Project title: ’’Digital mentorship and traineeship’’
Program: Erasmus+, reference project no: ES01-KA220-VET-000034654
Financial support: European Union
Partner countries: Spain, Portugal, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ciprus
Project budget: 256.035 EUR
Period of realisation: 28.02.2022 – 27.02.2024.
Project leader: UNIOVI – University Oviedo
Other project partners:
- Business Development Center Kragujevac,
- VET school Ivan Trnski from Croatia,
- Industrial Association Rus from Bulgaria,
- School Grouping no 1 Gondomar from Portugal,
- JumpIn Hub from Portugal,
- Smart idea from Slovenia and
- Grant Xpert from Ciprus.
Short description of the project: more
- Developed methodology for digital mentoring and practices.
- Developed educational program for students, high school professors and business mentors.
- Developed guides and online resources for students, high school teachers and business mentors.
- Developed and tested web portal for online practices and mentoring.
The goals we want to achieve are:
- Increase the participation of high school students in the real business environment.
- Empower high schools to participate in digital internship and mentoring programs.
- Improve the quality of education in secondary vocational schools, through innovation.
- Improve cooperation between secondary vocational schools and companies.
Project title: “Local partnerships for youth employment”
Donor: Swiss organization for development and cooperation SDC within the Program – Support to innovative approaches for increase of youth employment and employability, implemented by Team for social inclusion and poverty reduction of Republic of Serbia Government
Objectives:
Overall objective: To contribute to resolving the problem of high youth unemployment rate in Kragujevac, through innovative approaches and partnership between civic, public and private sector.
Specific objective:more To improve employability and employment of youth with metal processing vocations in Kragujevac, through improvement and preparation for further replication of the innovative model of youth employment based on overcoming the gap between current target group competences and employers’ needs and requirements. Results: Location: Kragujevac Lead, partners: Business Development Centre, Polytechnic school, Milanovic engineering company, Gorenje MDM Company and Unior Components Company Value: 24 891 CHF Duration: 02/2016 – 06/2016 Project title: “Consultancy and mentoring support for the enterprises with the best practices in Roma employment“ Donor: OSCE Mission to Serbia Objective:more To improve competitiveness and sustainability of Roma business initiatives, as well as promotion and facilitation of further employment of Roma. The target group is 18 enterprises with the best practices in Roma in selected by OSCE Steering Committee in the previous stage of the project “Technical Assistance to Roma Inclusion“. Results: 1 Provided consultancy and mentoring support to 18 selected enterprises aiming at increasing their competitiveness and ensuring sustainability and 1.1 Assessment of needs for provision of consultancy and mentoring; 1.2. Provision of consultancy support 1.3 Provision of mentoring support 1.4 Promoted and facilitated Roma employment opportunities in Serbia. 2.1 Entrepreneurs` fair and 2.2 Meetings with companies with CSR practices. Business consultancy and mentoring will provide necessary guidance and information to ensure development and growth of selected enterprises and, consequently, sustainability of created jobs for Roma men and women. Planned meetings with companies with CSR practice will research and identify potential for new employment of Roma in order, while the entrepreneurs` fair will enable promotion of Roma employment opportunities, and thus will raise awareness of relevant local and national stakeholders regarding challenges and opportunities for Roma inclusion in the labour market and society, as a whole. Location: Serbia Lead, partners: Business Innovation programs, Business Development Centre, GM Consulting Value: 5 632 342,29 RSD Duration: 01/2016 – 06/2016 Project title “Power of local initiatives for new jobs” Donor: Suisse Agency for Development and Cooperation – SDC, within the Program “Local initiatives for increasing social inclusion“, coordinated by Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Unit of Serbian Government. Objectives: Overall objective: To contribute to poverty reduction and facilitation of social inclusion of vulnerable groups in Knic, through improvement of capacities and cooperation between relevant stakeholders, for creation, implementaion, monitoring and evaluation of effective local employment policies relating to hard to employ citizens, and in line with recommendations of The second national report on socila inclusion and poverty reduction. Specific objectives of the project:more 1 Increased level of knowledge of: a) local actors from public, private and civic sector, in relation to national priorities in the field of social inclusion and poverty reduction, as well as their roles in the process of implementation of national priorities; b) citizens, on relevant local employment policies and measures, in particular for hard to employ groups, citizens` rights and available services. 2 Developed local legal framework for establishing and implementation of Local Entrepreneurship Development Support Programme, in order to create conditions for new jobs creation, and consequently employment/self-employment of hard to employ groups, through drafting and adoption of the Rulebook and Decision on the establishment of the program. 3 Improved process of planning local policies and measures in the field of employment of hard to employ groups, through development of list of priority measures and projects. 