ERASMUS +

Youth Exchange
“Transversal Skills - Defeating NEET Unemployment!”

Erasmus + Programme Opportunities

 Transversal Skills - Defeating NEET Unemployment!
Youth Exchange
2020-3-AT02-KA105-002931

16-27 November, 2021

Vienna, Austria
Beneficiary:
Verein zur Unterstützung und Begleitung für Lehrlinge mit Migrationshintergrund, Austria

Partners:
Civic Organization "Development and Initiative, Ukraine
Friend of the Village, Georgia
Kumluca Chamber of Trade and Industry ( Kumluca Ticaret ve Sanayi Odası), Turkey
 This E-Booklet will let you know about:
Our Project What is NEET Transversal Skills

Erasmus + Programme Opportunities

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 Our Project

This E-Booklet is created to spread the voice of the Youth Exchange Project “Transversal Skills -
Defeating NEET Unemployment!” and also let the readers of this E-Booklet to learn more about
Erasmus + programme, its aims, objectives, opportunities and possibilities for youth people.
Project is Co-funded by the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union and Austrian National
Agency “OeAD-GmbH - Agentur für Bildung und Internationalisierung”. The content and views
expressed in this E- Booklet do not necessarily reflect the views or the statements of the
Programme of the European Union or Austrian National Agency “OeAD-GmbH”.
Youth Exchange took place in Vienna, Austria During 16-27 November, 2021 and gathered
together 32 participants from 4 different countries: Austria, Turkey, Georgia and Ukraine.
The AIM of this project was to develop transversal skills of our NEET participants, in order to
increase their possibility to be more suitable for labour markets and defeat unemployment
problem and, on the other hand, empower them to get back to active social life and get rid of life
experiences of youth marginalization or exclusion.
Accordingly, our project had the objectives:
-To increase participants’ knowledge of Erasmus+ Programme and its Key Actions.
-To develop NEET youth's transversal skills
-To equip participants with Leadership and Team Management competences and methods.
-To equip youth with interpersonal skills: Receptiveness to Feedback, Relationship Management,
Work Ethic, Collaboration, Body Language and
-To make them more self- confident and team-workers by involving them into international
groups and fulfilling practical tasks on the project
-To improve soft and communication skills for better cooperation and negotiation.
-To equip youth by technical skills which help them to work more efficiently
- To encourage them to be actively involved in Erasmus + programme
We aimed and achieved a long-term impact on our lives and equip ourselves with the skills and
competencies which will last lifelong and will have a mushrooming effect. The mutual learning
process throughout the project helped us to develop new skills, ideas, and initiatives.
Our project included different types of Non-Formal Education Activities: Ice breaking and team
building games, National and International Group working sessions, project topic activities,
exploring NEET issues, problematic fields and solution finding actions, discussing Transversal
Skills and exploring it, exploration of interpersonal skills, dissemination and visibility activities,
drafting the project ideas, presentations of our countries local realities, role play games, etc.
 What is NEET ?
NEET, an acronym for "Not in Education, Employment, or Training", refers to a person who is
unemployed and not receiving an education or vocational training. The classification originated
in the United Kingdom in the late 1990s, and its use has spread, in varying degrees, to other
countries and regions.
Percentage of NEETs among 15- to 24-year-olds (ILO data, 2020)
Our participants worked in national teams and prepared the presentations reflecting the local
realities in our countries in terms of NEET youth issues. To See the presentations, click on the
links below:

»»»» NEET Realities in Austria »»»» NEET Realities in Turkey

»»»» NEET Realities in Georgia »»»» NEET Realities in Ukraine

 Transversal Skills

UNESCO defines transversal skills as:

“Skills that are typically considered as not specifically related to a particular job, task, academic
discipline or area of knowledge and that can be used in a wide variety of situations and work
settings (for example, organisational skills).”
These skills might also be called ‘soft’ or ‘transferrable’, because they are not specific to a particular
sector or job role. The term ‘transversal’ refers to the way these skills ‘cut across’ different tasks
and roles, just like a transversal line in geometry.
“Transversal skills are increasingly in high demand for learners to successfully adapt to changes
and to lead meaningful and productive lives.”
UNESCO gives six categories of transversal skills:
- Critical and innovative thinking - Interpersonal skills
- Intrapersonal skills -Global citizenship
- Media and information literacy -Others: problem solving, communication, teamwork and
leadership
 Erasmus + Programme Opportunities
Erasmus+ is the EU Programme in the fields of education, training, youth and sport for the period
2021-2027. Education, training, youth and sport are key areas that support citizens in their
personal and professional development. High quality, inclusive education and training, as well as
informal and non-formal learning, ultimately equip young people and participants of all ages with
the qualifications and skills needed for their meaningful participation in democratic society,
intercultural understanding and successful transition in the labour market. Building on the success
of the programme in the period 2014-2020, Erasmus+ strengthens its efforts to increase the
opportunities offered to more participants and to a wider range of organisations, focusing on its
qualitative impact and contributing to more inclusive and cohesive, greener and digitally fit
societies.

»»»»»»»» »»»» Erasmus+Programme Guide

 How to participate in Erasmus + projects?

One of the best platforms to find the participation opportunities to apply is SALTO, where
is The European Training Calendar. Here organizations announce the calls for the
participants. At the same time this platform suggests the vast information, TOOLKITS and
works in youth work field.
www.salto-youth.net/

Facebook groups are very practical where NGOs announce open calls for participants or
searching for the partners and establishing communications. Here we suggest the list of the
active Facebook groups where you can add yourself and receive the information about the
participation opportunities:
»»»» Facebook groups