Onboarding space with partner representatives to understand the current scenario, beneficiaries and discuss about the outcome of the project

Create an implementation plan on how the project should unfold and determine materials to be used

Preparing the activities that will be done in the following weeks and receiving feedback from the partners and AIESEC

Identify beneficiaries' interests, previous experience and current level in digital and IT-related skills to guide the activities throughout the project

Run the initial assessment needed for measuring the outcome/impact of the project

Introductory session with the beneficiaries, presentation of the volunteers and project objectives.

Coordinate sessions with individual participants to identify what skills they want to develop. Set up a PDP with them.

Workshop: Empowering Futures - introduction to SDG 8

Assessment of their current hard and soft skills: where can they improve?

Workshop: Introduction to Soft and Hard Skills

Workshop: Exploring Career Paths and Employability in the 21st Century

Introduce beneficiaries to different areas of the digital and technology sector and help them identify the IT-related skills they would like to develop.

Soft skill workshops based on demands and needs of participants. (communication, leadership, problem solving, adaptability, time management etc)

Activity: Create a space for beneficiaries to assess and provide feedback on soft skills like communication and teamwork, identifying areas for improvement.

Activity: Creative brainstorming sessions to foster innovation and adaptability in addressing complex challenges.

Development spaces (games, dynamics, role play, roundtables, etc) about soft skills development: solution oriented, world citizen, empowering others, self awareness

Organize team-based challenges where beneficiaries use communication, creativity, teamwork and problem-solving skills to address practical digital or technology-related challenges.

Activity: introspection space for participants to realize their own strengths and weaknesses and identify what soft skills they have and what can they improve.

Provide mentoring sessions to support beneficiaries in applying their technical skills to practical projects based on their interests and learning needs.

Conduct practical IT and digital skills sessions where beneficiaries apply relevant skills through hands-on exercises and small technology-related projects.

Offer workshops that cover foundational digital skills (e.g., Microsoft Office, digital collaboration) alongside those focused on high-demand skills (e.g., programming, entrepreneurship).

Provide access to online platforms where beneficiaries can take assessments to evaluate their proficiency in various hard skills. Follow up with personalized learning plans based on assessment results.

Organize group discussions where participants share best practices related to specific hard skills.

Activity: Skill-specific mentorship sessions where professionals mentor small groups of participants, giving hands-on guidance and advice on honing hard skills like data analysis, digital marketing, or project management.

Activity: introduce the beneficiaries to professionals from different work fields, so that youth can learn more about the diversity of job opportunities and their needed hard skills

Ensure that beneficiaries participation of local online and physical job fairs.

Plan a Career Day event where professionals from diverse fields discuss their roles, share career insights, and answer beneficiaries' questions about job opportunities.

Practice: Let participants do mock application procedures and give them feedback on the output

Workshop: Application procedures. How to create a CV, write motivation letter and do an interview?

Workshop: Self Branding. How to "sell" yourself?

Guide beneficiaries on how to present their digital and technical skills, projects and experience when applying for internships, jobs or other professional opportunities.

Review the digital, technical and soft skills developed by beneficiaries throughout the project and identify areas for continued learning and development.

Collect data from beneficiaries (you can use surveys, interviews, focus groups, etc.)

Analyse data to determinate outcome/impact results (level of awareness of beneficiaries post-project activities).

Build final project report and presented to AIESEC members and NGO/non-profit representatives.

Debrief the impact of the project, how the beneficiaries developed, discuss about what went well and even better if and include this in the report

Closing day with beneficiaries