NEET Project Factory

Aims & objectives

“Project Factory” training course was an international event about creating better opportunities for young people in NEET situation in society and on the labour market. It gathered 31 professionals from different sectors: youth work, education, social work, employment… working on topic of NEET, along with 4 expert speakers

Project aims and objectives:
To create bridges and sustainable cooperation between the youth and other sectors in order to use E+: Youth in Action programme to reduce the numbers of young people at risk and in NEET situation by creating better opportunities for them.
To make a better use of the Erasmus+: Youth in Action programme, especially of Youth Exchanges, EVS and Transnational Youth Initiatives in addressing the issues that youth at risk and NEET are facing.
To find new partners, explore possibilities and develop cross-sectorial partnership projects for youth at risk & in NEET situation
To develop an understanding of the Erasmus+:Youth in Action project lifecycle
To exchange about possible ways to work together and methods to intervene
To get to know different realities and share good practices

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

Fourteen European countries participated in this seminar: Belgium-FL & FR, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain, Romania and UK.

The course was organised and hosted by the Latvian National Agency for the Erasmus+: Programme - in cooperation with the SALTO Inclusion Resource Centre.

The organising Team for the event was
Edgars Knonfelds - Latvian National Agency
Marijia Kljajic - Salto Inclusion
Natalja Gudakovska - Trainer
Dan Moxon - Trainer

Training methods used & main activities

GRoup work, expert presentation ,field visits, reflection, input from young people

Outcomes of the activity

90% of participants reported that they had found a parter as a results of this course

90% of participants reported that they had started to plan an E+ Youth In action project as a result of this course

In evalution participants identified that they had developed their ability to work cross sectorally, knowledge of E+ programme and to design projects for young poeple in NEET situations

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

I work alongside another trainer to design and facilitate the programme.

I worked on this training for 5 days as a full time trainer.