Prisma Labor Market Integration

Purpose and goal:

The project has worked towards two fundamental objectives. Firstly, to develop a purposeful solution that strengthens individuals employability while simultaneolsy enriching the civil society organizations where the efforts are carried out. Secondly, to develop a job market program based on non-economic activity within civil society, with a volume of participants and a community anchoring that enable large-scale operations.

We believe the the former has been achieved, while the latter reached about halfway compared to the project´s ambitions. Expected results and effects:

The project´s results indicate that the solution has functioned as a method to strengthen participants´ employability in the job market. The largest improvement has been observed within the areas "Knowledge of the job market," "Confidence in handling a job," "Ability to communicate with authorities," "Social network," and "Ability to communicate in Swedish." Out of the 22 participants engaged within the "subsidized employment" track, 16 are currently employed, 2 are in education, 2 are seeking employment, and 2 are abroad.

Approach and implementation:

The project has recruited participants through two different tracks: subsidized employments and work internships. The subsidized employment has shown positive effects at both individual and societal levels. The work internships however, did not work appropriately within the project´s methodology, primarily because it did not allow for involving participants for a sufficient duration.

The project´s conclusions have been reshaped into an application to the ESF Council, which, if approved, could enable for broader implementation.