Completed Projects

YOUNG

Description

“Integrated action to combat school truancy and child labour.”

The Young Project is a research project co-financed by the European commission within the framework of the Leonardo da vinci programme. It was a three year project spanning from December 2002 to December 2005.

Objective:

The project was designed to create and try out an innovative integrated formula for combating underage employment and school truancy in a European context.

Phases of the project:

The action plan was organised is three steps:

Step 1 Research, analyses and sharing of statistical data and other important projects on school truancy and child labour in: France, Hungary, Italy, Austria, Romania and the UK.

Step 2 Build up a new integrated model for combating school truancy and child labour in Europe.

Step 3 Testing of the model and dissemination of information on the project’s final outcome at national and European level.

Target group:

Practitioners engaged in integrated projects for the promotion of rights and opportunities for young people.

Beneficiaries:

Young people (15-17 year olds) that are at the risk of school truancy and child labour.

Website

www.progettoyoung.org 

Partnership

Italy:

Fondazione IDIS – Città della Scienza (Training and Job Department – SpaziOrienta) Naples. - The Project Leader

Municipality of Naples – Assessorato all’Educazione ed ai Rapporti Interistituzionali e Internazionali – Naples
Website: www.commune.napoli.it

Organismo Bilaterale Regionale per la Campania – Naples.
Website: www.obrcampania.it

Provincial Administration of Naples Assessorato Politiche del lavoro e dello sviluppo economico, Cooperazione internazionale, Centri per l’Impiego e Orientamento, Politiche per l’immigrazone – Naples
Website: www.provincia.napoli.it

Regional Education Office of Campania – Naples, Italy.
Website: www.bdp.it/istruzionecampania

Austria:

Best Training, Vienna
Website: www.best-training.com

France:

GIP – Groupment d’Interet Public formation Continue et Insertion Professionelle – Paris
Website: www.ac-creteil.fr/util/orientation.html

Romania:

Institute of Educational Sciences – Bucharest, Romania
Website: www.cnrop.ise.ro

UK:

Careers Europe

Page last updated: 14 October 2008