Youth and COVID-19: Response, recovery and resilience

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The general objective of the project is to enable young people to be architects of their own lives, build their resilience and equip them with life skills to cope in the context of COVID 19 pandemics. Specific objectives: 1. Promoting active citizenship, young people’s sense of initiative and youth entrepreneurship including social entrepreneurship 2. Increasing quality, innovation and recognition of youth work 3. Strengthening the employability of young people 4. Reinforcing links between policy and practice By the project, more than 2000 youth from seven countries from Europe: RO, HU, SR, PL, SI, CZ, SK will participate in an intensive learning platform allowing them to cooperate across borders, exchange case studies and communicate. This way the project transfers a developed innovative learning model and learning content which are flexible enough to address the specific needs, are adoptable and modular (different backgrounds, sectors) which reflect the practical needs of the end users. Also, the project upgrades on youth strategy and strategic management for decision-makers. The project will focus on three key pillars: personal development, education and training, and economic empowerment. In addition, we encourage youth to actively participate in their communities aiming to create an enabling environment by engaging with local employers, services and institutions. The activities of the project are participatory, outcomes-focused and inclusive. Mixed methods will be used to collect both quantitative and qualitative data from primary sources. By organizing workshops and face-to-face meetings partners will manage to promote their goals during debates, where also critical issues that the EU needs to resolve will be identified, such as building a common identity, increasing inclusion, increasing equality between men and women and involving youth in the policy-making process.