Introducing the SPECIAL training curricula During the implementation of SPECIAL Project Result 2, Partners mapped what are the specific needs and challenges preventing NEETs from overcoming their situation of isolation/marginalisation from the world of education and/or labour market at local level. The Countries taken into consideration were those of the Consortium: Iceland, Spain, Italy, Romania…
Evidences, findings and results from the SPECIAL project NEETs are a heterogeneous group that faces certain barriers in the labour market. For example, the transition phase of life, lack or limited work experience are just some of the obstacles that young people may face in the labour market. A significant problem facing young people in…
LOCAL Boosting Silver Economy through local community mentoring is an Erasmus+ project (KA2 Cooperation partnerships in adult education) which aims to eliminate aged-related discrimination through the development of upskilling pathways in the field of Silver Economy, Silver Entrepreneurship and Community Mentoring. Target group Duration Adults over the age of 50Adult Education providers Start date: Jan.…
Partners joined the second Transnational Project Meeting of LOCAL On July 22nd, 2022, the Consortium joined the second Transnational Meeting of the LOCAL project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission, which brings together 9 Partners from 8 different countries (Bulgaria, Cyprus, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania and Spain). The meeting was held…
On June 23rd, EPIC took part in the 2ndTransnational Project Meeting of the RESET project, held in Pescara (IT) and hosted by the Italian partner EPIC. RESET -Resource for Post-Pandemic Effective Training- is an Erasmus+ project co-financed by the European Commission which gathers seven organisations from 4 countries (IT; DK; DE; BE; ES). Its aim…
On June 20th, 2022, EPIC joined the second transnational project meeting of SPECIAL, a Project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission and coordinated by the Husavik Academic Centre (HAC). The meeting took place in the city of Pescara, in Italy.The project, which brings together six partners from six countries (Iceland, Sweden, Romania…
The acronym NEET stands for Not Engaged in Education, Employment or Training and refers to young people (mainly between the ages of 15 and 34) who are neither engaged in education of any kind nor in vocational/work activities.According to Eurostat, in 2021 there were more than three million young NEETs between the ages of 15…
EPIC is very proud to be Associated Partner of the Fairfood Project, funded by the European Commission within the framework of the Erasmus + Programme. https://www.fairfoodproject.eu/associates.php?lang=EN The aim of Fairfood is to contribute to the improvement of health through a nutritional education inspired by the rich European gastronomic culture, which counts on the Mediterranean diet, an…
On Wednesday 23 February 2022, the Erasmus+ project RESET – Resources for Post-pandemic Effective Training – was launched with an online Kick-Off Meeting. The partnership is composed of experienced partners: IAL FVG – Lead Partner (IT); EPIC European Platform for International Cohesion (IT); NLP Aalborg (DK); Aalborg Handelsskole (DK); IHKPROJEKTGESELLSCHAFT MBH (DE); IHF INSTITUT DE…
On 25 January 2022, EPIC participated in the Kick-off meeting of the project LOCAL: Boosting Silver Economy through local Community Mentoring. Funded by the European Commission, within the framework of the Erasmus Plus programme – Action 2 Partnerships for Cooperation – the project aims to create and test a Mentoring programme targeting adults over 50.…
