Capacities of youth workers on the field of youth employment services
Project duration
May 1st, 2016 – April 30th, 2018
Project Leader
Non profit organization EPIC Slovakia
Project Partners
- EPIC Assist Czech Republic
- EPIC Employment Sevice Australia
Project Donor
Project Aims
- to build on the australian skills and experience
- to create an educational programme on Economical Univrsity in Bratislava SK and Palacky University in Olomouc CZ
- to strengthen the financial stability of the youth organisations in SK and CZ by providing professional provision of youth employment services
- youth organisations working on prevention and reduction of youth unemployment and potential provision of public employment services
- to create and run programmes using business-driven approach, assist both young unemployed and potential employers
- freely accessible learning materials
Project Lines
- Short-term training for youth workers (14 from CZ and SK trained)
- educational course accredited by the university (20 current or future practitioners trained)
- platform for interconnection among youth work practitioners, students and academia
Project Outcomes
- curricula and methodology for two educational programmes
- 10 series of short films and 10 case studies (education resource material)
- network of youth organisations specialised on the prevention and reduction of youth unemployment
- 2 mobility activities for youth workers (1 training, 1 job-shadowing)
Project Activities
- 20. 10. 2016 / First transnational meeting of project partners and representatives of selected Universities, Bratislava (Slovakia)
- 15. – 19. 5. 2017 / Training of representatives of chosen organizations working with disadvataged youth, Rajecké Teplice (Slovakia)
- 22. – 23. 5. 2017 / Second transnational meeting of project partners and representatives of selected Universities, Bratislava (Slovakia)
- 17. – 31. 7. 2017 / Job shadowing of participants of training, Brisbane (AU)
- 20. – 25. 7. 2017 / Third transnational meeting of project partners and representatives of selected Universities, Brisbane (AU)