Youth Unemployment Solutions (YES) Montenegro

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Y Youth E Employment S Solutions UN System in Montenegro

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Overview of the participation, design, implementation of Youth Employment Solutions in Montenegro

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YYouth EEmployment SSolutionsUN System in Montenegro

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BACKGROUNDBACKGROUND

EMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT young people main concern, top life aspiration & priority (post 2015, KAP study)

PARTICIPATIOPARTICIPATION N young people willing to get involved in decision-making and solving social issues

INTERNET INTERNET USAGEUSAGEmajority of young people in our country actively use internet

SOCIALSOCIAL

COMBINATION OF THESE 3 TRENDS INTOWEB PORTAL FOR COLLABORATIVE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS

PARTICIPATIVE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF

Youth Employment Solutionswww.mladi-odrzivabuducnost.me

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BACKGROUND

THE PROCESS:

MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT & & FACILITATIONFACILITATION

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PROCESSPROCESS – Solutions were designed through a 4-stages process:

AREASAREAS - People discussed and suggested solutions in three areas:

ENTREPRENEURSHIP INSTITUTIONSSKILLS

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NGO CIVIC CREATIVE CENTRE - CetinjeMotivating young people to start their own business

NGO LET`S REVIVE THE VILLAGE - PljevljaPromoting rural tourism as a self-employment niche

NGO LET`S REVIVE THE VILLAGE - PljevljaProviding young people with skills for green house production

NGO ART VISION - RožajeDeveloping a web site for promoting and booking private accommodation

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in NUMBERSin NUMBERS

4 SOLUTIONS 4 SOLUTIONS RECEIVED FUNDINGSRECEIVED FUNDINGS

AMONGAMONG 14 SOLUTIONS14 SOLUTIONS POSTED ONLINE POSTED ONLINE

1074110741 TOTAL UNIQUE VISITS OF THE TOTAL UNIQUE VISITS OF THE PORTALPORTAL

4040 YOUNG PPL PARTICIPATED IN FACE-2-FACE WORKSHOP YOUNG PPL PARTICIPATED IN FACE-2-FACE WORKSHOP

7,5057,505 VOTES FOR THE POSTED SOLUTIONS VOTES FOR THE POSTED SOLUTIONS

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MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTSMAJOR ACHIEVEMENTSTalking the Talk & Walking the Walk

GRASPING THE MOMENTUMCombining major youth

aspirations, concerns, trends and behaviors

PARTICIPATIONYoung people not just

asked and being decoration, BUT identified problems, discussed them,

proposed solutions and dared to implement themINTEGRATION

Involving youth from vulnerable groups through face-to-face workshops

INNOVATION

First project of this type in Montenegro: online collaborative discussion and design of solutions, new partnerships

PILOTING

Vast learning space for future similar endeavors;

return on investment high

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……AND WE LEARNEDAND WE LEARNEDFEW LESSONSFEW LESSONS

Innovative initiatives should be allocated adequate amount of time, since innovation implies trying and failing.

Testing phase is one of crucial stages of the process, thus more space should be provided for that

Young people are most interested in concrete actions and ideas, compared to discussions

Face-to-face interaction and outreach are substantial for both involving vulnerable groups and viral promotion of the portal

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MATIJA, 30“…put focus of education system on practical skills acquisition”

ADIS, 30

“…promote and support young people to educate for

technical and vocational professions”

DIMITRIJE, 18“…integrate all employment–related services and programs, introduce no interest loans schemes, cut on paper and car usage in public administration and use the savings for youth employment programs”

IF I HAD SUPER-POWERS, I WOULD…IF I HAD SUPER-POWERS, I WOULD…

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FURTHER INFO AVAILABLE

Blogs about the initiative:http://bit.ly/1eWeEBbhttp://bit.ly/1cgQbot

Project focal point:Jelena Miljanic

[email protected]