Skills, Rights, and Opportunities: Your Way to Quality Career

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This playlist equips you with the knowledge, skills, and tools to secure quality employment, advocate for fair workplace practices, and prepare for future job trends. It is designed to support you in becoming a proactive and informed individual capable of confidently navigating the job market, understanding your workplace rights, and contributing to better employment conditions for all.
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This playlist is part of the European Youth Goals initiative and supports actions contributing to European Youth Goal #7: Quality Employment for All. Through interactive activities and practical tasks, you will explore job-seeking strategies, workplace rights, practical experience, future career trends, and advocacy for employment policies.
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Why should you care?Find quality jobs: Learn how to identify and pursue meaningful job opportunities that offer fair conditions and room for growth.
Know your rights: Understand your workplace rights and gain the confidence to address unfair treatment.
Build future-fit skills: Gain practical experience, adapt to future job market trends, and develop transferable skills employers value.
Advocate for change: Get involved in campaigns and initiatives that improve employment conditions for young people.
Earn recognition: Receive badges that showcase your achievements and skills, boosting your credibility and employability.
Connect with others: Collaborate with peers, mentors, and policymakers to share ideas and create impact.
Take real action: Use your knowledge and skills to influence policies, support workplace fairness, and secure quality jobs.
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How partners and organisations in Cities of Learning can support you:
Highlight successful career journeys: Share inspiring stories of young people who have secured quality jobs, showcasing their paths and the skills that helped them succeed.
Promote employability opportunities: Use social media and events to connect young people with job fairs, internships, and volunteering programs that align with quality employment standards.
Facilitate mentoring and networking: Partner with local businesses, trade unions, and career advisors to provide mentoring programs and networking opportunities for participants.
Organise skills workshops: Collaborate with organisations to deliver workshops on future-proof skills, resume building, and interview techniques tailored to quality employment.
Support advocacy efforts: Facilitate campaigns, hackathons, and policy dialogues focused on improving job quality and access for young people to help amplify their voices.
Celebrate achievements: To encourage ongoing engagement and recognise participants’ efforts and milestones through badges, social media shout-outs, and local events.
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How to get started:Select an activity that interests you and complete the related tasks to gain knowledge and develop new skills. 
Apply for each badge by submitting the required evidence. 
Once you have completed all activities, you will receive the playlist badge, which recognises your overall achievement and contributions to European Youth Goal #7: Quality Employment for All.
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This playlist is a part of the European Youth Goals for Cities of Learning cooperation partnership implemented by four partner organisations:
System&G, lead partner in Greece
CODEC, Belgium
Badgecraft, Lithuania
System&G Finland
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The EU Erasmus+ programme co-funded this activity.
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Activities to complete

Complete the following activities, earn badges and you will see your playlist progress updated

Quality Job Seeker

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Know Your Rights at Work

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Gain Experience for a Better Job Future

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Prepare for the Future of Work

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Advocate for Quality Employment Policies

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This activity empowers you to engage in policy discussions, advocate for fair working conditions, and influence decisions that impact young people in the job market. You will learn how employment policies are created, how they affect youth, and how to communicate your ideas to policymakers effectively. By participating, you will gain skills in advocacy, public speaking, and collaboration, enabling you to contribute to shaping a job market that works for everyone.
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First, get inspired!Watch the video “Youth Voices in Policy Making” to see how young advocates successfully influenced employment policies. Learn from examples of youth councils and advocacy campaigns that led to positive workplace changes and job accessibility for young people. Explore real stories from peers who participated in policymaking processes.
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Now, take action!Participating in the following activities will help you to voice your ideas and advocate for better employment policies for young people.
Join a workshop to understand how employment policies are developed and their impact on the job market. Learn how to identify key issues affecting young workers and formulate actionable solutions.
Participate in a “Quality workplace hackathon”, where you’ll collaborate with peers to brainstorm creative solutions to real-world employment challenges. Work collaboratively to design innovative policy ideas and pitch them to a panel of experts or peers for feedback.
Join and create an advocacy campaign to raise awareness about job quality or workplace fairness. Design posters, social media posts, or a presentation to share your message with peers and community members.
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Get your badge.Complete some of the activities above and apply for a badge (=click the "Get this badge" button below). Share your reflections and evidence of participation, including a summary of the workshop, policy proposals from the youth council simulation, or materials created for your advocacy campaign.
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Who is behind this activity?Cities of Learning Network partners invite you to learn and take action on European Youth Goal #7: Quality Employment for All. This badge recognises your efforts and contributions.
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Contact us for more details about the Erasmus+ co-funded project “European Youth Goals for Cities of Learning.”
System&G, Greece – the project lead partner
CODEC, Belgium
Badgecraft, Lithuania
System&G, Finland
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Disclaimer: We are grateful for the ideas generated by youth leaders and youth workers during the international study visits. To create this activity, humans collaborated with AI using the Youth Goals Hub GPT custom-built version, informed and inspired by the best youth work practices.
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This badge recognises your active participation in advocating for policies that improve job quality and access for young people. By completing the “Advocating for Quality Employment Policies” activity, you have demonstrated skills in public speaking, collaboration, and raising awareness about important workplace issues.
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Skills and experiences gained:
Work policy awareness: Gained an understanding of how employment policies are developed and their impact on young workers.
Advocacy skills: Developed the ability to articulate ideas, propose solutions, and campaign for fair working conditions.
Collaboration and public speaking: Gained experience in working with peers to develop recommendations and present them effectively.
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This badge demonstrates the badge earner’s ability to contribute to meaningful change by advocating for policies that improve employment conditions for young people. Your efforts contribute to achieving the European Youth Goal #7: Quality Employment for All.﻿﻿

You have to finish 2 tasks to get the badge

Tasks

Task no.1

Evidence verified by: one activity organiser

Understand employment policies:
Task: Attend a workshop on employment policies and summarise the key issues affecting young workers and potential solutions.
Evidence: Submit a short report or presentation summarising what you have learned.

Task no.2

Evidence verified by: one activity organiser

Participate in a quality work policy hackathon:
Task: Participate in a policy hackathon with a team to brainstorm and design innovative ideas. Present your solutions to a panel of peers and receive feedback.
Evidence: Submit your policy ideas, pitch materials, and a reflection on the feedback you received.

Task no.3

Evidence verified by: one activity organiser

Join and create an advocacy campaign:
Task: Design and share an advocacy campaign that raises awareness about workplace fairness or job quality. Use creative formats like posters, videos, or social media posts.
Evidence: Submit the materials you created for the campaign and a summary of how you shared your message.

Activities: 5

Started: 1

Completed playlist: 0

Organisers

Network of Cities and Regions of Learning

Badgecraft hosts this platform and develops it together with leading educational organisations. The European Union's programme Erasmus+ granted co-funding for building the first version of this platform. Contact support@badgecraft.eu.