ESF Youth Calls in Flanders ESF FLANDERS Anneleen

ESF Youth Calls in Flanders ESF FLANDERS - Anneleen Dewitte

ESF FLANDERS – YOUTH BXL: Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) – YEI NL 4 million (ESF Brussels, YEI, VDAB) BXL & Flanders: Guidance of vulnerable groups 10 million (40%ESF, 40%VCF, 20%cofinancing) Flanders: WIJ 2: 18 million (40%ESF, 60%VCF) WIJ 3: 12 million (40%ESF, 60%VCF)

ESF call: YOUTH EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE (YEI) Actiris: PES in Brussels ESF Flanders: intermediate body YEI NL: Call (January 2015 - December 2017) NEET’s between 18 and 30 years old Orientation program Individual guidance towards Ø Employment Ø Traineeship Ø Education

2 ESF calls: Work Experience Youth (Werk Inleving Jongeren) WIJ 2 (June 2015 – June 2018) VDAB: PES in Flanders ESF Flanders 6. 200 young unemployed jobseekers between 18 and 25 years old Guidance (12 à 18 months) Orientation program Sport Counseling Ø Employment Ø Traineeship Ø Education WIJ 3 (Oct 2017 – Dec 2020) VDAB: PES in Flanders ESF Flanders 3. 130 young unemployed jobseekers between 18 and 25 years old Guidance (18 months) Orientation program Sport Counseling Ø Ø Employment Traineeship Education Other programs

WIJ 2: results 17 projects – 7 different organisations Data from 1/06/2015 – 30/09/2017 5. 292 trajectories 4. 532 orientation programs (86%) resulting in a tailormade action plan 2. 864 completed trajectories Employment*: 1. 742 (61%) Education: 555 (19%) *Employment = employed for at least 3 months

WIJ 2 and WIJ 3: focus on sport Sport as an instrument to activate youngsters Partnerships with sport organisations/clubs Methodology (VUB): Sport is an essential part of the guidance Defining the role of sport: Recreation Health As a social instrument Practicing competences Learning competences

WIJ 2 and WIJ 3: sport (examples) Orientation program: a physical condition test is integrated as part of the orientation (in function of a realistic job target) Relaxation / Social instrument: football, dance, badminton, kubb, walking, city games, etc. Health: start to run Competences: teamwork, fair play, dealing with competition and feedback, discipline, respect, tolerance, trust, etc. http: //www. streetfootballworld. org/

ESF calls not specifically focussing on young jobseekers: Dual Learning Guidance of vulnerable groups Pre-trajectories, outreach E. g. “Duo for a Job” Innovation “Skill development through sports and physical activity” (De Sleutel) “Padvinder” (Mentor vzw) Transnationality “school@work unlimited” (ABVV) “PLAI 2. 0 -Move to the next level” (Thomas More) “#work” (ew 32)

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