The project
About the project
Direction Employment is an innovative training program for vulnerable young people, which enhances their employability in competitive, high-technology industries and the IT sector. The project aims to unleash the potential of NEET young people from vulnerable groups, and increase their employability...
Methodology
The Direction Employment has been adapted by Workshop for Civic Initiatives Foundation, Bulgaria on the basis of the original version provided by YouthBuild International, USA to assist individuals and organizations interested in establishing a Youthbuild program in their community. It presents...
Expected Results
By uniting partners from different sectors NGOs, educational experts, companies from Bulgaria, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia, Italy, who have a proven track record of working for the social and labor market inclusion of young people from highly marginalized minorities, the project aims at:• Tes...
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Infograpfics - our approach, core training, expected results
Infograpfics - our approach, core training, expected results
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For Trainers
Direction Employment is innovative training program that aims to engage young people from vulnerable groups in one of the fastest growing sectors - IT. The project provides free access to the developed methodology and additional training resources for all who want to become trainers.Training manualT...
For Young People
Direction Employment is an innovative program for professional training in information technology. It targets young people between the ages of 17 and 29 from various vulnerable groups - Roma, refugees, LGBTI people, young people who have been living in extreme poverty and dropped out of school.The a...
For Employers
Direction Employment project provides complete training program that uses modern and interactive learning methods for Information Technology and it applies an individualized approach, tailored to the needs of the learners. The expected results from the program are reducing youth unemployment, coped ...
News
LGBTI Inclusion at Work: Would Grow Lithuania's Economy, Attract Talents, and Investments
19 June 2023 06:26
On 29 March 2023 the National LGBT rights organization LGL organized the first-ever in-person conference in Lithuania specially designated to the topic of LGBTI inclusion in the workplace, “Direction: Employment. Strengthening LGBTQ Workplace Inclusion”.The event explored topics of diver...
The First Ever Conference on LGBTI Inclusion: Here’s How to Watch Online
14 June 2023 13:53
On 29 March 2023 the National LGBT rights organization LGL is organizing a first-ever in-person conference in Lithuania specially designated to the topic of LGBTI inclusion in the workplace, “Direction: Employment. Strengthening LGBTQ Workplace Inclusion”, taking place on 29th of M...
Ambassadors’ meetings and Mobile classroom training in Sofia
02 April 2023 00:00
The model ambassadors' meetings (round 2) were combined with the Mobile Smart Classroom final training (group 4), which took place on March 2023, in Sofia. The participants had a chance to meet with DE project graduates who had been successfully employed. The participants received first-hand testimo...
Direction Employment Project Results
31 March 2023 12:38
According to Eurostat statistics for 2018, over 15 million young people between the ages of 20 and 34 from the 28 EU member states are unemployed, not in education or training (NEET). In Italy and Greece, countries with the highest levels of youth unemployment, more than one quarter of young people ...
Ambassadors’ meetings and Mobile classroom training in Plovdiv
30 March 2023 00:00
The model ambassadors' meetings were combined with the Mobile Smart Classroom final training, which took place in Plovdiv. The young people who successfully completed Direction Employment courses met and talked with the participants of the "Mobile Classroom" training, who are future trainers, a...
Direction employment project - results in Lithuania
29 March 2023 12:40
The Direction employment project provided IT training for people between the ages of 17 and 29 and prepared them for successful professional careers. The training included three different professional directions in Information Technology - Digital Marketing, Programming and Software Development, and...
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