📋 Tender Overview
BRIDGE-overcoming the gap- youth work based on cooperation in learning between the countries of the Western Balkans.
Project coordinator is BUCT Bulgarian Centre for Exercise Enterprises, Ministry of Education and Science of Bulgaria, while other project partners are: PEN WORLDWIDE- International Network of Companies for Exercise, Germany, MEST - Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Kosovo and Center for Vocational Education, Montenegro. The project will be implemented in the period from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024.
The main objectives of the BRIDGE project are to establish cooperation between the Western Balkans partners and the EU to implement joint activities and events in the network of exercise enterprises, to strengthen the exchange of examples of good practice between partner countries and to create a program of joint activities for the exercise company, which could serve as a framework for future cooperation with other regional institutions.
The project will strengthen regional cooperation between institutions and actors working on the development of the vocational education sector and the youth training sector, connect the national networks of western Balkan exercise enterprises with their partner networks in the EU, build a better understanding among young people from the Western Balkans about how the EU market works, and how in practice enterprises and young entrepreneurs from the region can adapt to EU laws and regulations, in order to achieve positive educational cooperation.
The project includes a series of activities that are divided into several work packages:
Framework/ Model for joint activities – analysis and evaluation of potential joint activities and events, a set of good practices;
Youth Challenge in the Balkans – various events including networking sessions, regional youth competitions, as well as conference sessions on current topics;
The regional fair of companiesfor training will provide participants with the opportunity to present and position their product or service in a competitive market to their colleagues in the country and abroad. In parallel with this fair, the event will offer the participants of the competition challenges as a complement to the program for events with added value;
Regional Cooperation Handbook – with guidelines for international cooperation, commercial business, and partnership between eu and western Balkan exercise companies, recommendations for organizing exercise activities, steps to participate in international events and competitions, with innovative methods and examples of good practice for learning and training with a focus on achieving better adaptability to eu labour market demands.
