YO SE - Youth Opportunities in Social Economy

Introduction:Yo Se is a project that aims to establish a dynamic network of volunteering and job shadowing between 3 European and 3 Latin American partners, through which we can transfer the concept of Social and Solidarity Economy from Latin America to Europe. This network will share its best practices among itself, within the organizations and among the local communities. The short period EVS (2 months) and job shadowing (16 days) is intended to accommodate the needs of young people who are looking for jobs and also youth workers who are looking for experience in that approach to economy. European partners will be contributing by their long experience in youth work and inclusion politics.Partner Countries:• From Latin America: Paraguay, Columbia and Uruguay.• From Europe: Hungary, France and Spain.Aim: Developing a platform for the inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities through the import and activation of the social and solidarity economy model, and fostering their mobility and employability within youth work in a sustainable way.Objectives:1. Develop the competences of youth workers to upscale their work with youth in matters related to social economy.2. Empower young people with fewer opportunities and support their mobility and employability.3. Sharing best practices learned throughout the project on organizational, local and transnational levels.4. Support youth vocational education and entrepreneurship learning.Activity Steps:1. Kick-off meeting.2. Sending 6 youth workers from Europe and 6 from Latin America on 16-day job shadowing programs.3. Sending 24 volunteers from Europe and 6 from Latin America on 2-month EVS programs.4. International seminar organized by the youth workers in the aftermath of their job shadowing for making recommendations for creating inclusion practices.5. Developing 4 newsletters after each main part of the project.6. Creating 6 short videos of sharing best practices learned throughout the duration of the project.7. Developing a training manual that tackles the crisis of youth unemployment through introducing social and solidarity economy.Desired Impact:We expect this project to positively influence the employability and mobility of youth with fewer opportunities and raise the caliber of youth workers, not only within the partner organizations, but in much wider networks after the dissemination of results, videos and recommendations, and open-sourcing the training manual.