GEN-YOUTH
Strengthening South Mediterranean Organizations for Youth Employability
Youth unemployment remains a critical challenge in Tunisia,Jordan, Algeria, and Lebanon, with many young people, particularly those Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEETs), women, and rural youth, facing skills mismatches and limited access to career support.
However, youth organizations in these countries lack the institutional capacity,structured employability programs, and digital tools needed to effectively support young people’s transition into the labor market.
GEN-YOUTH strengthens the capacity of youth organizations to enhance employability services and institutional resilience. It provides governance strategies, financial sustainability tools, and best practices in youth employability programming while equipping youth workers with training in career coaching, digital job readiness, and mentorship.
The project is structured into three main areas: organizational capacity building, which includes capacity building Action Plans, training on governance, and a peer- learning visit in Lebanon; youth employability support, featuring a Job Orientation Training Program, Youth Work Innovation Digital Lab, and Capacity-Building Bootcamps; and dissemination and sustainability, which ensures long-term impact through the European Youth Portal, EPALE.
GEN-YOUTH will train youth workers, support young people, and establish a sustainable online learning platform. It will foster regional cooperation between youth organizations and employers, ensuring long-term impact. By addressing European Youth Goals – Quality Employment for All (EU Youth Goal 7), Quality Learning (Goal 8), and Inclusive Societies (Goal 3), the project contributes to sustainable youth employment solutions in the South Mediterranean region.
PARTNERS
GEN-YOUTH promotes international collaboration. With La Salle Foundation as Coordinator, the project is implemented in partnership with:
- Fundacja Heket: Humans, Experience, Knowledge, Education, Training (HEKET), Poland.
- Sector de Andalucía del Instituto de Hermanos de las Escuelas Cristianas (La Salle), Spain.
- L’Association Euro-Méditerranéenne des Échanges, Volontariats, Événements (Euro-Med Eve), Tunisia.
- Union Nationale des Femmes Tunisiennes à Sfax (UNFT), Tunisia.
- Jordan Youth Innovation Forum Society (JYIF), Jordan.
- Université d’Oum El Bouaghi (UOEB), Algeria.
- Association des Frères des Écoles Chrétiennes (F.E.C.), Lebanon.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only, and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the EACEA can be held responsible for them.
