Summary:

The most recent research indicates that the pandemic and its aftermath, the economic repercussions, have negatively affected a large number of young people in Europe who were already in a disadvantaged position. The project aims to address these issues by raising NEETs and low-skilled adults’ awareness on Circular Economy and empowering them with the necessary skills and tools that will enable to access the labor market, thus contributing to the development of a more just and sustainable economy.

Objectives

The objectives of the project are:

• To assist adult educators and adult educational centres in their efforts to train, guide, and counsel adult learners on employment issues;
• To provide adult educators with the necessary knowledge about current labour market changes and the competencies required by employees;
• To upskill adult learners to foster their professional reconversion and insertion in the labour market.

Results

To achieve its objectives, the project has foreseen the development of the following results:

• Online course – Skills for professional conversion, which includes an e-book with training material for the development of labour-market-relevant transversal skills, a presentation, and a self-assessment tool for each transversal skills of the e-book.
• Hands-on learning activities booklet, containing guidelines for designing and implementing hands-on learning activities to assist educators in their work with low-skilled adults, with the goal of developing those individuals’ transferable skills.