Youth exchange · 2020

Strategy of Work

MediterrArt’s first Erasmus+ project funded with the association as coordinator, focused on youth unemployment and the skills needed to approach the labour market.

Year: 2020
Action: Erasmus+ Youth Exchange · KA105
Project code: 2020-1-IT03-KA105-018150
Role: MediterrArt coordinatore
Countries: ItalySpainPortugalPolandHungaryBulgariaRomania

The project

Seeing work as a possibility, not a distant prospect.

How can young people navigate the labour market when opportunities feel so far away?

Strategy of Work was developed to address this question through an Erasmus+ youth exchange on employability, personal initiative and European opportunities.

Funded in 2020, it was MediterrArt’s first Erasmus+ project as a coordinating organisation. Encounters between young people from different backgrounds and non-formal education offered ways to explore difficulties, recognise skills and imagine new opportunities.

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Discussing ideas, writing them down and listening to others.

The programme

Learning by doing and exchanging ideas.

Activities combined discussion of young people’s needs with practical employment skills, entrepreneurship opportunities and European tools. The group also explored inclusion and the prejudices that can affect social participation.

Photograph documenting Strategy of Work — A group presentation on youth unemployment in Poland.

Experiences and contexts

One European issue, many perspectives.

Discussions began with the perspectives of young people from different countries. Participants shared research and reflections on unemployment and access to jobs.

Putting skills into practice

From ideas to practical tools.

Public speaking, negotiation, mock interviews, LinkedIn profiles and presenting business ideas gave participants opportunities to practise skills relevant to working life.

In participants’ own words

The project on film.

An audiovisual account produced as part of the project’s dissemination activities, sharing the experience through the participants’ perspectives.

Diary

Nine days, nine stages.

Nine stages of the exchange, from initial group activities through professional skills to the final evaluation. Each day links to an account published on the project’s social channels.

Day one

Day two

Day three

Day four

Day five

Day six

Day seven

Day eight

Day nine

The experience

A first step in a continuing journey.

With Strategy of Work, MediterrArt coordinated an Erasmus+ youth exchange for the first time. Participants had space to share experiences and work on skills, opportunities and their future paths.

The story continued through daily documentation, the final ceremony and subsequent dissemination.

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