CONTEXT/BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT:Collaborative/Sharing Economy (SHE) and New Forms of Employment (NFE) could facilitate the achievement of increasing job creation through Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship.Sharing Economy, characterized by peer-to-peer based sharing of access to goods and services, has emerged in the business world. Emergence of community dynamics and the use of ICTs are main agents of transformation guiding the Sharing Economy. It´s accompanied by a conceptual transformation that sees the collaborative work or participatory consumption as an important potential source of employment in the coming years, giving access to the labour market for those who have failed in finding a job through conventional ways.New Forms of Employment have also emerged characterized by unconventional work patterns and places of work or by the irregular provision of work that have transformed the traditional one-to-one relationship between employer and employeeOBJECTIVESThe project has achieved the most of the objectives initially pursuedMain objective of the project was to increase the competences of Long Term Unemployed Persons and Young Work Seekers, and Human Resources (HR) Directors or Technicians, about how to exploit the Sharing Economy and New Forms of Employment to increase Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship opportunities. Only some parts of the training program were finally applicable to Human Resources (HR) experts, because Sharing Economy Platforms are not so applicable to their activity.Main specific objectives were:•Provide the trainees with the necessary awareness and knowledge about Sharing Economy and New Forms of Employment dynamics, including the functioning of related ICT tools and platforms.•Facilitate to the trainees the development of their own Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment Plans using Sharing Economy and New Forms of Employment concepts and ICT Platforms.•Facilitate to the trainees the acquisition and improvement of competences to boost their EPS and SE Plans (creativity and innovation, digital skills, management of social networks and personal branding).•Facilitate to the trainees the acquisition and improvement of knowledge to deal with specific topics like: access to funding, regulatory environments and access to markets.•Connect both sides of the labor market, employers and work seekers in the same training environment.•Provide the trainees real and collaborative work approaches where they can apply the trained skills and increase their employability immediately during the training courseNUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS:A total of 6 partners from 5 countries have participated in the project, covering all the needed competences:•4 Entities addressed to Long Term and Young Unemployed (CHAMBER COMMERCE VALENCIA, ARKADIA, RCCI and CPU) •1 Knowledge Partner (FORBA) working in the field of research and innovation in the labour market including application of Sharing Economy (SHE) and New Forms of Employment (NFE•1 Knowledge and Training Partner (COORDINA) specialized in developing innovative training programs and contents trough practical and collaborative methodologies, addressed to unemployed persons and students.Description of undertaken main activities:DESCRIPTION OF UNDERTAKEN MAIN ACTIVITIES:•Development of a Co-Created Methodological Guide (I.O.1)•Development of Training Materials (I.O.2)•Development of Designed Experiential Training Activities (I.O.3)•Development of co-LABOURative LAB e-Training Platform (I.O.4), including the implementation of Validation of all the Intelectual Outputs developed through Pilot Actions involving around 160 traineesProject Activities has been completed with Management and Implementation Actions including:•Technical and Administrative & Financial Management •Quality Assurance •Dissemination & ExploitationRESULTS AND IMPACT ATTAINEDThe achievement of objectives is divided between objectives in terms of results and impact:Results:The project has developed and validated all the foreseen Intellectual Outputs:-I.O.1 Co-Created Methodological Guide-I.O.2 Training Materials-I.O.3 Experiential Training Activities-I.O.4 e-Training Platform- 4 CO-LABOURATIVE LAB UnitsThe project has developed 4 Multiplier Events in Spain, Slovenia, Bulgaria and GreeceImpact:The project has created a direct impact in the target group through the implementation of Co-Creation Sessions and Pilot Actions, according to the objectives estimated in the Application Form involving 154 unemployed and HHRR expertsThe project has created an indirect impact in the target group through the implementation of Dissemination Actions, , according to the objectives estimated in the Application FormLonger-term benefits; Through the sustainability plan defined, 750 persons in Europe will improve their professional position yearly

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (PwD) (UNCRPD, 2006) promotes full and effective participation and inclusion in society (Art.19) recognizing the right of PwD to live in the community, with choices equal to others, and to full enjoy their full inclusion and participation in the community. It also promotes awareness of the capabilities and contributions of PwD (Art. 8).NOT-FOR-PROFIT SHARING ECONOMY (NFPSE), also known as “real or pure” SHARING ECONOMY, is based in reciprocal exchange systems with no monetary exchange involved (via time credits, community currency, shared services, etc…). One of the most established form of NFPSE is TIME BANKS (TB). Give one hour of service to another, and receive one time credit, when a network of members agrees in receiving credits for services that other members provide (www.timebanks.org/what-is-timebanking). TBs are relevant to policy-making in the area of PwD (Potential of TBs to support social inclusion. EU Comission): •Focusing in the capacities rather than disabilities of PwD, so, promoting the awareness of its capabilities and contributions •Increasing inclusion and participation in the community of PwD, through providing them with new social networks or improving the existing ones and encouraging them to understand the important roles they can play in those networks•Providing volunteer support CAPABILITY-TBis launched with the main objective of increasing the competences (attitudes, knowledge, skills) of PwD and their Supportsfor improving their Inclusion and Participation through Timebanking. Specific objectives:•Aware/motivate this collective on the use of TB•Promote the self-knowledge and discovery of capacities of PwD and its deployment•Increase participation of PwD in social networks structured around the TBs•Promote mutual support by promoting the exchange between people with different capacities•Promote the easy and cost-effective access of PwD to goods and services •Involving Supports in effective cooperation with PwD and even participating in TB•Develop general and specific digital skills related to TB Online PlatformsThrough the execution of this Project the next results will be obtained;•A “Co-Created MethodologicalGuide” (I.O.1) will be developed with the direct participation of Persons with Disabilities (PwD) and other End Users, with the main objective of discussing and agreeing with them on the definitive contents, approach of training methodologies and tools to be integrated in the Training Program.•A set of “Timebanking Training Activities” (I.O.2) will be designed, including Face-to-Face and Online Training Activities, for enhancing the experiential training of Persons with Disabilities (PwD) and their Supports (professionals, relatives, community members, etc…), in a way that the trainees will developed the targeted competences through the creation of a real Timebank and/or participation in other existing Timebanks. A Guidelines will be developed for supporting Trainers in the implementation of the “Timebanking Training Activities” as part of this output•A set of “Training Materials” (I.O.3) adapted to Persons with Disabilities (PwD) and their Supports onhow to increase inclusion and participation through Timebanking (TB) will be developed to be used along the implementation of the “Timebanking Training Activities” (I.O.2).•A“CAPABILITY-TB e-Training Tool” (I.O.4) will be developed for supporting the implementation of the Timebanking Training Activities” (I.O.2), including the option of creating an online Timebank where trainees will train themselves in the competences needed to participate and enhance their social inclusion•Implementation of 6 Multiplier Eventson how to increase inclusion and participation of PwD through Timebanking (TB) addressed to stakeholders that could multiply the impact of the project•Development of Dissemination Actions addressed to the European collective related to DisabilityVALIDATION PILOT ACTIONS will be implemented involving 100 Persons with Disabilities (PwD) and their Supports for validation of the project results (40 in Spain and 20 in Italy, Portugal and Greece) The Consortium includes 5 entities working in the field of supporting PwD (AMICA, COPAVA, CECD SINTRA, EDRA, CSS FORLI), 1 Research Institute specialized in Sharing Economy, including Timebanking, both in the area of research and application to specific collectives (FORBA) and 1 Non-for-Profit entity specialized in development of e-Training Platforms, ICT Literacyand Social Innovation with specific experience in promoting the use of Timebanks (IED).