📅 Implementation: Dec 2024 – Dec 2025 (12 months)
💶 Total Budget: €198,765 | ERDF Contribution: €159,012
🤝 Partners: 3 institutions
🎯 Type: People to people project | P2P

Summary
UNITY aims to address the shared challenges of demographic trends, depopulation, and an under-skilled youth workforce in the cross-border region of Satu Mare and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg counties. By fostering sustainable cross-border and cross-sectoral cooperation between educational and economic sectors, the project seeks to improve career orientation support for middle and high (vocational) school students. Through joint actions, strategic thinking, and the development of the existing bilingual Laboro.ro platform, UNITY promotes a sense of unity and cooperation, empowering stakeholders to work together towards common goals and enhancing the quality of career guidance provided to students.

Project Aim
The project establishes a supportive cross-border environment for youth career development, emphasising early intervention and cooperation among various stakeholders.

Objectives
✅ Foster sustainable cross-border cooperation between educational and economic sectors
✅ Improve career orientation support for middle and high school students
✅ Develop the capacity of schools, NGOs, and companies for a comprehensive approach to career guidance
✅ Promote joint strategic thinking and cross-border cooperation
✅ Enhance the quality of career advice and support provided to students

Key Activities & Results
🔹 Cross-Border Connections – Establish connections between at least 80 members of the target groups (counsellors, teachers, NGOs, and students) from Satu Mare and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg counties through 5 joint cross-border actions.
🔹 Capacity Development – Develop the capacity of at least 8 schools, 4 NGOs, and 12 companies for a more structured approach to career guidance through joint strategic thinking and cross-border cooperation.
🔹 Joint Strategy – Develop and disseminate a common strategy through the bilingual Laboro.ro platform to maintain cross-border cooperation among stakeholders involved in career guidance.
🔹 Empowerment and Cooperation – Empower counsellors, teachers, NGOs, and students to cooperate, share experiences, and gain insights into common career guidance challenges, ultimately improving the quality of career advice provided to students.
🔹 Sustainable Solutions – Promote a culture of cooperation among stakeholders, leading to sustainable solutions and improved services for youth, reducing youth unemployment and enhancing economic and social development in the long term.

By integrating modern infrastructure with cross-border initiatives, UNITY revitalizes career guidance services in the region. By the end of the project, career guidance in the cross-border region will be more effective, collaborative, and supportive.

*For more details, consult the project fact sheet: EN 

Partnership
Lead Partner: AGES Association (RO)
Project Partners: Idea for the Region Association (HU), County Center of Educational Resource and Assistance Satu Mare (RO)

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