Building Actions of Guidance Services for Youth Employment Network Europe for citizens: Strand 2 Measure 2.2 Network of twinned towns Project 577113-CITIZ-1-2016-1-SE-CITIZ-NT

Background 1- New challenges makes difficult to support young people in finding an occupation 2- Ineffective communication channels between institutions and young people and lack of common spaces 3- Untapped potential of civil society organisations

Objectives Creating a European network on the promotion of employability and active participation of young people. 1. Raise awareness among local decision makers 2. Improve the skills of civil servants and introducing innovative tools and strategies related to engage with young people 3. Improve communication with young people and foster participation in the formulation of local policies. 4. Create synergies among actors at local level

1. Jobb och Kunskapstorget - Municipality of Linkoping (SE) 2. IMPEFE - Municipality of Ciudad Real (ES) 3. Local Development Agency Zagreb (HR) 4. Municipality of Masku (FI) 5. Municipality of Forlì (IT) 6. Sweden Emilia Romagna Network (IT)

1 Final valorisation conference Project Methodology Multilevel approach: Transnational level / Local level 1 Kick off meeting 3 Thematic conferences to analyse different issues related to the theme - Presentation of good practices - Working group discussion - Study visits 5 Local dissemination seminars aimed at presenting the good practices to local stakeholders in view of a possible transfer 1 Final valorisation conference

1st EVENT COORDINATION MEETING - Presentation of local services on youth unemployment and guidance services - Coordination strategy - Study visit to Lounais-Suomen Työllistäjät ry Masku 12th/13th October 2016

CONFERENCE ON EUROPEAN EMPLOYMENT POLICIES AND JOB-GUIDANCE SERVICES 2nd EVENT CONFERENCE ON EUROPEAN EMPLOYMENT POLICIES AND JOB-GUIDANCE SERVICES Panel Discussion of political representatives on Innovative approach to tackle youth unemployment Presentations of the orienteering and job-guidance systems Study visits: Technology Park - Business Incubator & StartUp Factory Zagreb Accelerator of entrepreneurship Zagreb 7th/10th October 2017

CONFERENCE ON THE COMPETENCES OF JOB-GUIDANCE SERVICES STAFF 3rd EVENT CONFERENCE ON THE COMPETENCES OF JOB-GUIDANCE SERVICES STAFF Presentation of organization and stakeholders experiences of each partner Study visits: Work-and knowledge square, UngPuls Linköping 2th/5th May 2017

4th EVENT CONFERENCE ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES, TRAINING AND SELF EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Presentation of young entrepreneurs from Spain, Working groups on: creation of start-up companies and entrepreneurship education. Study visits: youth center and chamber of commerce Ciudad Real 9th/12th October 2017

LOCAL DISSEMINATION SEMINARS 5th-9th EVENTS LOCAL DISSEMINATION SEMINARS Presentation of practices observed abroad to local stakeholders with the presence of international participants. Workshops with young people to inform them and involve them in the decision making process. Forlì, 8th/9th March Ciudad Real, 16th/17th March Zagreb, 3rd/4th May Masku, 8th/9th May Linköping, 14th/15th May

FINAL CONFERENCE IN FORLì 12th/15th June 2018 10° EVENT FINAL CONFERENCE IN FORLì 12th/15th June 2018 Presentation of project results Reflections on the guidelines and follow-up activities

Comments from the participants “Thanks to all the people who participated in the organisation of the event. The start-up factory was very interesting” - Event in Zagreb “I would like to congratulate Swedish partners for a very fruitful and interesting meeting and for their great hospitality” - Event in Linköping “The library was the most inspiring experience” - Event in Linköping “Very interesting and very well organised” - Event in Ciudad Real “I think it was a very good conference with rich content, good discussions and very good study visits” - Event in Forlì

Project Results 38 good practices exchanged 3 clusters of good practices identified 5 practices identified for transfer More than 385 participants 110 Stakeholder organisations involved 1000 people reached indirectly through dissemination 94% increased knowledge on the themes of transnational conferences 93% Satisfaction rate about the content of the conferences

Main Elements emerged during the project Three clusters of good practices identified after the exchange in the transnational conferences 1. SELF ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2. JOB-GUIDANCE AND COMPETENCE BUILDING 3. WORK-BASED LEARNING

MENTORING AND JOB-ORIENTEERING Street educators (Sweden) Municipal service Mission: support young people at risk of criminality Target: minors, especially those in local gangs

MENTORING AND JOB-ORIENTEERING Jobb och kunskapstorget (Sweden) Main target: Neet and people who are not self-sufficient Activities: individual counseling, training groups on basic skills for work, motivation coaching and education, internships.

SELF-ENTREPRENEURSHIP Framtidsfrön “Futures seeds” (Sweden) Mission: promotion of entrepreneurship skills and development of the entrepreneurial approach from kindergarten and primary school. Objective: supporting the schools in the task of teaching children aspects related to entrepreneurships such as curiosity and creativity. Help the school to work closely with the business world. Activities: Lectures and activities at schools Creation of educational materials Teachers’ training http://www.framtidsfron.se

GUIDELINES FOR INCLUSIVE AND EFFECTIVE JOB GUIDANCE SERVICES 1. Creating a culture of good entrepreneurship starting from school. 2. Providing young entrepreneurs with adequate spaces to develop their ideas 3. Offering no equity funding opportunities 4. Relocating services against segregation 5. Providing individual and/or group counseling opportunties

6. Making use of informal learning contexts to build competences. 7 6. Making use of informal learning contexts to build competences. 7. Using one-stop-shop models for the provision of services/information 8. Providing access to work based learning opportunities 9. Improving mentoring and monitoring of companies 10. Providing learning mobility opportunities 11. Establishing an effective networking strategy with local stakeholders

Project Methodology Thanks for your attention. More information @ www.bags4youth.eu