Resources

CREUS provided a new approach focusing on learning in ‘unconventional spaces’ to support the transversal skills of disadvantaged and unemployed young people (aged 16–24 years) to foster access to initial VET and labour markets.

Acceder, the training and employment programme of the Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG), aims to promote access of Roma population to the labour market, particularly through salaried employment, as a gateway to social inclusion. 

The main objective of Giovanisì is to foster the transition process of young people towards autonomy, thanks to a system of opportunities structured in seven areas: internships, housing, civil service, doing business, work, study, training and Giovanisì+ (participation, culture, legality, social issues and sport).

While the numbers of young people Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEETs) are still staggering, it is not always easy to find an effective solution to reverse this trend.The NEETs for NEETs project seeks to respond to this issue together with youth affected by such problems, rather than once again providing the answers from a top-down perspective. In this regard, the project aims to improve and co-create together with NEETs sustainable and inclusive methods to empower young NEETs and improve their conditions.

COIP/IPDM aim to equip young people with the necessary skills and competences they need to integrate into a VET programme or the labour market.

The Transnational Employment Branch of YOUTHShare in Greece adopts, adapts and elaborates on the new practices for work inclusion based on Ripples in the Water Methodology from Norway -NHO- Confederation of Norwegian Enterprises). Based on this methodology, the YOUTHShare employment Centre and its staff aims through a person-centred and empower-focused approach at matching effectively the jobseeker with a potential employer.

Getting NEETs back on track by the "VET-ification" of gaming to encourage them to take part in Vocational Education and Training (VET) or at least get in touch with VET.

In Italy, one of the main difficulties of the Youth Guarantee Programme in the course of the first phase was to reach and engage the most discouraged NEETs from social backgrounds characterised by high levels of poverty that affected their ability to enter and remain within training and education courses, to gain work experience and to find out about the possibilities offered by the Programme.

CLICK functions as a mediation project between job supply and demand, working as a complementary tool to public employment services. The scope of this project is twofold including the development of soft skills among vulnerable or unemployed people and actions for raising awareness about social responsibility among potential employers. By joining efforts with multiple stakeholders and working closely with the actual beneficiaries, the project aims to make the “click” in their lives.

The aim of the practice is to change the status of young people from (beyond) NEETs to SEEDs (Searching for Education Employment and Development)[1].

400+Future is a low threshold programme that targets young NEETs to support them to re-engage in education and training activities. The programme offers individualised support and practical experience in a variety of vocational fields as well as the opportunity to attain a lower secondary education certificate.