CONTEXT: In December 2016, the youth unemployment rate was 18.6 % in the EU-28 and 20.9 % in the euro area, compared with 19.5 % and 21.8 % respectively in Dec.2015. In Dec.2016, the lowest rate was observed in DE (6.5 %), while the highest were recorded in GR (44.2 % in Oct.2016), ES (42.9%) and IT (40.1%). In RO, the youth unemployment was in the first semester of 2016 of 21,8% and in the UK is 14,6%. As it can be seen, in the project partners ‘countries (RO, IT, ES), the youth unemployment rate was higher than the one at EU level, the only one with a more stable situation in the last period is UK. One of the reasons of Social exclusion is the low level of education, this being applied in different areas. 35 % of adults with at most lower secondary educational attainment was at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2014 and overall, 9.5 % of the working EU population was at risk of poverty in 2014. The project will answer to this problem, by developing and offering training sessions on digital alphabetization, that will help the youngster better fit to the social and labour market needs. OBJECTIVES: OBJECTIVES AND TARGET GROUPS The project aims for the DIGITAL ALPHABETIZATION for 80 YOUNGSTERS WITH EDUCATIONAL DIFFICULTIES and disseminating the project results to a no of at least 220 persons, by developing a dedicated Training package (with its own Handbook and Assessment tool) and a Social learning platform, piloting 4 training Barcamps in this topic (one/country), and 1 workshop (5 days, in Spain). NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS: The target group will gather at least 300 persons: • 80 Youngsters with educational difficulties in the Pilot course (20 persons/country) • 220 (at least) Decision makers, Experts, specialists, professionals- as results of the dissemination activities DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: The project will generate a training package in Digital alphabetization of the youngsters with educational difficulties. A test of the training tool will be organized in Spain with 3 participants from each partner country. A social e-learning platform will be created, in order to ensure the proper future training of the youngsters. Then, a Handbook for Digital alphabetization will provide complementary information to the course developed. The final IO is the Assessment tool and recognition of learning outcomes, that will assess and validate the learning progress of trainees who have participated under the training course (IO2) and have gone through the e-learning platform experience. We will have 4 Digital alphabetization Barcamps (ME). The project will have a specific activity on Monitoring and Quality assessment and transversal activities will also be implemented: Project management, Dissemination and exploitation of results. METHODOLOGY TO BE USED: The project coordinator will ensure the smooth communication flow between partners. To legally ensure the successful realization of the project, a consortium agreement will be signed by all project partners. The lead partner will create a steering committee-SC (1 delegate/ partner), who will be responsible to report to the project coordinator and to the management team all the financial and administrative tasks of the partner. The SC will meet face to face 4 times, monitoring the development and progress of project's activities with the partners responsible and coordinating each project components (2 evaluation reports). A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE MAIN RESULTS: The project will achieve as main tangible results: - A Social e-learning platform - A Handbook for Digital alphabetization will provide complementary information to the course developed - An Assessment tool and recognition of learning outcomes that will assess and validate the learning progress of youngsters with educational difficulties who have participated under the training course (IO2) and have gone through the e-learning platform experience - 4 Digital alphabetization Barcamps (ME), one in each partner’s country - 1 Training - a 5-day workshop organized in Valencia, Spain for the youngsters with educational difficulties. IMPACT ENVISAGED: The impact that this project aims is rise the digital alphabetization skills to the youngsters with educational difficulties, with the purpose to make the transition from a lack of knowledge or low skills stage to a complete social inclusion, upgrading the competences needed on the work market, in a transnational approach. THE POTENTIAL LONGER TERM BENEFITS: Once the project is finished the expected impacts will continue. The main tools that will ensure this are the Facebook profile, the eLearning platform and the partners’ web site with project information. These tools will survive the project at least 3 years after it is finished. The training courses, the Handbook and the Assessment tool and all the other project materials, will be available from these tools also after the project life.

