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Islands suffer from high unemployment throughout the year, with a seasonal peak on non-tourist periods, especially amongst young people. Young professionals in islands face several challenges such as limited job opportunities that often requires years of experience that leads to a vicious cycle of a lack of a job – lack of experience situation.
YENESIS project intends to educate, network, and prepare young people in order to meet, work and create green jobs.
The first phase of YENESIS project started in 2018 with providing young people with entrepreneurial innovation training, study tour projects in foreign countries and a half-year internship in a company in their home country.
In 2022 the consortium was granted with additional funds for YENESIS 2.0. The second phase will continue helping young people in islands on their journey towards sustainable employment. The focus topics are climate adaptation, sustainable food systems, sustainable water systems and circular economy.
YENESIS 2.0 will offer 175 young people aged 19-30 living across Europe a five-day innovative training opportunity in all five focus topics.
SEI Tallinn is responsible on developing the training materials on the sustainable food systems topic and for organising the training course for Estonian youth.
Cyprus Energy Agency (CEA), Cyprus – Lead partner
Møre and Romsdal County Authority, Norway – Expertise partner
Network of Sustainable Greek Islands (DAFNI Network), Greece
SEI Tallinn, Estonia
Regional Agency for Energy and Environment of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (AREAM), Portugal
Sapienza University of Rome – Department of Astronautical, Electrical and Energy Engineering (DIAEE), Italy
Canary Islands Institute of Technology (ITC), Spain
Frederick University, Cyprus
Chrysalis LEAP Limited, Cyprus
YENESIS is a project funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Youth Employment.
Head of Unit, Senior Expert (Sustainable Cities and Resilient Communities Unit)
SEI Tallinn
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