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Started in 2013, IDEA Project Powered by Microsoft YouthSpark continues its work in 2014. The project aims to assist socially unprotected youth, including unemployed youth, young people with disabilities, and others to get computer and other employability skills necessary in the modern job market.
The indicated aspects are very acute for youth. In 2014, the project focuses on supporting developing skills needed for starting one’s own business or social entrepreneurship. However, helping developing job search and other employability skills also continues to be a priority. A considerable part of youth beneficiaries of the project in 2013 are graduates of educational institutions today and tomorrow, and getting the first work place after graduation was and remains the most important task for them.
IDEA Project Powered by Microsoft YouthSpark is a successor of Information Dissemination and Equal Access (or IDEA) that was implemented in 2008 – 2012 also by Microsoft and PH International with the aim to help a computer literacy development. The both projects have been implemented in cooperation with a network of NGOs that created computer learning labs (IDEA Centers) within their structures, and closely coordinated with other NGOs, social services, employment centers, and socially responsible businesses.
For NGOs that wish to join the project: to apply for participation in IDEA Project Powered by Microsoft YouthSpark, please go to
http://www.idea-ukraine.org/join/3/ and enter your data in the suggested registration form, or talk to the project staff whose contacts are indicated at
http://www.idea-ukraine.org/about/
For youth who wishes to take project courses: to take courses suggested by the NGOs partnering within IDEA Project Powered by Microsoft YouthSpark, please go to
http://www.idea-ukraine.org/calender/ There, you will find contacts of partnering NGOs that established Computer Learning Centers within the Project in Ukraine. Please contact them regarding availability of vacant places and how to subscribe for the courses.
More about the project and its participation terms can be found at
http://www.idea-ukraine.org/about/
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