Project Name: Youth acts

1. Project Name: Youth acts • Team Name: Swarls Country: Macedonia School: FON University

2. Problem Description • National report : Macedonia • 42.6% of the young people who are planning to emigrate would leave the country for good • Between 1995 and 2000, the number of scientists and engineers in research and development has decreased by over seventy percent • emigration rate of tertiary educated is 20,9%. • A 2003 study estimated that between 12 to 15,000 young, educated, and highly skilled persons left the country in the decade proceeding the year of the study

3. Solution concept Changes in the education system Discover Industry profiles Youth acts Linking Education and Industry

4. What is done? • Creating partnership with one university • 5 people were employed • Organized two workshops • Raise awareness among the studentsabout the industry profiles • Students manage to create their first projects for real companies • Engaged 240 students from universities and 100 students from high schools

5. Future plans • Organizing courses led by industry gurus • Creating science clubs, art studios, clubs for artists, • Creating a website called “Open school” – platform for free sharing of materials. • Including the students in the industry activities with several of different projects • Reaching and engaging all young people in my country that have difficulties to find a job • Creating a global movement in my country