The gig economy as an activator for employability skills in unemployed youth
▶Summary
A transnational project is needed because a joint approach might be more effective to tackle common social issues related to youth unemployment, under- unemployment or NEETs, united with the growi...
▶Objectives
The first objective of GIG UP is to contribute at empowerment of young people who only expreinced precarious work forms or that never worked before, by offering a program that reinforce and favour the development of transversal competences needed in the fast-changing world, encompassing: critical thinking and creativity, adaptability and an entrepreneurial mind-set. Also, GIG UP aims to prepare the GIG UP program (micro-courses package, skills assessment tools) to use gig economy as an activator for employability skills, entrepreneurial and organizational skills in young adults about to enter the labour market.
▶Activities
Management: - Prepare time plan and work plan - Organize project meetings - Prepare meeting minutes - Solve problems and issues - Communicate with partners - Communicate with Agency - Control budget and expenditure - Monitor project activities - Prepare four project quality management reports - Prepare the financial statement - Prepare and submit final report Project result 1: - Initial research - Give feedback from the rational focus group - Contact five experts and run the focus group - Write a report - Skill definition and structure - Define the skills to be included in the programme - Discuss the list of topics in a virtual meeting - Finalize the table of contents and enriched with details to provide guidance - Present the final table in a virtual meeting to decided what each partner will develop - Implementing new tools and material - Work independently in their share of the library - Prepare materials (PPTs, quizzes, etc) - Assessment of the materials - Ask for improvement (if necessary) - Digitalization of contents and testing - Digitalization of contents - Prepare assessment questionnaire for both results - Assessment by 1 educator per partner, the SC and 6 external experts (same session as R2) - Assessment report - Final evaluation report - Correct errors and finalise R1 - Translation and cultural adaptation - Methodology developed under R2 - Running local piloting - Prepare focus group rational and questions to be asked - Organize focus group and collect data (within the workshops) - Prepare the final report - Evaluation with focus group - Finalization based on the final report - Dissemination of the result Project result 2: - Table of contents and partner's brainstorming - Elaborate on the input provided for each chapter - Allocate work to partners - Online meeting to present learning objectives - Prepare first draft of the handbook - Receive feedback from educators (Virtual) - Finalize chapters - Finalize 1st draft - Internal Assessment - Virtual training event - Translation and cultural adaptation Dissemination: - Prepare dissemination report - Prepare sustainability report - Prepare project website - Prepare GIG UP logo and template - Prepare Newsletters Evaluation: - Prepare quality assessment questionnaires - Collect feedback - Prepare evaluation report
▶Impact
Project Result one: The concrete output for Result 1 is an online library available in English, Spanish, German, Italian and Greek with interactive OERs to train NEETs for the gig economy on: - Market analysis - Local authorities - Legislation in my country and the EU - Enhancing your skills: how to stay updated - Managerial skills - Personal branding and pitching - Communication - Resilience, mental health, coping strategies for stress - Project management - Financial skills As a result of this production, 87 youngsters participated in the piloting workshops in 2023. Project result 2: