Värmlands umbrella organisation is coordinating EU-founded projects. You can read more about each project below.
Staff resources in the umbrella organisation (project office) are located at the project owner Karlstad municipality and consist of project coordinators, project controllers and project administrators. The project office is responsible for overall coordination and strategic development of the projects.
The local subprojects can get support regarding to project implementation, accounting and administration issues. The project office collaborates closely with the local subprojects and coordinates the overall work, follow-up and evaluation work and ensures that the project is implemented according to plan.
They are responsible for ensuring that results from follow-ups and evaluations reach the steering groups at central and local level and coordinate information material and market the projects at the central level.
In the project “Learning and Developing FINancial COordination” all 12 coordination agencies in Dalarna, Gävleborg and Värmland are to create sustainable structures for continued learning and sharing of experiences, which will lead to more efficient authority-wide actions and support for people in need of rehabilitation in order to gain work and to support themselves financially.
The activities of the project include skills-enhancing initiatives, training of trainers and forming networks to create the conditions for continued sustainable learning and development.
The target group for the project are personnel at the coordination agencies and those authorities who work with or around them (municipalities, county councils, the Public Employment Service and the Social Insurance Agency).
Through gained knowledge and shared common understandings the coordination agencies of North Middle Sweden will be able to contribute to better support for a more coherent and efficient coordinated rehabilitation process that raises the effectiveness of authority-wide collaboration and the authorities’ efforts to help people become employable faster.
Project duration: September 1, 2023 – August 31, 2026
The project ’Värmlands Youth in Employment’, is a collaboration between ten municipalities in Värmland (Arvika, Filipstad, Grums, Hagfors, Hammarö, Karlstad, Sunne, Säffle, Torsby, and Årjäng) and the Police, Correctional Services, Probation and Värmland Region’s Public Health department. The project aims to increase knowledge about and develop methods and interventions that reduce the risk of young people becoming marginalized, engaging in substance abuse or criminal activities.
The project is financed by the European Social Fund and has been granted approximately 27.5 million SEK. The target group for the project is young people aged 16 to 29 who are neither employed nor studying (NEETs). The primary target groups for the project are foreign-born youth, young people at risk of criminal involvement, and young people in or at risk of substance abuse.
The aims of the project are to develop new approaches and methods to reduce the risk of young people becoming marginalized and involved in criminal activities, promote youth exiting criminality, and develop new approaches and methods to streamline young people’s integration into the labor market more effectively.
Project duration: September 1, 2023 – June 30, 2026.
In the project ”Värmlands skolsamverkan” (Värmlands school collaboration) schools, social services and community leisure centres for youths collaborate in nine municipalities in the county of Värmland: Eda, Filipstad, Grums, Karlstad, Kil, Kristinehamn, Sunne, Säffle and Årjäng.
The project is funded by the European Social Fund and the target group is young people aged 13 – 16.
The aim of the project is to reduce school absenteeism and to increase the number of students who complete primary school with a high school qualification and support them to make conscious choices of high school education. The project also aims to improve collaboration between schools, social services, community leisure centres for youths, public health care and others that are important for furtherance, prevention and remedial efforts based on a holistic perspective of young people’s needs.
Project duration: 2023-03-01 – 2025-06-30
WorldSkills Sweden (WSS) is responsible for Vocational Skills Sweden (Yrkes-SM), which is a recurring event aimed at raising the quality, status, and attractiveness of trades and vocational education in Sweden. Yrkes-SM is held every other year. WSS has decided to host Yrkes-SM in Karlstad in 2024, and the Municipal Director of Karlstad Municipality, in conjunction with the Regional Director of Region Värmland, has decided to share the costs of the event and associated arrangements. To ensure that Yrkes-SM does not remain an isolated event, the project Värmlands YrkesFokus will work with a regional approach as part of a larger effort where Yrkes-SM is linked to long-term arrangements.
Värmlands YrkesFokus aims to create activities in the region that, in the long term, increase the attractiveness of vocational education and the recruitment needs of various industries. Through the Värmlands YrkesFokus project, vocational education and the competency supply needs of industries will be highlighted, thereby attracting young people and other target groups in the county to pursue careers in these fields.
Värmlands YrkesFokus is a parallel project that collaborates with Yrkes-SM. The project is led by its own project manager, Saleh Mohammadi, who is also a part of the project group for Yrkes-SM.
Project duration: 2023-04-01 – 2025-06-30.
Independent people 2.0 is a strategic partnership who started with the previous Erasmus+ KA2 project Independent people aiming at increasing quality, innovation and recognition of youth work. The main objective are that youth workers learn, develop and increase quality of Portable Educational Escape Rooms (PEERs) as an innovative method to strengthen young people’s soft skills and employability skills. The target groups are youth workers and disadvantaged young people.
Independent people 2.0 will train youth workers from the four participating organisations on how to create and use PEERs. The project will use a cocreation process involving young people for the target group. The method and the results will be evaluated and disseminated by cascading the method by training other youth workers in PEERs and making them easy accessible in the activity bank on the project website https://independentpeople.site/wp/.
