{"id":13073,"date":"2025-04-09T13:26:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T13:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pourlasolidarite.eu\/?post_type=project&#038;p=13073"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:56:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:56:49","slug":"boost-avenir-navigate-with-confidence-through-mentoring","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/pourlasolidarite.eu\/en\/project\/boost-avenir-navigate-with-confidence-through-mentoring\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOST AVENIR: Navigate with Confidence Through Mentoring"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Context<\/h2>\n<div>In the cross-border area, young people aged 15 to 25 face similar challenges. In 2022, the unemployment rate in the territory was higher in France (7.3%) and equivalent in Belgium (5.7%) compared with the European average (6%).<\/div>\n<div>In both France and Belgium, unemployment particularly affects young people, with rates close to 18%, exceeding the European average of 15.1%. The reasons are multiple, but significant inequalities\u2014present from a very young age\u2014limit access to sustainable, chosen socio\u2011professional integration that matches young people\u2019s qualifications. Facilitating access to mentoring through cross\u2011border tools is a concrete solution to support the professional integration of disadvantaged youth aged 15 to 25.<\/div>\n<div>Mentoring helps build self-confidence, opens up networks and broadens horizons while providing concrete support towards sustainable employment.<\/div>\n<div>Since mentoring remains unfamiliar to some young people, it is essential to democratise and promote this practice across our territories.<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Objectives<\/h2>\n<div>The BOOST AVENIR project aims to strengthen the impact of mentoring on youth employment by developing innovative tools.<\/div>\n<div>To achieve this, the project first seeks to combine the expertise of its partners to develop and test new dynamic and engaging ways of introducing mentoring as an additional lever to help young people reach their goals.<\/div>\n<div>Secondly, the project aims to work on motivational levers for mentors, so as to keep young people engaged throughout their mentoring journey.<\/div>\n<div>The project\u2019s key outputs include:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>a methodological toolkit to reach and attract young people,<\/li>\n<li>a motivation toolkit to support mentors in their guidance role,<\/li>\n<li>and a cross\u2011border series of workshops designed to reveal young people\u2019s hidden skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>These actions are intended to improve access to mentoring, strengthen mentors\u2019 commitment, and highlight the skills of young mentees.<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2><strong>Partners<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The BOOST AVENIR project is funded by the European Union through the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.interreg-fwvl.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strong>INTERREG France\u2013Wallonia\u2013Flanders (FWVL)<\/strong> <\/a>cross\u2011border cooperation programme. It is a micro\u2011project built on a simplified cooperation partnership between two regions on either side of the border:<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>In Hauts-de-France<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PROXIT\u00c9 Association<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u><strong>In\u202fWallonia<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>POUR LA SOLIDARIT\u00c9 \u2013 PLS, <em>European think &amp; do tank<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<h2><strong>BOOST AVENIR at a Glance<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Launch webinar: March 2025<\/li>\n<li>Cross\u2011border webinars: October 2025 \u2013 April 2026<\/li>\n<li>Calls for youth participants: October 2025 \u2013 February 2026<\/li>\n<li>Solidarity hackathon \u201cRevealing the Hidden Skills of Young Mentees\u201d: early 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":12023,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crsspst_to_hw54cbnnavpreviewinfomaniakwebsite":false,"_crsspst_to_hw54cbnnbbpreviewinfomaniakwebsite":false,"_crsspst_to_hw54cbnnbdpreviewinfomaniakwebsite":false},"internal_contacts":[700],"countries":[723,724],"thematics":[749,739,732,731,747],"type-de-projet":[826],"class_list":["post-13073","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","internal_contacts-lamonzibila-en","countries-belgium","countries-france-en","thematics-access-to-employment","thematics-dropping-out-of-school","thematics-jobs","thematics-social-affairs","thematics-social-inclusion","type-de-projet-european-project"],"acf":{"content_resume":"The BOOST AVENIR project aims to support the socio-professional integration of young people aged 15 to 25 through mentoring, by developing innovative tools. 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