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Under the ‘Work in Poland’ programme, five NGOs selected in a competition have received financial support to carry out innovative projects on behalf of the local labour market.

--> NGOs participating in the training programme were invited to take part in the grant competition. We are providing funding for five selected projects involving use of modern technology in work with the unemployed and job seekers.
Projects chosen in the grant competition:

1. ‘Stay in Dębica’, carried out by the Dębica Business Club. The project is designed for middle-school students and their parents, and for unemployed persons with poor computer skills. The association will conduct informational activities for young people who are planning their career path and raise the level of computer skills among the unemployed. They also want to create a ‘Career in Dębica’ website (www.karierawdebicy.pl) where it will be possible to find interesting information on career planning, job offers, and advice on topics such as how to prepare a CV.

2. ‘KomPressJa’ is a project that will be carried out by the Pastwisko.org Association. Pastwisko will target the project to young people in middle school who are affected by migration of family or friends. Developing an interest in the history and culture of their own region should make young people more likely to stay and work in the region instead of emigrating. There will be journalism workshops aimed at developing a website on current events in the Suwałki area. The website will be operated by young people participating in the project.

3. ‘Changing Myself and My Life’ is the title of a project aimed at unemployed people aged 18 – 25 who lack job qualifications, including those who have returned following unsuccessful wage-earning emigration. The project is designed to get young people to become socially and professionally involved, via workshops and courses in ‘soft’ skills (psychological) and ‘hard’ skills (navigating through the labour market). The project is being carried out by the Institute for Support of Educational Development (IWRO).

4. The Biłgoraj Community Foundation won a grant for the project ‘Come Back, Then What?’ The project is designed for people aged 34 and under who migrate temporarily to earn wages, and for their families. The foundation decided that its main goal would be to develop an interest in the local labour market on the part of the target audience. To this end, it will seek to increase the level of knowledge about the local labour market and the processes occurring on the market, and will also encourage people to start their own businesses.

5. ‘Exceeding Expectations’ is the title of the project by the Leżajsk Development Association. Assistance will be provided to wage-earning emigrants aged 20 – 45 who would like to return to their home region. The main tasks envisioned by those implementing the project are to provide information for emigrants abroad about opportunities on the native labour market, via a website, and to assist them in developing a career plan at home in Poland. There are plans to conduct training on entrepreneurship and computer skills.

--> Organisations that took part in the training programme may also seek advisory support in the form of assistance from experts on designing organisational activities, analysis of the local labour market, use of modern technology, organisational aspects of law and finance, and so on.