Awakening vocations and promoting youth employability through video games and electronic sports (Esports). This is the objective of Game You!, the tool that was presented yesterday at the Espacio Lagares in Logroño. It is a two-year cooperation project at European level, funded under the Erasmus+ programme of the EU Commission.
Taking advantage of the success of video games among young people, “GAME YOU!” offers tools to help guide and advise professionals in the fields of education and career guidance. In a context where young people face a multitude of stimuli and opportunities, this tool seeks to guide them in their professional future.
The main objective of the project is that the materials created serve as a guide for the identification of professional skills and help young people understand what skills are needed in different fields of work. This is possible thanks to a manual for professionals, workshops based on non-formal education towards employability and an interactive tool for young people that allows them to identify their potential in the world of work and how to improve it through the synergy between recreational, didactic and video game pedagogies.
The organisations that have developed the project, with the financial support of the EU and under the coordination of Capacitanes, are: Neo Sapiens (Spain), Polygonal (Italy), RATO Association for Cultural and Scientific Promotion (Portugal) and the Slovenian Esports Federation (Slovenia).
Capacitanes, social innovation through gaming
Founded in La Rioja in 2020 and with one of the first physical gamer Hubs in Spain, Capacitanes continues to develop high-impact innovative cultural and educational resources and initiatives, mainly aimed at alternative leisure and promoting the employability of young talent and its development.
In addition, it supports educators and professionals who work with this group, contributing to the Gaming and Electronic Sports (Esports) and simulation ecosystem, while promoting inclusion, healthy lifestyle habits and addressing challenges such as the prevention of addictions, bullying. or generational change and digitalization is encouraged, through training actions and its video game competition teams (recently the Valorant division has been proclaimed champion of the Second Division of the Clutch Series of the Storm Circuit). Also highlighting La Villa, the first town for digital content creators, which was launched in Camero Viejo de La Rioja.
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