ABOUT THE PROJECT

Overcome Project

Although Europe has been recovering from the high unemployment of the recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown that was implemented has a significant impact on local and global economies. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that more than 25 million jobs will be lost in the coming months, as a result of the outbreak. Current data show that by the end of 2019 the unemployed in EU-28 were 15,475 million.

At the same time, low-skilled adults have limited labour market prospects compared to other individuals with more qualifications (OECD, 2019), with unemployment having a huge psychological impact on them.

OVERCOME is a project, funded with support from the European Commission under the Erasmus+ programme, which aims to enhance low-skilled adults’ competencies and support their inclusion in the labour market and society, by reinforcing their employability skills (creativity, critical thinking, goal setting, problem-solving, self-motivation, communication, teamwork) and psychological capacities (optimism, hope, resilience, strengths, self-efficacy, calling and meaning). The project will help low-qualified job seekers acquire skills and qualifications, and thus enhance their personal development and increase their employability prospects.

OVERCOME aims at:

  • Building the skills of career counsellors and adult educators to better support low-skilled adults.
  • Building the psychological capital of low-skilled adults.
  • Developing resources with quality material, curricula, toolkits, and OERs to build the competencies of low-skilled adults and their educators.

Who will be involved?

  • Low-skilled adults
  • Long-term unemployed
  • Career counsellors
  • Adult educators
  • Educational institutions & training centres
  • NGOs

The content of this website represents the views of the author only. The European Commission does not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information it contains.