{"id":23151,"date":"2019-07-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nord-vest.ro\/newgenerationskills-ngs-3\/"},"modified":"2019-07-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T21:00:00","slug":"newgenerationskills-ngs-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nord-vest.ro\/en\/newgenerationskills-ngs-3\/","title":{"rendered":"New Generation Skills (NGS)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Capitalizing on the potential for business and social innovation in the Danube Region, by equipping young people with new skills <\/strong>(Unlocking the potentials for business and social innovation in the Danube Region by equipping young people with new generation skills) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.interreg-danube.eu\/approved-projects\/newgenerationskills<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The North-West Regional Development Agency implemented between January 2017 and June 2019 the NGS project - NewGenerationSkills - declared the winner in the first call for projects related to the Transnational Program DUN\u0102REA 2014-2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Younger generations have the potential to be proactive drivers of innovation and become filters of change within their local communities. However, 62% among young people in Central and Eastern Europe they are not interested in starting their own business<\/strong>, while one in five would like this, but find it too difficult<\/strong>. This weak entrepreneurial culture and lack of innovation management capabilities is recognized as a key challenge in the Danube area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, main objective<\/strong> of the NewGenerationSkills (NGS) project is to create an enabling environment for (social) innovation<\/strong> and entrepreneurship among young people<\/strong>. The responsibility of the authorities in activating social innovation among young people, at the local level, is essential. They can induce change by carefully crafted local policies<\/strong> and they can facilitate the cooperation of different actors<\/strong>, which is necessary to close the gap between the skills acquired within the education system and the requirements of the labor market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project aims at the same time to improve the skills of local administrations to support innovation and entrepreneurship, to create local brokerage tools for innovation and entrepreneurship as well as to create a dynamic learning program for motivated young people who need entrepreneurial skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project consortium is made up of 12 partners and 3 partners<\/strong> strategic associates<\/strong> from Hungary, Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia, as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Budapest District 11 City Hall, \u00dajbuda \u2013 Hungary (coordinator)<\/li>
  2. PRIZMA, Foundation for Improving Employability - Slovenia<\/li>
  3. Maribor City Hall \u2013 Slovenia <\/li>
  4. NOWA \u2013 Training, consultancy and project management NGO \u2013 Austria<\/li>
  5. Akzente \u2013 center for equality and regional cooperation \u2013 Austria<\/li>
  6. Intercommunity Development Association Cluj Metropolitan Area \u2013 Romania    <\/li>
  7. Development Association Sofia \u2013 Bulgaria<\/li>
  8. Sofia City Hall \u2013 Bulgaria<\/li>
  9. DEX Innovation Center \u2013 Czech Republic<\/li>
  10. North-West Regional Development Agency \u2013 Romania <\/li>
  11. Mihajlo Pupin Institute \u2013 Serbia <\/li>
  12. Stari Grad City Hall \u2013 Serbia<\/li>
  13. Corvinus University \u2013 Budapest Small Business Development Center \u2013 Hungary (associate partner)<\/li>
  14. City Hall of Graz (associate partner)<\/li>
  15. Belgrade City Hall (associate partner)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    The project has a total budget of over \u20ac2.12 million. The Nord-West ADR budget is \u20ac120,655, of which \u20ac102,557 is non-refundable funding from the European Regional Development Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The project modernized the existing cooperation mechanisms between the target group and the actors of the quadruple helix (which defines future strategies through the interaction of the four main pillars of any wealth creation process: local governments, knowledge institutions, private enterprises and citizens) including local municipalities, as facilitators, together with organizations representing young people, the local education system and the business sector, to create innovative local support systems, overcoming existing fragmented initiatives, of INNOVATION LABORATORIES in a transnational network. The interconnection of innovation and the support of entrepreneurship for young people will contribute to overcoming the gap between the skills acquired in the education system and the new skills required by employers for integration into the labor market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n