The main results of the project will be:
Project partners are:
Project duration: April 1, 2024 – March 31, 2027
In the project React EU: Värmland ReAct there are nine municipalities collaborating (Eda, Forshaga, Hagfors, Karlstad, Munkfors, Storfors, Säffle, Torsby and Årjäng).
The target group is women and men who have become unemployed during the pandemic, focusing on the ages 16 – 20 years (young people in the municipalities activity responsibility, KAA). The projects efforts will strengthen the position of young people in the labor market and make it easier for them to find a job or start studying as quickly as possible. The main focus in the project is to seek new paths for young people to find entry-jobs, ways to expand matching and work opportunities combined with educational initiatives increasing young people attractiveness in the labor market. This work will be made in close collaboration with Företagarna Värmland.
A survey of small businesses recruitment needs will be made and will show the needs for shorter training initiatives that are suited to strengthen the employment opportunities for young people. Collaborating municipalities will in the project strengthen their work to support unemployed women and men through working methods that strengthen collaboration with the business industry and influence attitudes that counteract the segregated labor market in the county.
Värmland ReAct is an ESF-founded project (European Social Fund). The project started the 1st of December 2021 and runs until the of 30st of April 2023.
Malin Andersen, Projectcoordinator, +46 54- 540 50 33, +46 70- 020 83 12, malin.andersen@karlstad.se
Ulla-Lena Kvist, Projectadministrator, +46 54-540 51 87, +46 70-020 84 11, ulla-lena.kvist@karlstad.se
Marie Lönntorp, Projectcontroller/administrator, +46 54-540 5327, +46 70-001 82 76, marie.lonntorp@karlstad.se
In the project Värmlands Arbetskraft 2.0 six municipalities in the county of Värmland (Arvika, Hammarö, Karlstad, Kil, Kristinehamn, Sunne) will further develop their work with NEETs. The target group are young grownups 15-29 years who does not work nor study (NEETs), with the priority on young people who do not have a complete primary or secondary school education.
The project will further develop the outreach activities for young NEETs 15-29 years, work with parallel activities, develop collaboration with educators and work with coordinating activities together with the public health care in Region Värmland. In this way Värmlands Arbetskraft 2.0 works directly with NEETs, but also build structures and collaborations.
Värmlands Arbetskraft 2.0 is funded by the European Social Fund and owned and coordinated by the Municipality of Karlstad. The project started the 1st of September 2020 and runs until the of 31st of December 2022.
Jennie Holmberg, Projectcoordinator, +46 54- 540 51 31, +46 70-362 72 80, jennie.holmberg@karlstad.se
Ulla-Lena Kvist, Projectadministrator, +46 54-540 51 87, +46 70-020 84 11, ulla-lena.kvist@karlstad.se
Värmland Integrerar (Värmland integrates) is an AMIF-founded project (Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund) owned by the Municipality of Karlstad running until the 31th of December 2022. There are two Municipalities who takes part in the project (Karlstad, Kristinehamn).
The target group is third-country nationals. The goal is to improve the target group´s family life, increase awareness of gender equality and increase integration in Värmland.
The project will develop a material together with the target group and staff who meet the target group that contributes to increasing knowledge about body and health, gender equality, parenting and life together. Education in the material will be offered to staff in the entire county.
In addition to representatives from the target group, collaborative actors from the County administrative board in Värmland, Parental support in Värmland, and Region Värmlands asylum- and refugee health will support with knowledge in the development of the material.
Malin Andersen, Projectcoordinator, +46 54- 540 50 33, +46 70- 020 83 12, malin.andersen@karlstad.se
Jennie Fröling, Projectcoordinator, +46 54-540 51 47, +46 70-001 58 66, jennie.froling@karlstad.se
Independent people is a strategic partnership project within ERASMUS+ between the Labour and Social Services Administration in Karlstad Municipality, vzwaPart (Belgium) and the Humber Learning Consortium (UK). In the project, staff exchange experiences and develop methods to strengthen young people’s soft skills. The project involves staff working with young people who do not work or study (NEETs, Not in Education, Employment, or Training) at participating organisations.
Project objectives:
The project started 2021-01-01 and runs until 2022-06-30.
Jennie Fröling, Projectcoordinator, +46 54-540 51 47, +46 70-001 58 66, jennie.froling@karlstad.se
Jennie Holmberg, Projectcoordinator, +46 54- 540 51 31, +46 70-362 72 80, jennie.holmberg@karlstad.se
Värmlands Arbetskraft is an ESF-Funded project owned by the Municipality of Karlstad starting the 1st of February 2020 and running until the of 31st of May 2022. There are five Municipalities who takes part in the project (Grums, Säffle, Hagfors, Karlstad, Eda).
The target group is young adults age 15-29 with priorities on the young who have no exams from elementary or high school. The project estimates to reach 260 young people, who neither work nor study (NEETS).
The goal is to develop current and find new methods in the work with NEETS with the purpose of making the participants motivated to start to work, study or increase the labor market.
The project will further develop the outreach activities for young people up to 30 years, collaboration with employers and work with coordinated actions in the Region Värmland -healthcare. Methods developed in the project will be tested on and work for young woman and men with different backgrounds and experiences.
