How it works
Funded by the European Social Fund (ESF), ‘PROTI un DARI!’ focuses on helping young people find their way into meaningful work. The project, coordinated via the International Youth Programme Agency, encourages young jobseekers to participate in education or vocational training – giving them the skills and motivation necessary to pursue a career.
Thanks to funding from the ESF, around 4 000 young people benefited from the project from 2016 to 2021. Many of them went on to get a job or enrol on an education or training course.
During their time in the project, they received mentoring and advice, as well as an individual programme for development. ‘Young people who participated in the project were very positive about the mentors, which in most cases bring positive and additional energy, helping them to move towards their goal,’ related Mārtiņš, a project participant, adding how ‘the project not only supported the involvement of young people in employment, but also helped some of them to start their own business in marketing, art, [and] car repairing’.
Source of the materials:
“PROTI un DARI!”
What is the practice?
Mentoring and entrepreneurship program for young adults.
Where was the Best Practice applied
LATVIA
Criteria for the selection of the Best Practice
Exploitability of results
Level of Implementation
National
Reasons for Success
Strong link with local work agency
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