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project info
Start date: 30 July 2021
End date: 30 June 2023
funding
Fund: European Social Fund (ESF)
Total budget: 3 853 079,20 €
EU contribution: 3 433 488,80 € (89,11%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2021
Managing authority: Ministerul Fondurilor Europene

Set – Equal chances for young people

The general objective of the project is to increase the employment rate of 1060 unemployed NEETs aged 16-29 years registered at the Public Employment Service in the regions of South-West Oltenia, South-East and South Muntenia, with a focus on those from disadvantaged categories such as Roma and rural areas, through the provision of information and promotion services, professional training services, mediation services on the labour market and support for the development of entrepreneurship among them during the project period. The project aims to improve the employment opportunities of all 1060 unemployed NEETs registered with the Public Employment Service (SPO) targeted by the project (of which at least 467 will find a job) and their qualification (from which at least 900 young people will obtain a qualification certificate). The project is also included in Priority Axis 1 Youth Employment Initiative, Thematic Objective 8: Promoting sustainable and quality employment and supporting labour mobility; Investment priority: 8.ii Sustainable integration into the labour market of young people (ESF), especially those who do not have a job, education or training, including young people at risk of social exclusion and young people from marginalised communities, including through the implementation of the “Youth Guarantee”, Specific Objective 1.1 – Increasing the employment of NEETs unemployed aged 16-29, registered with the Public Employment Service, with residency in eligible regions; Specific Objective 1.2 – Improve the level of competence, including by assessing and certifying skills acquired in non-formal and informal system of unemployed NEETs aged 16-29, registered with the Public Employment Service, with residency in eligible regions. CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROJECT TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE OF POCU 2014-2020: Through its general objective, the project responds to the investment priorities, objectives and actions assumed by Romania within POCU, namely the valorisation of human capital, as a resource for sustainable development in the future. Through its integrated measures, the project generates employment opportunities for 1060 unemployed NEETs between 16-29 years old registered at SPO, with residency in the regions South-West Oltenia, South-East and South Muntenia, as well as to improve their skills by: — providing information and promotion services for project activities and the necessity and importance of professional training, as well as occupation (including self-employment), – providing guidance and registration services to SPO in order to profile them by AJOFM experts from the county of residence of the persons concerned, – providing authorised professional training services in the requested occupations/crafts

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