4 Strengthen capacities of Knic Municipality for reaching out EU funds, through development of at least 2 project proposals aimed at improving employability chances of hard to employ groups. SC 5 Enabled peer sharing experiences and transfer of best practices between local communities in Sumadija district, in the field of creation and implementation of local employment policies. Location: Knic municipality and Sumadija district Lead, partners: Business Development Center Kragujevac, Knic Municipality Value: 11 969 EUR Duration: 07/2015 – 07/2016 Project title: “New jobs for youth in ICT sector” Donator: Ministry of Youth and Sports of Republic of Serbia Objective: Overall objective: To contribute to improvement of employability and employment of youth in Kragujevac. Specific objective:more To generate new employment of youth in ICT sector, through improvement of knowledge and skills in line with identified needs of employers-members of ICT Cluster of Central Serbia. Results: Location: Kragujevac Lead, partners: Business Development Center Kragujevac, ICT Cluster of Central Serbia Value: 1 157 980 RSD Duration: 08/2015 – 02/2016 Project title: “Civic Public social partnership” Donator: European Union office to Kosovo Objectives: Overall objective: To contribute to socio-economic development of North Kosovo and improvement of social and economic rights of employees and employers, adjusted with EU standards and acquis. Specific objective:more To create conditions for active participation of relevant social partners from Northern Kosovo in social dialog and decision making processes on national level. Results: Location: Kosovo Lead, partners: Center of Employers Initiative Kosovska Mitrovica, Business Development Center Kragujevac Value: 60 769.80 EUR Duration: 01/2015 – 07/2016 Project title: “Participation of youth civic sector in creation of youth employment policies”, phase III Donor: SLA Solidar Suisse, Office in Belgrade Objectives: Overall objective: To contribute to creation of effective local youth employment policies in Čačak, Kraljevo and Gornji Milanovac. Better conditions for effective, local, youth employment policies will be created through improvement of local action plans development process and increased level of Local employment councils’ responsibility, which will positively influence sustainable resolving youth unemployment problem. Specific objective:more To improve the process of local employment action plan development process through involving youth in decision making, ensuring wide consultative process in local, youth employment policy making, based on data, obtained through monitoring of local action plans implementation and assessment of applied employment measures effectiveness. Results: Location: Čačak, Kraljevo, Gornji Milanovac Lead, partner: Business Development Centre Kragujevac, Association Suadeo Value: 1 400 000,00 RSD Duration: 04/2015 – 11/2015 Project title: “The right skills for the changing labor market” Donor: SLA Solidar Suisse Serbia Objectives: Overall objective: To improve the competitiveness and employability of secondary technical vocational schools graduates through bridging the gap between the skills acquired in secondary technical vocational education system and labor market needs. Specific objective:more To create the mechanism for effective collaboration between secondary technical schools and relevant employers, especially in the field of improvement of practical teaching and practice in Kragujevac. Results: Location: Kragujevac, Serbia Lead, partners: Business Development centre, Grad Kragujevac, Polytechnics school Value: 12.000 eur Duration: 07/2015 – 12/2015 Project title: “Participation of civic youth sector in creation of youth employment policies”, phase II Donor: SLA Solidar Suisse, kancelarija u Beogradu Objectives: Overall objective: To improve process of local youth employment policies creation in Cacak, Kraljevo and Gornji Milanovac. Specific objective: more To improve process of local youth employment policies creation in Cacak, Kraljevo and Gornji Milanovac, through identification of current effective local employment measures, but as well innovative, new ones, by facilitating and fostering wider dialog between youth, civic and business sector and Local employment councils. Results: 1) Prepared report with recommendations for improvement of local employment policy making processes, based on conducted survey on 3 project locations, with the aim to conduct analysis of youth employment effects of so far applied employment measures, financed through Local action employment plans in 2012. 2) Identified and proposed new, innovative measures and initiatives for increasing employment of youth through 3 consultative events with all relevant stakeholders at local level. održane 3 konsultativne radionice. 3) Drafted and presented in public practical policy paper – Proposal of practical youth employment policies in Cacak, Kraljevo and Gornji Milanovac, with aim to influence improvement of local employment policy making processes. Location: Čačak, Kraljevo, Gornji Milanovac Lead, partners: Business Development Center Kragujevac, Association Suadeo Value:1 473 360,00 RSD Duration: 05/2014 – 11/2014 Project title:“Consultancy support to realization of project Project TARI (Technical assistance to Roma Inclusion)“ Donor: OSCE Mission to Serbia Overall objective: To contribute to social inclusion of Roma in Serbia Specific objective:more To support employment of Roma people in Serbia Results: Location: Serbia Lead, partners: GM Consulting, Business Development Centre, Business innovation programs Value: 20.000 eur Duration: 05/2014 – 09/2014 Project title:“Housing Support to Flood Damaged Households in Svilajnac“ Objectives: Overall objective: To contribute to better living conditions and normalization of life of the most vulnerable families damaged by flood in Svilajnac. The project contributed to improvement of living conditions of 63 (around 180 people) most vulnerable families damaged by floods in Svilajnac. Specific objective:more To improve housing conditions of the most damaged households and families in Svilajnac, through