Jobs for Work 4.0 – The Future of Employment
Digitization is increasingly shaping the world of work. Algorithms for big data are now rapidly entering domains reliant upon pattern recognition and can readily substitute for labour in a wide range of non-routine cognitive tasks. Advanced robots are gaining enhanced senses and dexterity, allowing them to perform a broader scope of manual tasks. This is […]
CaseWORK
Caring for Volunteers working with Refugees In 2015, the European Refugees Crisis has brought more than one million migrants to Europe. This estimation by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) does not include the many who reach the EU without being detected. The highest number of asylum-seekers is found in Germany, followed by Sweden, France […]
Core Skills for 21st Century Professionals
The first intellectual output is the development of a common framework (including a method do detect) Core Personal Skills required by companies. The creation of skills maps, both in universities and in companies, are important to adapt the core skills selected to labor reality adapted to the socio-economic environment. The second intellectual output closely linked […]
Workplace Basic Skills – Training for Low-Skilled Migrants
Some people have very limited reading and numeracy skills, which prevents them from integrating into society and the labour market. Migrants and refugees who are new to Europe and are supposed to immerse themselves in the culture of their host countries are also often affected. During the preparation of the project proposal, four areas of […]
Arguments Against Aggression
Strategies and Tools against Hate Speech in Face to Face Encounters and in Social Media The tone in communication becomes rougher. Fuelled by so-called social media, personal communication is also changing, becoming more aggressive and less tolerant both in face-to-face interaction and in messaging in social media. As digital platforms expand their reach ever further, […]
Money & Life Skills
The escalating numbers of low income and unemployed young adults (18-35) constitutes a severe social problem in the European Union. This group makes up to 40 % of the total young adults in Europe. The OECD states that low income jobs and unemployment leave a “wage scar”, whereby people who are unemployed when they should […]
Healthy Future 4U and the Planet
For 48.8% of young people, climate change is the most serious issue affecting the world today. While 78.1% said they were ready to change their lifestyles to protect the environment, 18.2% said they were worried about water and healthy food. On the other hand, only 15.9% of young people are worried about a lack of […]
Prevent Youth Radicalisation
The best prevention is to stop people from getting involved in violent extremist or terrorist activities in the first place, or to convince them to turn away from such ideas and methods. This requires also the efforts of counsellors and educators to gain a better understanding of the behaviours and tactics, and to mitigate or […]
From Refugee to Entrepreneur
In the past years, more than one million refugees have come to Europe, and the influx will continue also in the years to come. Apart from political questions concerning their distribution, the most urgent aspects are their integration into our society and their employment. A refugee entrepreneur, like any entrepreneur, brings many potential benefits to […]
Senior Social Entrepreneurship
This project provides guidance and information materials that raise the awareness about the i mportance of social enterprises and will motivate senior citizens to enter the path to social entrepreneurship. Topics covered in the project are: Developing a social enterprise is an exciting and active process. It involves a lot of hard work but can […]
