Activities

• Main activities and expected results

YEP MED activities will allow updating dual TVET curricula oriented to port industry, increasing job placement and employment opportunities with adequate and diverse profiles for NEETs and women. As a result, it will help increase employment rates of young people and women by offering real possibilities to work through personalized mentoring programmes (training centers) and tutor programmes (SME’s staff). As a result, there will be a need for a permanent collaboration scheme between TVET providers, private sector representatives and public administrations both at local and international levels.

Who will benefit?

• Young people, mainly NEETs, and women

• Port Authorities and logistic centers (7, 1 per country)

• VET providers and training centers (14 in total)

• SMEs and big companies operating in ports (600 companies in total)

Expected results

• 420 newly contracted persons

• 8 adapted dual TVET curricula

• Training of 4.650 NEETS and women

• Collaboration with at least 600 companies in 7 countries

• 420 enterprises receiving sub grants for mentoring support

Contribution to policy-making

“YEP MED will improve vocational training to provide youth with the skills required by the labour market while influencing future policy through the involvement of public authorities.

The insertion of a YEP MED pilot into national and regional framework policies will serve as a forerunner for the introduction of a dual training system. Trainees will be identified and local training centres and stakeholders will be invited to be a part of the Local Port’s Occupation and Training Working Group (PLWG) to monitor results and assess and organise tailored workshops for them. Based on participative governance structure, all of these actors will coordinate within the PLWG to reach local agreements between Port Authorities, VET and occupational training centres.”