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Project Title

Digital Empowerment for Inclusion: Strengthening Skills and Capacities in Vulnerable Youth — acronym EDI-FORJUV

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Programme & Grant

Erasmus+ KA220-YOU (Co-operation Partnerships in Youth, Call 2024) with a lump-sum grant of €250 000 for 24 months (1 Sep 2024 – 31 Aug 2026)

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Consortium:

• Lead: INNETICA – Association of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and ICT (Spain)

• Partners:

  • Asociatia Pro Democratia Club Buzau (Romania);

  • European Educational Association PC (Greece);

  • Orizzonti Social Co-operative Society (Italy);

  • Interactive Bulgaria Foundation (Bulgaria)

 

Context & Rationale

Vulnerable young people—migrants, refugees, Roma and NEETs—often lack basic digital skills, blocking access to education, employment and civic life. The project answers EU priorities on inclusion, the digital transition and quality youth work.

 

Objectives

1. Upskill 25 youth workers so they can mentor disadvantaged peers.

2. Improve the digital competences of 100 vulnerable youths (20 per country).

3. Build each partner’s long-term capacity to deliver digital-skills mentoring.

 

Main Activities (Work Packages)

• WP1 – Project Management: coordination, quality assurance and risk management.

• WP2 – Preparation: select tutors and learners; co-create curriculum and a practical manual.

• WP3 – Capacity Building: run a five-day training course; develop an online self-assessment tool and a tutor handbook.

• WP4 – Outreach & Piloting: conduct information campaigns, deliver pilot mentoring sessions, evaluate and disseminate results.

 

Methodology

• Blended, learner-centred training that mixes on-site workshops with an AI-assisted web platform.

• One-to-one or small-group non-formal mentoring.

• Hands-on projects tied to real job-search, study and civic-participation tasks.

• Continuous self-assessment and feedback for both tutors and learners.

 

Expected Results & Impact

• Youth workers: 25 certified “Digital Mentors” confident in AI tools, online safety, multimedia production and e-facilitation.

• Vulnerable youths: 100 participants gain basic-to-intermediate digital skills, stronger self-confidence and better employability.

• Partner organisations: a reusable tutor handbook, a web app and shared quality standards integrated into daily services.

• Long-term: a replicable mentoring model freely available under Creative Commons, ready for scale-up across Europe.

 

Sustainability & EU Added Value

The open-access handbook and platform ensure continued use beyond the grant. Combining five countries’ expertise produces resources that a single organisation could not create alone, feeding directly into the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform and supporting EU-wide digital inclusion.

 

Timeline

KICK-OFF MEETING
PROJECT MANAGEMENT | BUZĂU, ROMANIA
Planned for two days in October 2024, this opening session gathers all coordinators to confirm partnership agreements, set up financial-reporting templates and finalise the Gantt-based work plan. INNETICA also presents risk-mitigation and conflict-resolution procedures that will guide the project from day one.

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TRANSNATIONAL PROJECT MEETING 1 (TPM 1)
PROJECT MANAGEMENT | PADUA, ITALY
A two-day review in March 2025 where partners examine progress on tutor/learner selection and validate the first drafts of the Curriculum and Course Manual produced under WP 2. The gathering doubles as a peer-learning space for fine-tuning non-formal methods before pilot content is locked.

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TRANSNATIONAL PROJECT MEETING 2 (TPM 2)
PROJECT MANAGEMENT | SOFIA, BULGARIA
Held over two days in September 2025, this midpoint meeting focuses on the roll-out of the interactive web application and the logistics for the six-day Tutor Training Course. Partners agree on quality indicators and prepare the outreach strategy for the upcoming Information Campaign.

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TRANSNATIONAL PROJECT MEETING 3 (TPM 3)
PROJECT MANAGEMENT | PATRAS, GREECE
Scheduled for February 2026 (two days), TPM 3 analyses early feedback from the web-app beta test and finalises agendas for the Information Campaign and Testing Phase. Sustainability actions—Local Action Plans and green-practice commitments—are also endorsed here.

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TUTOR TRAINING COURSE
CAPACITY-BUILDING EVENT | BUZĂU, ROMANIA
13–18 April 2026 (six days). Twenty-five youth workers (five per country) plus interpreters complete an intensive programme on digital tutoring, AI tools, peer-to-peer facilitation and the new “Digital Virtual Tutoring” web app. The course blends workshops, simulations and micro-teaching, and issues Youthpass certificates on completion.

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INFORMATION CAMPAIGN (BRIEFINGS)
AWARENESS-RAISING | MADRID REGION, SPAIN
Throughout 1–30 April 2026 partners deliver two-day briefing sessions to the 100 selected vulnerable youths (20 per country). Activities introduce project goals, assess baseline digital skills and demonstrate the tutoring platform, ensuring participants are ready for the three-month pilot.

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TESTING PHASE – DIGITAL TUTORING PROGRAMME
FIELD TRIAL | SOFIA, BULGARIA
From 1 May to 31 July 2026, the 25 trained tutors guide their mentees through weekly peer-to-peer or small-group sessions, both in person and online. Real-time data from the web app plus structured feedback loops feed into updates of all intellectual outputs.

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FINAL PARTNER MEETING & INTERNATIONAL DISSEMINATION CONFERENCE
WRAP-UP & OUTREACH | MADRID, SPAIN
The closing two-day event on 15–16 July 2026 combines the fifth transnational meeting with a public conference for at least 50 stakeholders—including media and local authorities—to showcase results, signpost open resources and endorse the Local Action Plans for post-funding uptake.