PATHS (Personalized Approach to Territorial Life and Career Support) is a 36-month international project that gives young people from rural and less developed areas equal access to career guidance and support in life decisions. It aims to reduce educational and social exclusion, prevent the outmigration of young people and strengthen opportunities for lifelong learning. The project is co-financed by the Interreg Danube Region Programme with a total budget of EUR 2,516,726, of which EUR 2,013,381 comes from Interreg funds.
PATHS is a social innovation that brings together schools, municipalities, companies and NGOs to design support services for young people in their local environment, promoting sustainable rural development and reducing brain drain. Key activities include setting up local Life Path Support Services (LPSS) centres independent of the school system, youth camps "I own my path!" for exploring careers, training of mentors – teachers, parents, coaches and other professionals – and piloting and transferring a transnational LPSS model that will continue after the project ends.
The project connects 13 partners from 9 Danube countries: the University of Pécs (lead partner) and CDDA from Hungary, ADEL and EUBA (Slovakia), HCC (Romania), IPC (Austria), Academia and the Novo mesto Development Centre (Slovenia), BATTI (Bulgaria), CCITR (Bosnia and Herzegovina), DEX IC and CpKP (Czech Republic) and IRTR (Croatia).
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Source: Academia (20. 5. 2025). Fotografije: arhiv Academie.
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