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Zero Experience Needed - Training and Mentoring Support to Prepare Young People for a Job
FunderEuropean Commission
Funder Contribution €30,000.00
Funded underERASMUS+ | Partnerships for cooperation and exchanges of practices | Small-scale partnerships in youth
Project code2022-3-IE01-KA210-YOU-000093276
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<< Background >>At the time of writing this project, Blackwater Training identified that young people living in rural and isolated communities across Europe faced a plethora of challenges in their lives, especially when it came to their employment status. Many of the young people that Blackwater Training had worked with in 2022 took the decision to emigrate to Australia and Canada for a better life; we wanted to work with young people to keep them on our rural lands by identifying a range of opportunities that were available to them in their country. In their work with young people, Blackwater Training identified that there was a need to develop a holistic range of training resources that could be accessed by young people and youth workers, to support the young person to improve their employment prospects. Through the SALTO Youth portal, Blackwater Training found VEGED, a youth organisation in Turkiye working with rural youths who experienced unemployment. We applied for this project support young people to consider a future as an entrepreneur by opening up this career path as an option for young people. As organisations, we were newcomers & less experienced organisations in Erasmus+. We wanted to enhance our capacity to work on projects. << Objectives >>From the outset, the “Zero Experience Needed” project had seven main level objectives: LO1 = to provide a range of training materials which will support young people to develop their entrepreneurial competences LO2 = Support partner organisations to develop their capacity to work with young people to help them to improve their opportunities for employment; LO3 = To broaden the minds of young people to considering a future as an entrepreneur LO4 = To provide young people with opportunities to exchange ideas in order to improve their job-related skills; LO5 = To build the resilience of young people and support them to engage with economic activities in their country; LO6 = To mobilize young people and develop their personal, social, economic and civic competences; LO7 = To enhance the employment opportunities of young people.<< Implementation >>To achieve the 7 main outcomes of our project, we organised the following activities which were split into 5 main work packages as follows: WP1: Project Management & Participation. This WP supported the development of a dissemination campaign, a QA strategy, online meetings with partners and day-to-day project management. WP2: Exchange of ideas and best practices between partner organizations. This activity organised 2 face-to-face meetings, in Ireland and in Turkiye to enable partner organisations to enhance their capacity to work on Erasmus+ projects on the topic of entrepreneurship. WP3: Training resources for young people. Through WP3, we developed a training programme, learning outcomes, templates, quizzes, PPT’s & lesson plans to support young people to improve their entrepreneurial knowledge and skills on six main competence areas. WP4: Video resources for young people. We developed 6 video scripts, translation tables, videos in English and Turkish to support young people to learn more about entrepreneurship from their digital devices. WP5: Coaching Sessions. We developed coaching templates for youth workers. We conducted coaching sessions with 22 young people and conducted national seminars with 170 people. << Results >>The following outputs and results were developed as part of the Zero Experience Needed Project: * 1 dissemination strategy was developed; 2 social media channels (Instagram & YouTube); * 1 QA strategy was developed; * 2 transnational workshops to exchange ideas and best practices between partner organisations; meetings with 2 entrepreneurs; cultural activities; * 12 self directed learning resources & 12 face-to-face learning resources on entrepreneurial competences were created in English & Turkish. These resources also included lesson plans & PowerPoint Presentations. * 12 videos related to developing entrepreneurial competences and uploaded to a dedicated YouTube channel for the project. * 10 young people participated in pilot training activities for the resource development (2 * feedback loops)* 18 young people were coached in Ireland and 5 young people were coached in Turkiye. * 4 national seminars occurred; 3 of which occured in Ireland and 1 occurred in Turkiye. Appx. 170 people were reached through these national seminars. * 1 young person in Ireland found a job after taking part in the coaching sessions;* 2 businesses were set up (1 after the knowledge seminar & 1 after the pilioting session).
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<< Background >>At the time of writing this project, Blackwater Training identified that young people living in rural and isolated communities across Europe faced a plethora of challenges in their lives, especially when it came to their employment status. Many of the young people that Blackwater Training had worked with in 2022 took the decision to emigrate to Australia and Canada for a better life; we wanted to work with young people to keep them on our rural lands by identifying a range of opportunities that were available to them in their country. In their work with young people, Blackwater Training identified that there was a need to develop a holistic range of training resources that could be accessed by young people and youth workers, to support the young person to improve their employment prospects. Through the SALTO Youth portal, Blackwater Training found VEGED, a youth organisation in Turkiye working with rural youths who experienced unemployment. We applied for this project support young people to consider a future as an entrepreneur by opening up this career path as an option for young people. As organisations, we were newcomers & less experienced organisations in Erasmus+. We wanted to enhance our capacity to work on projects. << Objectives >>From the outset, the “Zero Experience Needed” project had seven main level objectives: LO1 = to provide a range of training materials which will support young people to develop their entrepreneurial competences LO2 = Support partner organisations to develop their capacity to work with young people to help them to improve their opportunities for employment; LO3 = To broaden the minds of young people to considering a future as an entrepreneur LO4 = To provide young people with opportunities to exchange ideas in order to improve their job-related skills; LO5 = To build the resilience of young people and support them to engage with economic activities in their country; LO6 = To mobilize young people and develop their personal, social, economic and civic competences; LO7 = To enhance the employment opportunities of young people.<< Implementation >>To achieve the 7 main outcomes of our project, we organised the following activities which were split into 5 main work packages as follows: WP1: Project Management & Participation. This WP supported the development of a dissemination campaign, a QA strategy, online meetings with partners and day-to-day project management. WP2: Exchange of ideas and best practices between partner organizations. This activity organised 2 face-to-face meetings, in Ireland and in Turkiye to enable partner organisations to enhance their capacity to work on Erasmus+ projects on the topic of entrepreneurship. WP3: Training resources for young people. Through WP3, we developed a training programme, learning outcomes, templates, quizzes, PPT’s & lesson plans to support young people to improve their entrepreneurial knowledge and skills on six main competence areas. WP4: Video resources for young people. We developed 6 video scripts, translation tables, videos in English and Turkish to support young people to learn more about entrepreneurship from their digital devices. WP5: Coaching Sessions. We developed coaching templates for youth workers. We conducted coaching sessions with 22 young people and conducted national seminars with 170 people. << Results >>The following outputs and results were developed as part of the Zero Experience Needed Project: * 1 dissemination strategy was developed; 2 social media channels (Instagram & YouTube); * 1 QA strategy was developed; * 2 transnational workshops to exchange ideas and best practices between partner organisations; meetings with 2 entrepreneurs; cultural activities; * 12 self directed learning resources & 12 face-to-face learning resources on entrepreneurial competences were created in English & Turkish. These resources also included lesson plans & PowerPoint Presentations. * 12 videos related to developing entrepreneurial competences and uploaded to a dedicated YouTube channel for the project. * 10 young people participated in pilot training activities for the resource development (2 * feedback loops)* 18 young people were coached in Ireland and 5 young people were coached in Turkiye. * 4 national seminars occurred; 3 of which occured in Ireland and 1 occurred in Turkiye. Appx. 170 people were reached through these national seminars. * 1 young person in Ireland found a job after taking part in the coaching sessions;* 2 businesses were set up (1 after the knowledge seminar & 1 after the pilioting session).
