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Public Policy and Management Institute
Lukiškių g. 5-313, LT-01108 Vilnius
Tel. 8-5-2620326, mob. 8-620-63993
Fax. 8-5-262541
E-mail: edita@vpvi.lt

Other national partners:

1. Alytus District Municipality
2. Druskininkai Labour Exchange
3. Public non-profit organisation “Druskininkai Youth Occupational Centre”
4. Public non-profit organisation “Eičiūnai Rural Children and Youth Occupational Centre”
5. Lazdijai Labour Exchange
6. Lazdijai District Municipality Administration
7. Public non-profit organisation “Junior Achievement of Lithuania”
8. Lithuanian Conflict Prevention Association
9. Non-governmental organisation “Lietuvos Skautija”
10. Public non-profit organisation “The Venerable J. Matulaitis Social Centre”
11. Valkininkai Child Care Home “Spengla”
12. Varėna Labour Exchange
13. Varėna District Municipality Administration
14. Varėna Education Centre
15. Public non-profit organisation “Craft Centre of Vilnius Archdiocese Steward’s Office”
16. Vilnius Labour Exchange
17. Vilnius University Department of Social Work
18. Public non-profit organisation “Temporary Child Care Home of Vilnius All Saints’ Parish”
19. Public non-profit organisation “Vilties žiedas”

DP Budget:

Action 1 Budget – 7.2667 Lt
Action 2 Budget – 3.357.583 Lt

Target group – defiant, unqualified and unmotivated 16-24 years old youth from Vilnius and Alytus counties.

DP aims to develop a social partnership that will allow to improve existing public policy measures and create new ones to fight social exclusion of the problematic youth in the labour market and society in general.

Goals:

The main goals of the DP are to develop, test, justify and adjust to the state regulations the methodology designed to facilitate social inclusion of the target group in the labour market and society in general.

Innovation:

The innovation of the project is in its unique social partnership, which combines field-work with disadvantaged young people, the development of social and employment policy, and the expertise of the academic world. For the first time in Lithuania there is a joint effort of so many governmental and non-governmental experts to develop a comprehensive system of innovative methods and means that would create better opportunities for social integration of this very vulnerable group.

Activities:

1. Integrated research programme.
2. Developing and testing methods of social integration of the target group.
3. Educational programme on market economy and business skills development.
4. Improving qualification of national partners’ staff.
5. Project publicity and administration.

Planned results:

1. Publication on the methods of defiant youth social integration into labour market.
2. Database containing social partnership evaluations.
3. Scientific research report encompassing integrated description of methodology developed and tested during the project as well as comparative analysis of the methods applied abroad by our transnational co-operation partners.
4. Educational programme adopted to the needs of our target group on market economy and business skills.
5. At least 100 representatives of the target group involved in the development and application of the new integration methods.
6. At least 50 representatives of the DP partner organisations improved their qualifications of working with the target group during foreseen 15 seminars (6 of which will be international).
7. 24 DP partners will improve their partnership skills in 5 seminars.
8. Online DP management and administration tool.
9. Project publicity material and tools.

The main outcome of the project is potential use of the methodology (based on scientific researches and tested in practice). Also, it is expected that 50% of the target group will successfully integrate into the labour market and educational system.

The main effect – methodology in use by state and municipality institutions by 2008.

„Disadvantaged Young People: Joining the World of Work“

DPs involved

Austria

Germany

„PAKT“ Partnerschaftliche Arbeits – und Kompetenzförderung im Tandem

Strengthening of Youth Motivation for Employment „SYME“

Activities:

1. Joint development of innovative methods/means for social inclusion of the target group.
2. Improvement of the qualifications of the field workers involved in our projects.
3. Joint online platform containing media work with the target group development.
4. Conducting comparative international research on environments of the target group in different countries.

Planned results:

1. Report including recommendations on successful innovative methods on social inclusion of the target group in partner countries.
2. Joint online platform containing media work with the target group.

„Youthlinks“

DPs involved

The Netherlands

„Connections“ – ontwikkeling leerbanen

Slovenia

„Znanje je moc“

Sweden

„Up Salt“

Strengthening of Youth Motivation for Employment „SYME“

Activities:

1. Organising 4 thematic seminars in Lithuania, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Sweden. The main purpose behind the seminars is to discuss main successful innovations brought by our projects and prepare recommendations on their mainstreaming.
2. Online news-page for the target group and their inner circle on relevant our projects’ activities development.
3. Comparative international research of target groups environments in different countries based on National Action Plans (further on NAPs) to fight social exclusion.

Planned results:

1. Four thematic reports on use of social partnership, non-formal and dual education and social marketing for the need of increasing social inclusion.
2. Four published articles on the above mentioned issues released in the national press of each partner country.
3. Recommendations on including of innovative measures to fight social exclusion of defiant youth in to the NAPs.
4. Online news-page for the target group and their inner circle on relevant our projects’ activities.