provision of housing packages. Indicator: at least 40 the most vulnerable families improved housing situation. The action directly affected improvement of housing conditions of the most damaged households and families in Svilajnac though provision of 63 housing packages to the most vulnerable families. Result: Improved housing conditions for 63 the most vulnerable families in Svilajnac damaged by flood, through provision of housing material packages. Lead, partners: Business development Centre Kragujevac, Municipality of Svilajnac Location: Svilajnac Value: 40 200 EUR Duration: 10/2014 – 03/2015 Project title: “Fostering rural tourism for sustainable local economic development” Donor: The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade Objectives: Overall objective: To contribute to sustainable local economic development of rural areas of Kragujevac and Sumadija Specific Objective:more To develop rural tourism as a form of entrepreneurship and small family businesses in rural areas of Kragujevac and Sumadija Results: – Improved capacities and competitiveness of existing and potential rural tourism entrepreneurs through tailor made training program for 15 participants, organized 3 days study visit to EU, provided financial incentives for the top five business plans – Raised awareness, knowledge and motivation of citizens in rural areas for rural tourism, organized two motivational seminars for 40 participants – Developed and widely promoted unique touristic offer of Šumadija, through preparation and printing of brochure about tourist offer Šumadije, which will be widely distributed at trade shows, organized promotion of touristic households on at least 2 touristic fairs in Serbia, improved website of Tourist Organization Kragujevac, organized one day press visit to the most interesting rural tourism households. – Developed and adopted Kragujevac Tourism Development Strategy Location: Kragujevac, Knić, Raca, Topola, Rekovac Lead, partners: Business Development Center Kragujevac, City Tourist Organization Kragujevac and the City of Kragujevac Value: 60.000 EUR Duration: 11/2013 – 11/2014 Project title: “Participation of youth CSOs in local youth employment policies making” Donor: SLA Solidarity Suisse office in Belgrade Objectives: Overall objective: Contribute solving problem of youth unemployment in Serbia, through the development of effective and sustainable youth employment policy Specific objective:more To increase the level of participation of civil society and youth in the creation of youth employment policies in the municipalities of Cacak, Kraljevo and Gornji Milanovac Results: Location: Cacak, Kraljevo, Gornji Milanovac Lead, partners: Business Development Center Kragujevac (formerly SPARK BSC), Association Suadeo Čačak Value: 8.000 EUR Duration: 07/2013-11/2013 Project title: “My skills, My chance” Donor: Royal Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade Objectives: Overall objective: Contribute social inclusion and active involvement of young people with disabilities in Kragujevac in social and economic life of the community and support their right to work. Specific objective:more To increase the employability of young people with disabilities in the City of Kragujevac Results: 1 Improved professional capacity of young people with disabilities, employment/self-adopted new craft skills, business knowledge and skills, as well as the knowledge and skills of job search. 2 Improved self-esteem of youth with disabilities for active participation in social and economic life of the community and labor market inclusion. Location: Kragujevac Lead, partners: Business Development Center Kragujevac (formerly SPARK BSC), NGOs Sunce Value: 26.960 Euro Duration: 08/2012 – 02/2013 Project title: “Youth entrepreneurship, civil-public partnership” Donor: European Union, Civil Society Support Program Objectives: Overall objectives: Specific Objective:more To create an institutional mechanism for effective cooperation and partnership between civil society organizations, local authorities and other relevant stakeholders in the development and promotion of youth entrepreneurship in the region Šumadija and Pomoravlje. Results: Location: Central Serbia Lead, partners: Business Development Center Kragujevac (formerly SPARK BSC), City of Kragujevac, Association Sunce from Kragujevac, Foundation SPARK Netherlands Value: 129 319 euro Duration: 06/2011 – 06/2012 Project title: ”Women in Agribusiness” Donor: USAID Agribusiness program Objectives: Overall objective: Contribute the improvement of the situation of women in rural areas in the city of Nis and Novi Sad by improving their knowledge in the field of entrepreneurship, establishment and management of agribusiness and encouraging women to actively participate in the agribusiness market. Specific objective: more To provide the necessary support to women in rural parts of Novi Sad and Nis in the preparation of business plans, the establishment of new and expansion of existing companies in the agribusiness sector. Results: Location: Novi Sad, Niš Lead, partners: Business Development Center Kragujevac, Association Sunce Value: $ 10,000 Duration: 03/2012-06/2012 Project title: “Support to the social and economic integration internally displaced persons and refugees” Donor: European Union Objectives: Overall objective: To support sustainable solutions for accommodation of and employment of refugees and internally displaced persons Specific objectives:more Support for the social integration of refugees and internally displaced persons through the development of housing solutions, self-employment and support economic activity Results: 1 260 refugees and internally displaced persons successfully completed the craft, IT and business skills training 2 20 refugees and internally displaced persons supported with income generation packages and started their businesses Location: Kragujevac Lead, partner: Group 484, Business Development Center Kragujevac Duration: 2011