training areas, the project will focus on several areas of activity, namely engineering, management and information and computing technologies, where Atlântica, the leading entity, has consolidated experience.
The training will be carried out in the workplace and the students and employers will be monitored through a specially developed platform for training and monitoring the trainees.
The general objective of the project is to contribute to the reduction of unemployment in the population aged 20-29, unemployed and with tertiary training.
The project has the following objectives:
1) Develop new training programs in partnership with employers and local authorities that fit employers need in the bounds of public policies;
2) To reduce unemployment among young people, aged 20-29 years, with terciary ediucation;
3) To develop social-educational and personal skills, such as language skills, entrepreneurial mind-set, that contribute for a sustainable policy of employment;
4) To develop specific programs that fit the needs of local employers.
5) To develop a digital platform to support the trainees and employers.
The project thus aims to promote and establish cooperation agreements between the project consortium, companies and the business community in order to enable the creation and training content in direct and synergistic cooperation with companies in different areas of activity.
These training content will be taught through the development of an application to support training content and also direct support to trainees and employers in order to create a motivational climate for the success of the project.
Finally, and after the training process, the selection of young people / candidates will be enhanced, who will be admitted as interns in the companies of the consortium doing the training in a business context;
The project includes 6 partners (Atlântica, AdM, ASIE, ProEduca, CESUR and MSKU) from 6 countries (Portugal, Italy, Romania, Czech Republic Spain and Turkey) and the activities include the respective intellectual results and multiplier events (Seminars / Workshops, Final Conference): the Context Review Document (IO1), the TSEMY Training Curriculum (IO2), Digital Toolbox & Resources (IO3), the Training Guide for Trainers (IO4) and the Training Guide for Capacity Building Unemployed Youth (IO5).

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 198300 Eur

Project Coordinator

EIA – ENSINO E INVESTIGACAO E ADMINISTRACAO SA & Country: PT

Project Partners

• MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY
• ASOCIATIA PENTRU SPRIJINIREA INITIATIVELOR EDUCATIONALE
• CENTRO SUPERIOR DE FORMACION EUROPA SUR
• Archivio della Memoria
• ProEduca z.s.