Kickoff Meeting for our project IPS4NEETS took place from 24th to 26th of October at Public University of Ptuj, Slovenia. Partners of the project, Public University Ptuj (Slovenia), Asociatia EIVA (Romania) and Interregio Forum Association (Hungary) and Tesla Technologies & Software S.L (Spain), have reviewed the project activities and jointly planned the work and objectives of the project.
Beneficiary partners, Public University Ptuj (Slovenia), Asociatia EIVA (Romania) and Interregio Forum Association (Hungary), have enabled 20 counselors from each country (60 counselors all together) to participate in two days training in Norway for the use of the Norwegian counseling method "Individual Placement and Support for NEETs« organized by the expertise partner Fønix AS.
Meeting for our project IPS4NEETS took place from 12h to 13th of March at Public University of Ptuj, Slovenia. Partners of the project, Public University Ptuj (Slovenia), Asociatia EIVA (Romania) and Interregio Forum Association (Hungary) and Tesla Technologies & Software S.L (Spain), have reviewed the project activities, deliverables, and planned the work and objectives for next 6 months.
Seven trainers from Norway are right now training Slovenian counsellors at Public University of Ptuj for the use of the Norwegian IPS method counseling method.
Training on IPS method was organised in Arad for 20 coaches, between 6 to 9 May 2019. 7 experts from Fonix engaged in learning process to facilitate transfer of knowledge, methods and tools.
Between 3-6 June 2019 eight trainers from Norway trained Hungarian youth
advisers and counsellors working with NEET youth for the use of the Norwegian IPS method counseling method.
Our 60 counsellors successfully finished the one-week long IPS4NEETs training – March 2019 in Slovenia, May 2019 in Romania and June 2019 in Hungary.
Nearly 200 institutions from 26 European countries implementing projects financed by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway unite to share results of their initiatives.
A new meeting for our project IPS4NEETS took place from 27h to 28th of August at Santiago de Compostela, Spain, in ths case the host was Tesla Technologies.
Norwegian Embassy from Budapest visited Public University of Ptuj to talk about our project IPS4NEETs, funded by the EEA and Norway Grants - Fund for Youth Employment. We presented them the key points of our project and discussed about the future challenges our society will face
All 60 Slovenian, Hungarian and Romanian youth advisers and counsellors working with NEETs were gathered again, to deepen their knowledge on IPS method and gain practical experiences on the use of the application developed by Tesla Technologies.
IPS4NEETs project meeting took place on 3rd and 4th March 2020 in Budapest, Hungary. Partners of the project, Public University of Ptuj (Slovenia), Asociatia EIVA (Romania), FONIX (Norway)and Interregio (Hungary), have reviewed project activities done so far and planned the ones coming this year.
With the slow return of lives to the old rails, we begin to face extensive consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The following crisis does not choose its victims and could cause long-term damage to the most vulnerable groups, if not dealt properly. NEET population is without a doubt one of the most vulnerable group populations that are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over 200 NEETs received help by counselling with IPS methodology.
Current circumstances stopped some sectors of societies all around the world due to the COVID-19 situation.
However, our counsellors from Romania, Hungary and Slovenia continued with their tremendous work to help those who need help the most, despite the difficult conditions.
Luca Koltai, Thematic expert of Interregio Forum Association held a presentation on the situation of young people in the Hungarian labour market and introduced the IPS4NEETs project and the IPS methodology at an online conference organized by Salva Vita Foundation.