About the project

About the project

Learn more about the project, its objectives, target groups, and partners.

About the project

About the project

The DISCOVER&EMPOWER project helps GEN Y identify strengths, interests, and values, explore careers, build confidence, develop skills, and enhance employability.

Three main topics:

  • Career guidance
  • Overcoming skills mismatch and addressing the needs of the labour market
  • New learning and teaching methods and approaches

Objectives:

Objectives:

  • Improve the links between lifelong guidance and lifelong learning systems and providers
  • Empower young people to manage their careers,
  • Support young adults to develop their career adaptability and career management skills (CMS)
  • Provide up-to-date labor market information
  • Guiding adults to navigate the labor market more effectively
  • Increase competencies of adult educators and staff
  • Increase the use of open online portals for blended learning and training flexibility
  • Support self-directed learning
  • Develop ICT strategies and interactive resources
  • Promote career management among educators, teachers, practitioners, SMEs
  • Encourage exchange of best practices among adult education staff

Targets groups:

Targets groups:

  • Generation of young adults well known as GEN Y or Millennials who are currently 25-40 years old who due to the global career crises are mostly unemployed or are working jobs that are not their qualifications and are seeking to develop their career management skills
  • Adult education providers and professionals who are becoming counselors and coaches in public or private services

Partners:

Lithuania

Vilniaus Gabrielės Petkevičaitės-Bitės suaugusiųjų mokymo centras

Iceland

Mímir-Simenntun Ehf

Spain

CEPA San Ildefonso – La Granja

Bulgaria

Know and Can Ltd

Croatia

Adult Education Institution Dante

Italy

International Language School