"The Creative Business project has been aimed to raise creative entrepreneurial development opportunities to the NEETs, with the purpose to make the transition from the unemployed stage and to start developing their own businesses, in a transnational approach. Number and profile of participants:The target group gathered:108 NEETs (people not in employment, education or training) - in the Pilot course and in the individual entrepreneurial counseling activity (22-30 persons/country)320 Decision makers, Experts, specialists, professionals- as results of the dissemination activities Description of activities:First stage of the project included the development of an innovative tool for individual entrepreneurial counseling (creative career roadmap) and 2 training curricula: Creative Entrepreneurship and ICT. An online pilot course will be organized in each partner country, for at least 30 NEETs/country:- 1 on creative entrepreneurship- 1 on ICT.After online pilot courses, all the participants participated in individual entrepreneurial counseling sessions. The project has presented to the NEETs 3 successful business examples in creative industry in each country (12 in total), with the purpose to serve as an inspiration for the future entrepreneurs. Within the project, there were organized a transnational learning activity: ""How to be an succesful entrepreneur in creative field"" training course, in Spain, with 10 participants, from all 4 countries. A short description of the main results The project has achieved main tangible results: - An innovative tool for individual entrepreneurial counseling - Creative career roadmap;- 2 training curricula: 1 on creative entrepreneurship, and another one for ICT;- 2 online pilot courses implemented/country: one Pilot course on creative entrepreneurship, and another one in ICT- Study visits to successful entrepreneurs/ business from the creative industry, 3/ country- focused mainly on relating the first stages of the business creation, the idea, the difficulties encountered, presenting the products/ services produced/offered, the market/ clients; - one transnational training event: ""How to be an succesful entrepreneur in creative field"" training course (Spain) - one Guide of Best creative entrepreneurship practices The results of the project will be maintained. The main tools that will ensure this are the Facebook profile and the online platform through which will run the training courses. These tools will survive the project at least three years after it is finished. The training courses, the entrepreneurial counseling instrument the Good entrepreneurial practice guide and all the other project materials, will be available from this tool"

CONTEXT: In December 2016, the youth unemployment rate was 18.6 % in the EU-28 and 20.9 % in the euro area, compared with 19.5 % and 21.8 % respectively in Dec.2015. In Dec.2016, the lowest rate was observed in DE (6.5 %), while the highest were recorded in GR (44.2 % in Oct.2016), ES (42.9%) and IT (40.1%). In RO, the youth unemployment was in the first semester of 2016 of 21,8% and in the UK is 14,6%. As it can be seen, in the project partners ‘countries (RO, IT, ES), the youth unemployment rate was higher than the one at EU level, the only one with a more stable situation in the last period is UK. One of the reasons of Social exclusion is the low level of education, this being applied in different areas. 35 % of adults with at most lower secondary educational attainment was at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2014 and overall, 9.5 % of the working EU population was at risk of poverty in 2014. The project will answer to this problem, by developing and offering training sessions on digital alphabetization, that will help the youngster better fit to the social and labour market needs. OBJECTIVES: OBJECTIVES AND TARGET GROUPS The project aims for the DIGITAL ALPHABETIZATION for 80 YOUNGSTERS WITH EDUCATIONAL DIFFICULTIES and disseminating the project results to a no of at least 220 persons, by developing a dedicated Training package (with its own Handbook and Assessment tool) and an e-learning app, piloting 4 training Barcamps in this topic (one/country), and 1 workshop (5 days, in Spain). NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS: The target group will gather at least 300 persons: • 80 Youngsters with educational difficulties in the Pilot course (20 persons/country) • 220 (at least) Decision makers, Experts, specialists, professionals- as results of the dissemination activities DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: The project will generate a training package in Digital alphabetization of the youngsters with educational difficulties. A test of the training tool will be organized in Spain with 3 participants from each partner country. An e-learning app will be created, in order to ensure the proper future training of the youngsters. Then, a Handbook for Digital alphabetization will provide complementary information to the course developed. The final IO is the Assessment tool and recognition of learning outcomes, that will assess and validate the learning progress of trainees who have participated under the training