ETELA-SAVO.REGIONOFLEARNING.EU MIKKELI.CITYOFLEARNING.EU OUR REGION & CITY OUR POTENTIAL South Savo area is located in Finland. There are three cities (population Potential: 18.000 - 54.000) and 11 municipalities (population 1500-7000), total Connect youth with similar interest 142.000 persons. Inspire and offer possibilities! Sparsely populated region, long distances, demografical challenges; young people are moving to bigger cities. Demonstration of participation and group membership Recognition of competence Nature and tourism as a resource. Digital badges have a value as a part of formal education for small municipality secondary high school OUR FOCUS Key Steps: Encourage youth organizations and young people to collec- Youth (15-29 year old) not in education, employment or training (NEET). tively work on the platform Disseminate good practices Aim is to increase youth inclusion and social rehabilitation as well as to promot education, employment and entrepreneurship of young people Encourage youth to recognize and try something new living in rural areas. Remember that this platform help you in your everyday work! Increasing youth activity in different areas of their lives. The emphasis is on the working life competences and readiness for OUR RECOMMANDATIONS working life. The use of platform was adopted very quickly by young people OUR WEB PLATFORM and digital badges are a good tool for group meetings. It is important that the target group is participated and involved Channel for marketing and information: planning of playlists. General information of activities in City of Mikkeli Same competence can be available both local and digital experi- ence (no drop-outs). Movable youth house (summer-car) which operated in three munici- palities of South Savo. Information via Region of platform. It is good to see event descriptions from our platform without It included possibilities to earn digital badges. logging in. Promoting entrepreneurship and gaming industry during Region of There is no addvertisement on the platform and that´s why it is Learning theme week 19/2019 a good choice for municipality organizer Channel for guided learning possibilities: Playlist of gamification activities and game development INVOLVED ORGANISATIONS City of Pieksämäki Youth Center workers created digital badges for group meetings to South Savo Region of Learning platform Youth workshops: Joroinen, Mikkeli, Pieksämäki, Youth services: Hirvensalmi, Kangasniemi, Juva, Mikkeli, Mäntyharju, Puumala, A playlist for PR-youth training Rantasalmi, Game Lab Mikkeli-project, Anna-Katri Hänninen Pho- A playlist for professional photography (both local and digital xp) tography, several entrepreneurs. Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.