Jennie Holmberg, Projectcoordinator, +46 54- 540 51 31, +46 70-362 72 80, jennie.holmberg@karlstad.se
Ulla-Lena Kvist, Projectadministrator, +46 54-540 51 87, +46 70-020 84 11, ulla-lena.kvist@karlstad.se
Värmland Tillsammans (Värmland together) is an ESF-founded project owned by the Municipality of Karlstad running until the 28thof February 2021. Nine of the Municipalities in the county of Värmland are joining the project, in cooperation with the Public employment office, public health, in order to develop methods and activities for foreign born women and men who are furthest away from the labour market.
The goal is to prevent long term exclusion and that the target group will approach or establish themselves in the labour market or start studying.
The project will focus on cooperation and coordination between concerned organizations/governments and the participants need of individual support and close relations to build trust in order to get the right support.
The activities will be adjusted for each participants individual needs, wishes and abilities, for example: Health activities, language support, motivational activities, coordination of support and defining of work capacitystudy and career guidance, trainee etc.
Jennie Holmberg, Projectcoordinator, +46 54- 540 51 31, +46 70-362 72 80, jennie.holmberg@karlstad.se
Malin Andersen, Projectcoordinator, +46 54- 540 50 33, +46 70- 020 83 12, malin.andersen@karlstad.se
Ulla-Lena Kvist, Projectadministrator, +46 54-540 51 87, +46 70-020 84 11, ulla-lena.kvist@karlstad.se
Marie Lönntorp, Projectcontroller/administrator, +46 54-540 5327, +46 70-001 82 76, marie.lonntorp@karlstad.se
Värmlands Nya (The new in Värmland) is an ESF-founded project owned by the Municipality of Karlstad running until the 29thof February 2020. The goal of the project is to develop new methods for working with study-support, reaching goals in school and strengthening school-connections.
The work is organized in two tracks. The first track is operational where 6 municipalities work with developing and testing new methods.
The second track is about increased competence where 11 municipalities are working in different topic networks in order to improve the knowledge and competence among professionals.
The main goal of the project is to facilitate establishment in the labour market for newly arrived girls/women and boys/men.
Jennie Fröling, Projectcoordinator, +46 54-540 51 47, +46 70-001 58 66, jennie.froling@karlstad.se
Malin Andersen, Projectcoordinator, +46 54- 540 50 33, +46 70- 020 83 12, malin.andersen@karlstad.se
Marie Lönntorp, Projectcontroller/administrator, +46 54-540 5327, +46 70-001 82 76, marie.lonntorp@karlstad.se
Värmlands framtid (the future of Värmland) is an ESF-founded project owned by the Municipality of Karlstad running until the 30th of June 2018.All 16 Municipalities in Värmlands County are a part of the projekt togehter with organisations and governments in Värmland.
The project aims to strength and increase the quality of support and activities offered to youngsters in Värmland.
In the long term it will prevent NEET, social exclusion caused by unemloyment and stigmatised self-images. The purpose of the project has been clarified through the actors of the project; decrease youth unemployment and social exclusion in Värmland.
Värmlands framtid is supporingt youngsters in the age of 15-29 through reinforcement of support and by working with proven methods. Customised activities are offered based on individual needs and individual action plans. The support will increase the individuals possibilities of finding a job, for instance through preparatory activities such as coaching, training, guidance, studies, trainee and health related activities.
Jennie Fröling, Projectcoordinator, +46 54-540 51 47, +46 70-001 58 66, jennie.froling@karlstad.se
Ulla-Lena Kvist, Projectadministrator, +46 54-540 51 87, +46 70-020 84 11, ulla-lena.kvist@karlstad.se
Marie Lönntorp, Projectcontroller/administrator, +46 54-540 5327, +46 70-001 82 76, marie.lonntorp@karlstad.se
The project Värmlands unga(the young in Värmland) is an ESF-founded project owned by the Municipality of Karlstad running until the 28th of February 2019.
The project includes eight schools in eight municipalities, six of them are primary schools and two are upper secondary schools. The target group of the project are women and men in the ages of 15-24, who are at risk of dropping out of school.
Värmlands unga is, together with the project Värmlands framtid, a part of a long term strategy for mutual regional development in order to decrease the number of NEET and excluded youth in the county of Värmland.
Värmlands unga work to increase the quality in primary and upper secondary schools so that more young women and men get qualifications for upper secondary school, upper secondary school graduation and better qualifications for establishing on the labour market. The project have two main orientations; one focuses on individual coaching activities for the youngsters, the other focuses on identified successful actions on an organizational level. In order to ensure the quality of the actions carried out in the project, skills development for staff working in the project will also be carried out.
Jennie Fröling, Projectcoordinator, +46 54-540 51 47, +46 70-001 58 66, jennie.froling@karlstad.se
Ulla-Lena Kvist, Projectadministrator, +46 54-540 51 87, +46 70-020 84 11, ulla-lena.kvist@karlstad.se
Marie Lönntorp, Projectcontroller/administrator, +46 54-540 5327, +46 70-001 82 76, marie.lonntorp@karlstad.se
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