course (IO2) and have gone through the E-Learning app experience. We will have 4 Digital alphabetization Barcamps (ME). The project will have a specific activity on Monitoring and Quality assessment and transversal activities will also be implemented: Project management, Dissemination and exploitation of results. METHODOLOGY TO BE USED: The project coordinator will ensure the smooth communication flow between partners. To legally ensure the successful realization of the project, a consortium agreement will be signed by all project partners. The lead partner will create a steering committee-SC (1 delegate/ partner), who will be responsible to report to the project coordinator and to the management team all the financial and administrative tasks of the partner. The SC will meet face to face 4 times, monitoring the development and progress of project's activities with the partners responsible and coordinating each project components (2 evaluation reports). A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE MAIN RESULTS: The project will achieve as main tangible results: - An e-learning app - A Handbook for Digital alphabetization will provide complementary information to the course developed - An Assessment tool and recognition of learning outcomes that will assess and validate the learning progress of youngsters with educational difficulties who have participated under the training course (IO2) and have gone through the e-learning app experience - 4 Digital alphabetization Barcamps (ME), one in each partner’s country - 1 Training - a 5-day workshop organized in Madrid, Spain for the youngsters with educational difficulties. IMPACT ENVISAGED: The impact that this project aims is rise the digital alphabetization skills to the youngsters with educational difficulties, with the purpose to make the transition from a lack of knowledge or low skills stage to a complete social inclusion, upgrading the competences needed on the work market, in a transnational approach. THE POTENTIAL LONGER TERM BENEFITS: Once the project is finished the expected impacts will continue. The main tools that will ensure this are the Facebook profile, the e-Learning app and the partners’ web site with project information. These tools will survive the project at least 3 years after it is finished. The training courses, the Handbook and the Assessment tool and all the other project materials, will be available from these tools also after the project life.

During 2 years of the project, unemployment situation in EU has improved. In Sep 19, unemployment rate in Euro Zone was 7.5%, less than at the start of the project. In partnership countries, data are 3.9% Romania (5.5% at the start), 14.2% Spain (18.4%) and 9.9% Italy (12%). Youth unemployment also declines: 15.9% in Euro Zone, 16.2% Romania, 32.8% Spain and 28.7% Italy. However, much remains to be done.CREATIVE aimed to improve employment opportunities for people, especially youngest, with more effective tools to access in better conditions to the labour market, to motivate them towards build their own businesses, from a transnational view.CREATIVE project partners followed in detail the table of activities envisaged at initial proposal. A wide range was carried out. High quality products were produced, designed to be alive, improved, updated and adapted to different contexts. CREATIVE produced new tools for job orientation professionals and for unemployed people, especially young, who do not have a clear prospect of finding a job.INNOVATIVE TOOL FOR JOB ORIENTATION. Two questionnaires, together with a Comparative Sector Guide, offer professionals a simple tool to detect and to empower entrepreneurs and creative people, to chart with them a employable path personalized and adjusted to reality.AN ONLINE TRAINIGN PLATFORM with two specific courses. Both provide in-depth information on how to undertake in the Creative Industries (CI) Sector, and how to enhance this entrepreneurship by relying on the use of new technologies. A GUIDELINES OF BEST PRACTICES with information European policies on the promotion of the CI sector and Examples of business in the CI sector in the 3 countries and in EU. It aims to be a model and inspiration both for those who interested in undertaking in the sector, and for professionals who want to know more about this Economic field. The CREATIVE staff involved organized Study Visits to representative companies of the CI Sector at local level. Accompanied by young people, all met these companies who would serve as a model for a future development of their own business ideas. A 5 DAYS TRANSNATIONAL TRAINING. Carried out in English, with the participation of youngsters from Italy, Spain and Romania, interested in start up a business in the CI sector. Participants increased information on the sector, and new perspectives to better access the labour market were opened for them.MONITORING ACTIVITIES. A big number of monitoring activities was carried out to achieve the goals proposed. 4 transnational meetings and 12 online meetings were held. A shared Google drive increased the effectiveness of teamwork. A Whatsapp group strengthened communication via email with the staff involved. Phone calls were made to address specific issues requested by partners. 