Rural and Urban Careers Exchange

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This activity provides you with resources and guidance to navigate the city's educational, career, and civic opportunities. Whether you’re exploring job markets, connecting with mentors, or learning new skills, this activity will empower you to pursue your professional goals in an urban environment. Working with urban peers; you’ll gain insights into city-based career networks and engage in collaborative skills exchange, bringing valuable knowledge and opportunities back to rural communities.
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By completing this activity, you’ll expand your career options, develop skills for professional growth, and engage in a meaningful rural-urban exchange that supports innovation and adaptability for both communities.
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First, get inspired!Watch this video introducing the smart village concept, which centres on the involvement of the local community and the use of digital tools.
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Now, take action:Completing the following activities will give you essential skills for navigating career and educational opportunities in the city. Through collaboration with urban peers, you’ll also discover ways to share innovative ideas and resources with rural communities, creating pathways to progress for others.
Career fair or job shadowing experience: Attend a local career fair or arrange a job shadowing day with the help of urban peers. Explore potential career paths, learn about various industries, and connect with potential mentors or employers who can guide you.
City startups & rural innovation: Partner with urban youth to organise an idea exchange event where you explore how city-based startup models, entrepreneurship networks, and tech solutions can be adapted to create opportunities in rural areas. Invite local entrepreneurs, mentors, or tech innovators to discuss remote work hubs, digital marketing for small businesses, and sustainable business practices. Together, brainstorm ways to support rural entrepreneurship and bring these innovative ideas back to rural communities.
Rural-urban skills swap: Partner with urban peers to organise a skills exchange session where rural and urban youth share valuable skills for career growth. Rural youth can offer insights into hands-on skills like sustainable agriculture, local business practices, or community-building techniques. In contrast, urban youth can share digital skills, remote work tips, and networking strategies. This diverse skill set prepares both groups for career paths and promotes adaptability and collaboration across rural and urban settings.
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Get your badge.Complete some activities from the list above and apply for a badge (=click the “Get this badge” button below) by sharing your reflections, photos, or event summaries that highlight how exploring career and learning opportunities in the city has helped you grow and inspired new ideas for rural youth.
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Who is behind this activity?Cities of Learning Network partners invite you to learn and do something about European Youth Goal #6, Moving Rural Youth Forward. We value your efforts and contributions and want to reward you with badge recognition.
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Contact us for more details about the Erasmus+ co-funded project "European Youth Goals for Cities of Learning."
System&G, Greece - the project lead partner
CODEC, Belgium
Badgecraft, Lithuania
System&G Finland
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Disclaimer: We are grateful for the ideas generated by youth leaders and youth workers during the international study visits. To create this activity, humans collaborated with AI using the Youth Goals Hub GPT custom-built version, informed and inspired by the best youth work practices.
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Optené badge di aktividat

Rural and Urban Careers Exchange Optené e badge akí

This badge is awarded for completing the Rural and Urban Career Exchange activity. You’ve demonstrated adaptability, curiosity, and a commitment to knowledge sharing by exploring diverse career and learning opportunities through collaboration with urban peers. 
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You have expanded your career options through city-based experiences and an innovative skills swap and contributed valuable ideas empowering rural and urban communities. Your efforts promote mutual learning and bridge connections between rural and urban areas, creating pathways for shared growth and inspiration.
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Skills and competencies gained (aligned with the EntreComp framework):
Spotting opportunities (connected to EntreComp 1.1 competence): You’ve learned to identify and leverage career, learning, and entrepreneurial opportunities available in an urban setting, broadening your professional horizons.
Mobilising others (connected to EntreComp 2.5 competence): You’ve collaborated with urban peers to exchange ideas and resources that benefit rural and urban communities.
Learning through experience (connected to EntreComp 3.5 competence): Through hands-on experiences like job shadowing and a skills swap, you’ve applied new knowledge and skills that prepare you for diverse career pathways.
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Earning this badge demonstrates your growth as a connector between rural and urban career opportunities, and you are committed to fostering mutual learning and support. You have shown adaptability, initiative, and collaboration in building pathways to success, contributing to the European Youth Goal #6: Moving Rural Youth Forward. Cities of Learning Network partners value badge earner's efforts and contributions and issue this badge after reviewing the provided evidence.

You have to finish 2 tasks to get the badge

Tasks

Task no.1

Evidence verified by: un organisadó di aktividat

Career fair or job shadowing experience:
Task: Attend a local career fair or participate in a job shadowing experience with support from urban peers. Use this opportunity to explore different career paths, learn about industries, and connect with mentors or employers.
Evidence: Submit a summary of your experience, including key takeaways, any new contacts made, and how it has informed your career goals.

Task no.2

Evidence verified by: un organisadó di aktividat

City startups & rural innovation:
Task: Collaborate with urban youth to organise an idea exchange event where you explore how city-based startup models, entrepreneurship networks, and tech solutions can inspire rural innovation. Invite local entrepreneurs, mentors, or tech innovators to share insights and discuss ways to bring these ideas back to rural communities.
Evidence: Provide a summary or photos of the idea exchange, including the ideas discussed, insights gained, and how you plan to apply these concepts to rural settings.

Task no.3

Evidence verified by: un organisadó di aktividat

Rural-urban skills swap:
Task: Partner with urban youth to organise a skills swap session where rural and urban youth share career-building skills. Rural youth can share insights into skills like sustainable agriculture, local business practices, or community engagement, while urban youth share digital skills, remote work tips, or networking strategies.
Evidence: Submit a summary of the skills swap, detailing the skills exchanged and how each can be applied to support career growth in rural and urban communities.

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Organisadónan

Network of Cities and Regions of Learning

Used in playlists

Roots and Routes – A Journey Between Rural and Urban Life

Network of Cities and Regions of Learning

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