Direction Employment

About this project

<p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><span style="color: #212529">Our project aims to unleash the potential of <strong>NEET young people</strong></span></span> <span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><span style="color: #212529">between the ages of 17 and 29, <strong>suffering from multiple discrimination</strong> (i.e. Roma, LGBTI, refugees, single mothers, disabled) by applying <strong>an experimental model for youth education</strong>, based on progressive pedagogy, integral and gamified methodologies. It promotes<strong> the values of diversity and inclusion in the labor market</strong> concerning race/ethnicity, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, and global and digital citizenship by providing <strong>a market-specific IT training program</strong> in <strong>Bulgaria, Lithuania, Italy, Slovenia and Portugal</strong>.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><span style="color: #212529">The project partners are NGOs, social cooperative and non-profit educational institutions with track record in working with the target groups mentioned above. An expert partner from Ireland provides the quality assurance for the project.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><span style="color: #212529">We provide <strong>a comprehensive training program</strong> that underpins <strong>modern and interactive IT training</strong> and an individualised approach, tailored to the needs of learners. Specially selected trainers and employers will play a key role in the training program design and delivery process.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><span style="color: #212529">As a result, the program is expected to contribute to reducing youth unemployment, as well as integrating young people from vulnerable groups into the labour market, making a career in one of the most competitive and fast-growing sectors, namely the <strong>IT industry</strong>.</span></span></span></span></p>

Project partners

• Lithuanian Gay League Donor project partner· Lithuania
• DMC-Metrix Donor project partner· Ireland
• Lai-momo soc. coop. soc. Donor project partner· Italy
• Andragoski zavod Ljudska univerza Velenje Donor project partner· Slovenia
• Polytechnic Institute of Porto Donor project partner· Portugal