FOLM - From Outdoors To Labour Market

Duration: 42 months (July 2018 – December 2021)
TUS Project Budget: € 698,000
Total Project Budget: € 4,075,000

Summary

The From Outdoors to Labour Market (FOLM) project is focused on an innovative education approach addressing the youth who are Not in Employment, Education or Training, so called NEETs. The concept behind the FOLM learning experience is to motivate and encourage them into taking up studies or the labour market, thanks to our Outdoors Learning programme.

The FOLM Project provides a stimulating and innovative programme connecting with NEETs to develop professional and life skills enabling them to become inspired and active in their region. The programme engages 990 NEETs in Warmia-Masuria (Poland), Cantabria (Spain) and Mid-West Region (Ireland) by transferring the experience from the University of Edinburgh’s “Model for social and personal growth through Outdoor Learning”.

The FOLM Project uses Outdoor Learning as a means to engage youth with the community and develop a sustainable framework for the model to be applied by stakeholders across Europe. Through the programme participants recognize strengths/talents, strengthen soft skills, build self-esteem/self-awareness and fortify attitudes for employment. Finally, the Project Consortium provides job matching through outreach to employers’ organizations, promotion, mentoring and trail employment.

Objectives and aims of the project

The objectives of the project can be summarised as follows:

Know-how and experience transfer about the “Model for social and personal growth through Outdoor Learning” from University of Edinburgh with the aim to prepare NEETs to enter or come back to the labour market.
Creation of a new “From Outdoors to Labour Market” model for leading NEETs towards employment, ready to use by institutions working in the labour market across Europe.
Engagement of 800-1000 NEETs from 3 regions characterised by a high percentage of targeted youth, in this pathway to employment.