Business Foundation for Education will be representing Bulgaria in the implementation of the Be positive project, 2014-1-SE01-KA202-000988, funded with the support of the European Commission under the Erasmus+ Program. The project will be finalized till August, 2016.
The rationale for the project is derived from the combined experience of health psychology researchers and practitioners who work for organizations providing vocational training and/or guidance counselling at national and European levels.
The objective of the project is to develop a new innovative method of training courses that will empower young unemployed individuals and/or NEETs.
This will be accomplished through elaboration of a training curriculum „Be Positive“ in modular form. It will be implemented with 100 – 150 young unemployed and/or NEETs in the partners’ countries in order to ensure its effectiveness and cultural adaptation. The final product will be available for free via the projects website.
The partners involved in the project are from Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Spain and Sweden, whom all are highly experienced organisations that work directly with the target groups as well as representing countries that has high youth unemployment. The partner from the United Kingdom is the expert in positive psychology and psychosocial interventions.