DME
YEAR:
2014 - 2017
Embedding civic engagement in sustainable development in formal curricula of VET.
RESULTS:
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Research: Overview of the legal framework related to employment and support measures and subsidies in the project partners' countries. This overview will form the basis for the focus on the methodological approach to schools and the labour market.
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Counselling and Coaching: An existing methodology will be used by project partners in their support of vulnerable (and/or unemployed) young people focused on the labour market; Assessment of the 300 students: Testing and mentoring companies and internship providers.
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Diversity Management: Registered methodology of JKVG related to Diversity Management (Empower® methodology) will be translated and extended to the objectives of this projects; Training 150 professionals in diversity management to encourage them to disseminate diversity management (long-term result) for better internship experiences or labour market workplaces (short-term result); Counselling 75 employers in diversity management.
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ICT Development; Based on the defined methodology, web tools will be created to support schools and employers in the objectives of the project; A digital infrastructure available, including a virtual community and a database in national languages and in English for the target group and stakeholders in support of: (a) knowledge, tools, methods and information sharing, (b) peer-to-peer counselling, (c) partnership network and (d) the handbook on diversity management.
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Good Practices; Each partner will share good practices that add value to the project goals (in the different partner countries).
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Dissemination; Producing leaflets, documents, a website, on the project and diversity management in general; Publishing a newsletter twice a year; Organising 4 (inter)national conferences (up to 200 participants); A research report/policy paper has been set up on inclusion, opportunities, available tools, policies and recommendations for the target group per partner country.
REASON:
Youth unemployment is a growing concern across the European Union and deserves to be high on the political, social and economic agenda. Our society must invest in inclusive employment for everyone, including – and especially – the most vulnerable amongst us: early school leavers, young people with low levels of education, or those with physical or intellectual disabilities. A joint geographical or cross-border approach is required to tackle these economic and social challenges. Traditional diversity management promotes inclusive ‘human resources management’ in the context of the employer-employee relationship. This project on ‘Diversity Management’ broadens this approach by focusing on four stakeholders
GOALS:
In line with the objectives of the ‘Lisbon Strategy’ and Europe 2020, DME is building on the transition process of supporting (vulnerable) students and unemployed young people into the labour market. All of this is being done within the framework of the EU’s objectives and broader economic and social needs.