Noves Oportunitats, educational center for training and job placement for youth

admin on 17 July 2018

Model of accompaniment and guidance that combines quality and qualified training and work to combat educational dropout

The Educational Center Noves Oportunitats advocates for extended, comprehensive, and personalized training pathways. Thus, it guides and accompanies young people towards adulthood by promoting their return to the educational system and access to professional qualification. The program offers tailored itineraries for each individual. Youth can choose from various training offerings, ranging from a flexible adapted ESO (Obligatory Secondary Education) to a certified Level 2 Vocational Training.

The program consists of three phases. The first corresponds to Initial Qualified and Specialized Vocational Training (Levels 1 and 2). Secondly, young people have access to training grants for internships in different workplaces. Finally, the Noves Oportunitats Educational Center offers the Youth Services area. This last phase is designed to extend professional training while guaranteeing real work experience through companies with social economy models.

Beyond promoting education and work experience, the center guides and accompanies young people through personal meeting spaces where, jointly, their professional future is constructed. Students acquire transversal competencies such as learning ability, teamwork, and responsibility.

Characteristics of innovation

Adolescence and youth, Bank of innovations, Group intervention, Innovative organization, Integrated care, Lab, Link with the community, Proximity care, User empowerment

Location

Counties of Baix Llobregat and Barcelonès, Catalonia

Partners / Funders

The Government of Catalonia, the City Councils of Cornellà del Llobregat and L’Hospitalet, the Barcelona Provincial Council, the Employment Service of Catalonia (SOC), and the European Union (UE).

Genesis

The organization El Llindar was established in December 2004 with the Aula Taller project, an alternative space to accommodate and educate adolescents and young people excluded from the formal education system. Later, in line with this initiative, it also created the Noves Oportunitats Educational Center.

Implementation level

Since 2004, it has supported more than 4,800 adolescents and young people from Baix Llobregat and Barcelonès Sud. In parallel, El Llindar contributes to fostering a continuous dialogue between public and private entities.

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