e-Support services for career and vocational counseling of youth entering to the labor market

Programme 2014 - 2020 Interreg IPA CBC Romania - Serbia

Date of latest update: 2023-06-21

Description

Description (EN):

The project we propose is a revised version of the project Holistic career development for pupils in cross border area, 2016. The project was on waiting list, with 71,25 pct. Based on the feedback received, and adapting to the new program priorities, we are hereby proposing the revised and improved project proposal. The rate of youth unemployment is 17.8% (Romania) and 33.3% (Serbia) (https://tradingeconomics.com). The high rate of youth unemployment is determined by labor market absorption and by limited access of youth to counseling services. The number of specialized career counselors in high schools is very limited. Thus, other teachers, are to be trained, to act as informed career counselors. The overall objective is to offer for youth in Romania and Serbia an increased chance to take informed decisions regarding the career path through counseling activities and an online platform. The expected change will be that in this they will gain better access to the labor market and employment opportunities. The main outputs of the project are: an on-line interactive platform on vocational and career counseling, a Counseling guide that can be used by all interested teachers and counselors from Romania and Serbia, 40 trained high-school teachers as career counselors – 20 Romanians and 20 Serbian and 400 young people trained by the career counselors – 200 Romanians and 200 Serbian. There are two target groups: The first, formed by high school students, aged 16 to 19(400 young people: 200 from Romania, 200 from Serbia), the second consisting of high-schoolteachers acting as career counselors (40 teachers: 20 from Romania and 20 from Serbia). The focus of this project is the jointly solving the similar problems of the both targeted groups. Local challenges are both similar, and specific. Young people, on both sides of the border, have the same needs, are confused about how to choose the right direction in professional life, have different and yet similar life aspirations. It is known that a lot of students from Serbia, mainly from the Romanian minority living cross-border, are attending tertiary studies in Romania. Such project gives them the opportunity of informed decision in this regard. This project aims to develop a unitary, common perspective on student`s counseling which will unify the two specific and national visions, in order to offer them the same opportunities for their career start. The originality of this project consists in the integrative, and flexible approach of career development: the academic, the job-seeking competences and the career counseling are integrated with the unitary vision. The digital platform proposes a new and modern virtual space of communication, interaction and scientific knowledge in the counseling domain, linking together teachers and students across the border. The effects of the project will be sustainable for a long time, as we propose an education for the future and toward a lifelong learning.

Website: http://www.romania-serbia.net/

Expected Results (EN):

PA1- RI1 Active population more satisfied of the access to labour market. (Innovative services assisting job seekers permanently established, information on job opportunities available in marginal areas, disadvantaged groups receiving assistance and information about job opportunities through information points and dedicated tutors.)

Expected Outputs (EN):

First result is to develop young people’s decision-making and job-seeking skills, essential in the beginning of the professional life, but also for the future. An on-line platform for vocational and career counseling, which will increase the access of young people in Romania and Serbia on the labor market. The platform will offer possibilities of self-assessment, access to information about job opportunities and connection with other students, teachers or counselors. Another result of the project will be a Counseling guide that can be used by all interested teachers and counselors from Romania and Serbia. Through this project 40 teachers will be trained as career counsellors – 20 Romanians and 20 Serbian. They will apply the counseling program to 400 young people– 200 Romanians and 200 Serbian. These young adults will have better chances to make better career choices, and correlate their abilities and interests with the labor market tendencies.

Thematic information

Labour market and employment Education and training

Specific Objective: To enhance the potential of the programme area for an inclusive growth, improving across border access to the labour market and employment opportunities in the programme eligible area

Thematic Priority:

(a) Promoting employment, labour mobility and social and cultural inclusion across borders through, inter alia: integrating cross-border labour markets, including cross-border mobility; joint local employment initiatives; information and advisory services and joint training; gender equality; equal opportunities; integration of immigrants' communities and vulnerable groups; investment in public employment services; and supporting investment in public health and social services

Partners (4)

Lead Partner: Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara

Department: Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Sociology and Psychology

Address: Vasile Parvan 4, 300223 Timisoara, Romania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.uvt.ro

Total budget: EUR 208 367.25

IPA2 budget: EUR 177 112.16

Gimnazija „Borislav Petrov Braca”

Name: Gimnazija „Borislav Petrov Braca”

Address: Mihajla Pupina 1, 26300 Vrsac, Serbia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.vrsackagimnazija.edu.rs

Total budget: EUR 61 498.50

IPA2 budget: EUR 52 273.72

Colegiul National Banatean

Name: Colegiul National Banatean

Address: 16 December 1989 26, 300172 Timisoara, Romania

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.colegiulbanatean.ro/

Total budget: EUR 60 375.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 51 318.75

Školski Centar “Nikola Tesla”

Name: Školski Centar “Nikola Tesla”

Address: Sterijina 40-44, 26300 Vršac, Serbia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.teslavs.edu.rs

Total budget: EUR 61 498.50

IPA2 budget: EUR 52 273.72

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Grammar School ”Borislav Petrov Braca”

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National College of Banat

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School Center “Nikola Tesla”

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Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara

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Summary

Project name (EN): e-Support services for career and vocational counseling of youth entering to the labor market

Project acronym: e-SSCVC

Project start date: 2021-04-03

Project end date: 2022-04-02

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 391 739.25

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 332 978.36

Co-financing sources:

IPA/IPA II/IPA III: Amount, EUR 332 978.36.

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 Interreg IPA CBC Romania - Serbia

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-06-15

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

78 / 78 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

208 / 208 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.romania-serbia.net/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-09-22 and 2023-01-09.

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e-Support services for career and vocational counseling of youth entering to the labor market

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