Project co-financed through the European Social Fund Human Capital Operational Program 2014-2020

Priority axis 6: Education and abilities  

Appeal code: POCU/626/6/13/Increasing the number of graduates of tertiary university and non-university education who find a workplace as result of having accessed educational / research / innovation activities, with focus on economic sectors with competitive potential identified according to the National Research Strategy (SNC) and the fields of intelligent specialization according to the National Research, Development and Innovation Strategy

Project: ASPIR - Employment of students through regional innovative partnerships

Financing agreement no. POCU/626/6/13/ 130351

Beneficiary: CENTRUL DE DEZVOLTARE SOCIALĂ T & CO

Partner: ”ALATURI DE VOI” ROMANIA FOUNDATION

PROJECT PRESENTATION:

The project ASPIR - Employment of students through regional innovative partnerships is implemented by the Center for Social Development T&CO, in partnership with” Alaturi de Voi” Romania Foundation, being co-financed from the European Social Fund through the Sectorial Operational Program of Human Resources Development 2014-2020.

The project will be implemented during 24.09.2020 – 23.09.2022 in the North-Eastern Region of Romania, the city of Iasi, the target group being selected from urban and rural areas of the North – East region. 

The total value of the financing agreement is 4.745.593,17 lei, of which non-reimbursable eligible value from FEDR/FC/FSE/ILMT: 4.033.754,20 lei, non-reimbursable eligible value from the national budget - 711,838.97 lei.

The budget administered by the ”Alaturi de Voi” Romania Foundation will be of 2.341.498,55 lei.                     

GOAL:

Increasing the chances for finding a workplace for 282 students of humane sciences – Psychology and Social Assistance, from the North – Eastern Region of Romania, after having attended integrated activities: practical training, career counseling and orientation, social innovation through social partnership with employers from the labor market. Students will acquire work abilities and the experience necessary for an easy transition from education to the labor market through being ensured the conditions for their involvement in internships with potential employers / institutions / companies, through career counselling, through learning at a workplace in their field of study, through study visits. The project contributes to reaching specific objectives and to reaching indicators from the Priority Axis 6 – Education and skills. 

GENERAL OBJECTIVE:

To increase the number of graduates of tertiary university and non-university education who find a workplace as result of having accessed educational / research / innovation activities, with focus on economic sectors with competitive potential identified according to the National Research Strategy (SNC) and the fields of intelligent specialization according to the National Research, Development and Innovation Strategy.

Throughout the 24 months of project implementation, during September 2020 – September 2022, the project will contribute to increasing the number of graduates of tertiary university and non-university education who find a workplace as result of having accessed educational / research / innovation activities at a potential workplace, with focus on economic sectors with competitive potential identified according to the National Research Strategy (SNC) and the fields of intelligent specialization according to the National Research, Development and Innovation Strategy.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

1. To facilitate the integration on the labor market of graduates of tertiary education through an increase percentage of students attending internships or practice and through creating practical abilities necessary for employment with different employers for a number of 282 students.

2. To develop professional and transversal abilities necessary on the labor market and / or for social categories, including for people from groups at risk due to living areas (rural or urban), ethnicity, disability, through involving the students in internships or practice for integration on the labor market for a number of 282 students, of which 105 will be employed.   

3. To develop partnership with potential employers: public and private institutions, companies, NGOs, contacting students and potential employers, employees in public administration, people in the business field and personalities from different fields, as well as to develop new partnerships between universities, practice partners and potential employers of future graduates, which in time will lead to improving the educational process and will facilitate access on the labor market, including through the establishment of a system of coordinated information system between the three parties involved – students, university and employers.

For further information about the project, please access the applicant’s site - CENTRUL DE DEZVOLTARE SOCIALĂ T & CO