The 2023 International Labour Organization (ILO) youth survey revealed that in Tunisia and Egypt, 80% of youth aged 15-29 worked informally while youth inactivity reaches 17% in Spain and 25% in Türkiye (Education at a Glance 2023 report). The same report claims that for multiple reasons young Mediterranean women are much more vulnerable and affected by dropping out of school and precarious employment. International reports indicate that inadequate learning and skills are key factors contributing to high NEET (youth Not in Employment, Education or Training) rates. Most education systems in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region do not focus on developing critical thinking and other skills necessary for the labour market and active civic life.
SkillShip: It’s time to build your ship
Project Budget
EU Contribution
Countries
Partners
- To co-design and develop a transnational training program for Mediterranean youth CSOs, blending digital and face-to- face methods, focusing on engagement as a key skill for employment and addressing regional challenges through social and artistic innovation.
- To support and engage young Mediterranean people to advocate for positive changes in Mediterranean societies through the implementation of concrete local and transnational creative actions and promoting original projects.
- Trained 200 young people from Türkiye, France, Spain, Tunisia and Egypt, co-developing and applying innovative learning methods that fostered engagement and enhanced employment skills – digital, creative, and analytical – while addressing Mediterranean challenges.
- Strengthened young people’s civic actions.
- Fostered a transnational participatory dynamic.
- Co-design of a pedagogical framework for the MedYCI training program developed by young Mediterranean participants and experts across five regions.
- Creation of a multidisciplinary team of 30 trainers.
- 5 MedYCI training sessions implemented across 5 countries, directly engaging over 200 youngsters.
- Establishment of five MedYCI studios which will be fully operational to enhance creative young participants skills in each region.
- Strategic recommendations for the Mediterranean Youth Council ensuring they are informed by diverse youth perspectives across the Mediterranean.
- 5 showcases of 50 innovative ideas for a better future of the Mediterranean.
- 25 simultaneous local creative engaged actions executed by youth, across the Mediterranean.
- •10 transnational webtv show (Medtalk) created by MedYCI trained Mediterranean youth.
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Objectives
By implementing the project “SkillShip: It’s time to build your ship” we wanted to give youth people possibilities be involved in inspiring international environment to gain more competences for personal development and to promote participation in lifelong learning.
The main aim of the project was to equip youngsters with competences and methods for their personal and professional development, to enhance their employability, to gain their cultural awareness through promoting diversity, intercultural dialogue and creation a free space for youngsters to share their life skills.
Objectives of the project were:
- To inspire youth to have a better understanding of their skills, stimulate their abilities and their understanding how to improve them.
- To encourage youngsters to make optimal use of their abilities and to share them with others.
- To demonstrate participants different ways of acquiring and using their learning styles.
- To develop youngsters awareness of understanding of other cultures, improve their sense of cooperation and build the network between the European and Mediterranean countries.
Objectives of our project were linked to the objectives of the Erasmus+ programme as it’s aim was to promote European values, foster key competences and abilities, boost cooperation in the youth field, develop solidarity and promote tolerance.
Implementation
Within the project were implemented 2 activities:
1. APV meeting – for project successful implementation, we planned working meeting for leaders in Casablanca, Morocco. It was leaders first, face to face meeting and they had possibility to get to know each other and fully discuss project details. In APV-task meeting took part 7 leaders: 2 from Estonia, 1 from Lithuania, 1 from Italy, 1 from Slovakia and 2 from Morocco. Dates: 30.-31.07.2022.
*We had problems with partner visas. Our partners from Egypt and Palestine need a visa to enter Morocco, but the visa was rejected due to the political situation between these countries. So, they couldn’t come to the APV meeting and participated in it online.
Participants from APV were youth workers/youth leaders who are actively involved nowadays in youth work and who from the beginning were involved in project writing & planning.
From Estonia side our leader Nino Kapanadze could not participate in APV, because of visa issues as it took too long time to prepare. Instead of Nino participated Mikhail Mogutov who was aware of project objectives and who brought new view & experience for project implementation.
From Morocco we also had 2 participants instead of one, because our initial leader Veera Nikolajeva is by origin from Estonia and does not have big living experience in Morocco. That’s why we decided to engage in APV another person from hosting organisation who would be able to help us understand and be prepared well for every kind of cu
Partners
ETV EUROTREVISO 🇮🇹 Italy
VIA SAN ZENO 13B
31100 TREVISO
Veneto
🇮🇹 Italy
Partner Type: Non-governmental organisation/association/social enterprise
Phone: +393923070975
Mediterranean Forum For Social Development 🇲🇦 Morocco
Rue El Baakili Im 12 Appt N° 4 , Agdal,Rabat
10200 Rabat
Morocco
🇲🇦 Morocco
Partner Type: Non-governmental organisation/association/social enterprise
Phone: +212667877729
Mediterranean Youth Foundation for Development 🇪🇬 Egypt
13 Sphinx Square, the #9 floor, above the Egyptian National Bank
12655 Giza
Egypt
🇪🇬 Egypt
Partner Type: Non-governmental organisation/association/social enterprise
Phone: +201097352454
New Generation Charity 🏳️ Palestine [1]
Irsal Street
– Ramallah
Palestinian Territory, Occupied
🏳️Palestine[1]
Partner Type: Youth organisation
Phone: +970598134704
Re:colo 🇸🇰 Slovakia
Nabrezie mladeze 77
949 01 Nitra
Nitriansky kraj
🇸🇰 Slovakia
Partner Type: Non-governmental organisation/association/social enterprise
Phone: +421902287092
Project card
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project includes:
Project Status
Completed
Countries covered
7
Start date
01-06-2020
End date
31-12-2022
Programme
Erasmus+
Key Action
Learning Mobility of Individuals
Action Type
Youth mobility