All EU Member States still have a significant proportion of economically and socially excluded young adults who are not in employment, education or training (NEET). According to Eurostat data, in 2021 such NEET representatives aged 25-29 in the European Union averaged 17.3 %, while in Lithuania it was 15.2 %, in Ireland 14.3 %, in Croatia 19.3 %, in Poland 16.9 %, 20.2 % in Spain, and 17.9 % and 23.9 % respectively i
Often, people who know how to make handcrafts produce them in their spare time and do not have the necessary knowledge or skills to turn this hobby into a business that would generate financial benefits. Here is a very effective solution – a set of Erasmus+ project “F2F-Trust: Micro-Entrepreneurship Supportive Mentoring System Development for Women with fewer Opportunities in Rurals” educational materials and t
According to the 2017 World Economic forum Report, with regard to the overall scale of demand for various skills in 2020, 36% of all jobs across all industries are expected to require complex problem–solving, social skills – such as persuasion, emotional intelligence and teaching others – will be in higher demand across industries than narrow technical skills. Main objective of Erasmus+ project “ALLsoSKILLED” (AduLt
First Erasmus+ ‘SENpower” project training ‘Supporting Knowledge – Opportunities available to the Entrepreneur’ has been implemented in Lithuania from 22.10.2018 to 26.10.2018. Target group of the training – young adult & VET learners with Special Educational Needs (SEN), who had an opportunity to develop following entrepreneurial skills and gain knowledge: to know more about entrepreneurship, entrepreneur
This year, on 16 – 24 September, I had the chance to participate in Erasmus+ project “Stepping Stones – Including the people with disability in Labour Market”. The project was held in Nová Baňa, Slovakia. It all began with a forwarded email. My personal stepping stones. First one: how will I travel to this tiny Nová Baňa town all on my own? What is waiting for me on my way there? I made up my mind t
Recently there are more and more projects focused on youth development, preparation for the labour market in the Europe. Lithuanian organisation Knowledge Code together with partners from UK, Italy, Poland, Spain, Cyprus and Romania is implementing Erasmus+ Vocational Educational Training Strategic Partnership Project “Apprentice Training Preparation – New Approaches in Managing the Transition from Educat