Bridges to Work seminar & conference

If you are working in a project aiming to increase young people's employment chances on the job market, then Bridges to Work is for you. No matter if you are a youth worker, social worker, coach, career counsellor, or some other function. Important though is that you come with a young person (under 26 years old) from your project. - Come and present your employment project - Get inspired by other job projects in Europe - Network with people from the job sector - Find ideas and partners for future projects - Influence European approaches to work & entrepreneurship Bring a young job-seeker A young person (< 26) from your project is invited to attend the parallel youth inclusion seminar on employment. Give them the chance to: - Exchange experiences with other job-seekers - Develop strategies to work on their employability or entrepreneurship - Give their opinion to improve employment & entrepreneurship projects - Practice their English (basic English required) - Have fun and get an international boost to get a job Note: The programme for young job-seekers & their coaches will start already on 17 October afternoon to allow more time for group building. Coaches/workers in youth employment or entrepreneurship projects are invited to apply online via http://www.salto-youth.net/BridgesEmploymentProject/ for both yourself and one young job-seeker! Who else will be there? Other participants at Bridges to Work conference will be employers, job centres, employment & entrepreneurship services, support programmes & structures for employment (Youth in Action, Lifelong Learning, European Social Fund, Progress,...), experts, researchers, policy makers. In total 125 people from all around Europe working on youth employment & entrepreneurship. How to apply? Apply via the specific links at http://www.salto-youth.net/BrigesToWork/