Project Name: Deadalus

Donor: EU ENI CBC Med. program

Duration: 2013 – 2016

Target Beneficiaries: Youth & Women _Seeking jobs in the Mediterranean Sea Basin, Employers of Companies,

Targeted Areas: Lebanon, Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Jordan, Tunisia and Palestine

Sector: Employment Services, Career Counseling, Capacity Building,

Budget: 135,000 Euro

About the Project:

DAEDALUS aims at addressing the needs of young residents in Lebanon, Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Jordan, Tunisia and Palestine who are seeking employment in the labor markets of the Mediterranean Sea Basin by enhancing their career and business opportunities and matching their qualifications and skills with existing needs in neighboring countries as well as to enable the exchange of information and knowledge among stakeholders about potential synergies and collaborative activities.

It seeks to provide career advising services to help young people raise their competence level in marketing their skills and searching for employment in the Mediterranean markets as well as to establish a technologically enhanced instrument for stakeholders, to post employment vacancies, seek qualified competitive employees and explore investment opportunities in a collaborative way.

DAEDALUS is a technologically enhanced tool conceived for meeting the needs of young residents seeking employment in the labor markets of the Mediterranean Sea Basin by enhancing their career and business opportunities and matching their qualifications and skills with existing needs in neighboring countries. The DAEDALUS project aims at developing and consolidating a transnational portal allowing young people, entrepreneurs, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies, online business, regional and local employment associations to enter a cross-border platform. It matches labor market demand and supply and meeting a valuable pool of young people and professionals across the Mediterranean area, favoring information sharing, dissemination of business content and career advising methodologies through a comprehensive and multi-media plan.