How it works
The EvolYou project aims to significantly enhance the employability and social inclusion of disadvantaged young people aged 15-30 through a dual strategy. Firstly, by integrating them into a training pathway that leverages intergenerational mentoring with senior expert volunteers, the project sharpens the youths’ soft skills and employability skills.
This pathway not only improves key competencies that are crucial for the labour market but also fosters a sense of active inclusion. Secondly, by engaging seniors as mentors, the project promotes active aging and ensures that their experience actively contributes to the societal well-being of the youth but also the seniors.
Completed in January 2022, EvolYou has already demonstrated success, evidenced by its recognized presence on the EPALE platform. The project’s methodological model has been both innovative and effective, involving over 80 senior mentors and 130 young individuals in a didactic experimentation that culminated in the delivery of a methodological manual, shaping future directions for similar initiatives by other organizations.
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What is the practice?
The improvement of key competencies and skills regarding their relevance in labour market and contribution to a cohesive society.
Where was the Best Practice applied
ITALY
Criteria for the selection of the Best Practice
- Transferability
- Transformative
- Sustainability
- Civic engagement
- Exploitability
Level of Implementation
National/International
Reasons for Success
Recognition, acceptance and support within society, intergenerational understanding.
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