My Generation at Work

Edited on 28/07/2025

01/05/2012 30/04/2015

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  • Action Planning Network
  • Education
  • Entrepreneurship and SMEs
  • Jobs and skills
  • Participation
  • Youth

Promoting employability of young people in a changing labour market, with special focus on enterprising skills and attitudes.

Summary

Introduction

My Generation at Work has been about what cities, with their partners, can do to promote the employability and employment of young people.


For a short introduction to our project, please watch our movies:

Partners

Lead Partner : Rotterdam - Netherlands
  • Antwerp - Belgium
  • Bari - Italy
  • Birmingham
  • Glasgow
  • Gdańsk - Poland
  • Gothenburg - Sweden
  • Patras - Greece
  • Riga - Latvia
  • Valencia - Spain
  • Tirgu-Mures - Romania
  • Warsaw - Poland

Timeline

Project launch
Project completed

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