- 19-07-2019 15:00
- Velizar Petrov
More than 60 young people from Plovdiv, Asenovgrad,
Perushtitsa and Kuklen were trained in two trainings - on May 31st and July
18th. They became aware of the opportunities offered by the Erasmus +
international youth programme to acquire the
skills, knowledge and competences needed to prevent youth unemployment in the
area of cultural and historical heritage. This happened with a series of
trainings in Kuklen for youth conducted by the Regional Development Agency with
the Business Support Center for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises /RDA BSC SME/. The training seminars were
organized under the Minerva Project - Youth Employment for
European Cultural Heritage project, by sector KA 2, of the Erasmus +
programme.
University etudents, students from secondary schools and unemployed young people participated in the training.
The main topics of the training modules were topics
related to the exchange of cultural heritage through traditional customs, the
motivation of young people to work in the field of cultural heritage, as well
as forms of cultural and historical tourism.
Special attention was given to the city of Plovdiv -
as a major cultural centre of the Balkans and the oldest living city in Europe
and the initiative Plovdiv - European Capital of Culture 2019.
Practical
sessions were also held in order to activate the youth to work in the field of
culture and cultural and historical heritage.
In the form of
role-playing games and case studies, young people were taught behaviours when
applying for a job, as well as learning specific job search skills and
techniques for successful job interviews.
The trainings will
continue in August.