StartNet Europe
Partners
StartNet Europe is a growing European platform on young people’s transition from education to employment. At the moment, it connects 18 initiatives from 12 countries for capacity building, exchange of good practices and project partnerships.
Dialogue and collaboration
We offer a forum for regional educational initiatives working for the transition to work of young people to regularly meet, exchange and collaborate on various topics. Our thematic priorities are:
- Social inclusion and NEET prevention
- Youth empowerment & participation
- Cross-sectoral cooperation & collective impact
- Career guidance & orientation
- Future of Work - Skills for the future
- VET & apprenticeships
- Entrepreneurship education
The network dialogue and collaboration result in joint publications, events, field visits or project partnerships. Skills for Life is one of several EU co-funded projects that have been initiated among StartNet Europe partners and more are to come.
Thematic expertise & mutual empowerment
We empower all our partners and young people themselves to create, reinforce or sustain regional partnerships and holistic support systems through our European network and a collective impact approach. 
We enable participating initiatives to face common challenges together. This compilation from StartNet partners contains eleven inspiring practices for youth #TransitionToWork, going from guidance to vocational training and work-based learning.
Communication and advocacy
We feed first-hand experiences and expertise of innovative partners into European policy-making and programmes. Through conferences, round-tables and other communication or advocacy activities we connect policy and practice, local action and European programmes (Youth Guarantee, European Social Fund and Erasmus+) to enhance young people’s transition to work.
The StartNet Europe Mission Statement outlines our network's overarching goals, specific objectives and shared values to generate opportunities for young people across Europe. Our partners are:
StartNet Europe offers a forum for European initiatives working for the transition to work of young people to meet, connect, and exchange good practices.
It empowers all its partners and young people themselves to create, reinforce and sustain regional partnerships for young people’s transition to work through its European network and a collective impact approach.
It enables participating initiatives to face common challenges together. With experts and experienced partners numerous issues can be tackled: inclusion of NEET, outreach and participation of young people, monitoring and evaluation, multi-stakeholder cooperation, future of work, education and training.
It builds bridges between regional or local action and European policy-makers, showcasing innovative projects, good practices and contributing to supportive policy frameworks and programmes (Youth Guarantee, ESF and Erasmus+) for young people’s transition to work of across Europe.
Dialogue and Networking
Empowerment
Thematic Expertise
Visibility and Advocacy
