ESF-SI-2023-SKILLS-01-0065

The project aims to create a new approach to reaching out to vulnerable youth NEETs and offer them the opportunity to re-engage into learning, a learning that involves skills acquisition that are necessary for the labour market. 

This will be achieved through the following:  

1. Initial research to identify skills to be developed and a co-design approach to decide on the methodological framework to be used and the validation methodology.  

2. The creation of micro-units to support the learning process through informal training and also the creation of the SEQ comp cards for self-assessment and self-validation of skills acquired and their transfer to a innovative and interactive gamified digital app.  

3. The implementation of the SEQ living labs based on the Vienna Weeks practice to achieve maximum outreach to the target groups and form synergies with local stakeholders for the dissemination of the project’s deliverables and the engagement of as many youth NEETs as possible in the training process. 

Additionally, through the SEQ living labs, the project team will offer consultation and personal counselling for the participants to help them participate in the labour market. Throughout the entire project and its implementation, a co-design and co-delivery approach will be employed to ensure that the target groups’ needs are met and considered. 

Expected results: 

• Direct impact on at least 150 vulnerable NEET youth. 
• Development of a new methodological framework for informal learning. 
• Mapping of social and emotional transversal skills relevant to the social economy and labor market. 
• Promotion of green skills and skills for a sustainable future. 
• Development of 24 micro-units focused on transversal social and emotional skills in the social economy. 
• Development of an interactive digital tool to enhance informal learning. 
• Establishment of a validation method for recognizing skills acquired through informal learning and for enabling self-validation. 
• Engagement of target groups through a co-design approach to ensure maximum outreach.

Funding: 419,188.00 Eur

Social innovation scale-up

The SEQ Elevate project is a scaled-up social innovation based on the methodology of the Wiener Wochen für Beruf und Weiterbildung (Vienna Career Guidance and Further Education Weeks). The project aims to replicate the original model’s success in reaching vulnerable young people and adults who are not in employment, education, or training (NEETs) with career and lifelong learning services. This initiative expands on the core elements of the Vienna Weeks – including its open days, workshops, and guidance fair – by enriching the methodology through a gamified approach and implementing it in four partner countries.