2 monitoring reports were made to keep track of the status of the project. FINANCIAL CONTROL ACTIVITIES on partner´s expenditure budget were carried out, So the coordinator keeps all the documentary evidences. DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES. A Dissemination Plan, and an editorial plan for each partner were scheduled. A brand logo, 4 newsletters, 12 articles and numerous posts have fed a FB page project. 1 final video with the results and testimonials of participants was produced in cooperation with partners. 1 brochure and 1 poster gave image to the project. 3 events were held as scheduled with a higher attendance than expected. About 1000 persons participated directly in project activities. - 77 persons in Pilot courses - 95 persons in individual entrepreneurial counseling activity- 350 Decision makers, Experts, specialists, professionals as results of the dissemination activities - 156 Entrepreneurs interviewed- 73 attendees to 12 Study Visits- 127 attendees to Final Events.- 100 persons following FB page CREATIVE contributed to the achievement of employment skills, provide greater information on the situation and a wider range of personal and job resources to get into the labour market in better conditions. The Innovative Tool is essential to evaluate job competencies and develop personalized insertion itineraries.Online courses will remain in the catalog of services of our organizations, open to all those interested. To improve employability, they complete the training offer to the target group. The Final Guide of Best Practices is a complete, inspiring and didactic element, and offers information about the keys to undertake in this sector, enriched by its transnational perspective. All these elements and tools produced in CREATIVE project will be alive and available to all interested people and organizations. The City Council of Madrid will be in charge of keeping active the FB page, sharing and showing links to access to all these high value resources. These tools were created in a spirit of permanence. If all this applies in a booming sector such as the CI in Europe, the sum of the factors predicts good results.

The Entercom project focused on the importance of the entrepreneurship education in coherence with the EU key policies started in 2003 through the “European Green Paper on Entrepreneurship” and extended in 2016 to the “Entrepreneurship Competence Framework” which tries to reach a shared model connecting the world of education and the labour market. Starting from the analysis of the different contexts within the project partnership, the project responded to the common need to develop new training methodologies for facilitators since the majority of the educational programs are addressed to young people neglecting the role of educator. The project achieved the following objectives: - to develop a new teaching methodology through the transnational background which can be experience to trainers/educators and mentors as well as the organizations that deal with the young entrepreneurship; - to set up a transnational network of trainers, educators and mentors who are involved on common goods based on methodologies and teaching procedures which can be useful to the knowledge exchange among professionals and experts, fostering the dissemination of entrepreneurial projects.The partnership consisted of five partners from four European countries and based on different skills and expertise on entrepreneurship, vocational and educational training, business competitiveness and innovation, creative industries: - Goodwill, Italy - Consorzio Materahub industrie culturali e creative, Italy - Consejería de economía e infraestructuras, Junta de Extremadura, Spain - Inova +, Portugal - Gemeente 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.The expected results have been achieved through five Intellectual Outputs and a transnational pilot training week:- A Competence Framework to list the facilitator’s key competences who deals with entrepreneurial projects connected to the urban regeneration and the valorization of commons goods. - A Training package on education aimed at identifying the methodologies and tools useful to support facilitators in mentoring activities addressed to young people.- A Social Learning Platform addressed to facilitators involved in entrepreneurship education, willing to approach this topic focusing on exploitation of common goods and urban regeneration. - A Handbook for facilitators providing information related to the training modules and a user’s manual of the platform. - Policy consisting of recommendations in relation to urban regeneration, commons and social entrepreneurship education aimed at making the project methodology transferable in other European contexts and by other actors. The project ENTERCOM had an important impact in the EU dialogue and debate around the application in real cases and initiatives of the EntreComp Framework by the European Commission. For the first time, a project was focusing on the framework application in the social enterprise wide sector, talking about urban regeneration projects and commons.