Green STEM for NEET women

The project’s objectives were strongly linked to the selected ERASMUS+ priorities as they focus mainly on innovating VETand adapting it to the current labor market’s needs while working towards th...

The project’s objectives were strongly linked to the selected ERASMUS+ priorities as they focus mainly on innovating VETand adapting it to the current labor market’s needs while working towards the inclusion of marginalized groups such as young NEET women and their access to fields of training and occupation that are usually less accessible, such as STEM subjects and digital design and innovation. The cooperation between the members of the partnership, local companies, and institutional stakeholders ensured the improvement of the quality of the training and allowed the development of new informal training curricula. Just as importantly, a significant part of the training program aimed at the acquisition of green skills that were put into practice during the design and realization of the final project work, which had to offer a solution to an environmental problem raised by one of the partner companies.

OVERALL PROJECT COORDINATION, MANAGEMENT, AND EXCHANGE OF BEST PRACTICES. This activity aimed at the general management of the project and the exchange of best practices related to the training activities that were necessary to reach the overall and specific objectives of this project. PROJECT COMMUNICATION AND SCOUTING FOR STUDENTS. This activity included the actions linked to the communication of the project both in Italy and in Slovenia and to the scouting for the students who took part in the following phases of the project. ACTIVATION OF THE TRAINING COURSES. This was the project’s core activity. Its main goal was to provide the participants with soft and hard skills connected to digital and innovative solutions to environmental problems and self-entrepreneurship to adequately prepare them to enter the local labor market in the fields of their choice. SOLUTION AND PROTOTYPING. INNOVATIVE ANSWERS TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS FOR BUSINESS. Through this activity, the students found innovative solutions to partner companies’ needs in terms of the betterment of their production process.

- 12 NEET women had received high-quality and custom-made training on STEM subjects and practical and theoretical notions and tools to develop their self-entrepreneurial abilities and personal soft skills, and are now ready to enter the job market in their fields of interest - at least two innovative solutions to problems raised by local companies that were looking to reduce their environmental footprint have been presented and new professionals and new connections between young professionals and companies have been put in place - the training programs have been innovative and effective, both the students, the trainers, and the companies involved are satisfied and feel their goals have been reached