Very successful final multiplier event of the project – 17 April 2024, Sofia, Bulgaria

On 17th April 2024, the final project multiplier event was held. 47 participants including youth trainers, disadvantaged youth, NGO’s working with disadvantaged youth as well as representatives by Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, New Bulgarian University and National Sports Academy have participated.

The CEO of Bulgarian Inclusion Support Team and Project coordinator Mr. Andrean Lazarov presented the two major project results: R1: Enhanced and adapted version of the European supported employment model specifically related to the counseling and guidance of refugees and immigrants and R2: Career counseling guidelines for career counsellors and supported employment consultants to support the realisation of the process of their labour market inclusion was presented to the audience. He also presented the consolidated piloting results based on the collected feedback forms from the participants.

After that, the Portuguese partner Consultis was represented by its President – Mr. Antonio Dias. He presented the supported employment centres owned by Consultis and their achievements. He also presented the piloting results from Portugal.

At the end of the event, the participants discussed future exploitation of the project and ideas for second stage of the project with other disadvantaged communities.