WOW (World of Work) for Youth! Erasmus Project

Project Title

WOW (World of Work) for Youth!

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 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy) ; Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

WOW for Youth! is a project where informal learning, and peer-to-peer learning, empowers young individuals to engage in social and democratic processes that enhance their self-esteem and hence employability. It builds on the methodology of peer learning about topics that the young target group may not be particularly excited about learning: labour regulations on national and EU level, rights and duties on the labour market, the need of tackling unemployment as well as NEETs and the young peoples own responsibility in the process.

The needs to be addressed involve increased level of key competencies and skills of:

– young people who are voluntarily active in youth work,

– youth workers,

– young people who are out of work and/or unskilled.

The objectives we work towards are:

– promotion of participation in democratic life and the labour market in particular,

– increased sense of social inclusion and solidarity,

– empowerment of the individuals and the group as a whole towards enhanced employability and youth work,

– promotion of mobility and cooperation between youth from Programme and Partner countries,

– raising the awareness of the EU Citizenship though peer-to-peer learning and finally

– improvement of the capacities of involved organisations.

The latter is a highly prioritized objective with focus on informal training in leadership and influence of youth organizations on youth policy, labour marked and national and European stakeholders (i.e. the activity “Opinion Leader Training”).

The proposed activities will include exchange of experiences and innovative approaches to learning about the national and European labour markets, as they will foster active citizenship and actively use YouthPass to document the competencies acquired through these activities.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 93420,76 Eur

Project Coordinator

FIC – Fagligt Internationalt Center & Country: DK

Project Partners

• SOLIDAR FOUNDATION FOR HUMANITARIAN, DEVELOPMENT AND EUROPEAN COOPERATION
• INSTITUTE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMPLOYEE ADVANCEMENT SERVICES LIMITED
• Federazione Italiana Lavoratori Commercio Alberghi Mense Servizi
• Initiative for Development and Cooperation