This project proposal is dedicated to the problem of youth unemployment and lack of work experience among this target group. During the financial crisis the young were severely hit, manifested by an upward trend in the youth unemployment rate and by extension an increasing risk of social exclusion. Several years after the financial crisis, the Eurozone’s youth unemployment remains high – more than double the euro area. Studies show that lack of future prospects and long periods of unemployment in the beginning of joining the labour market, can lead to recurring unemployment periods later on in life and as a result even ruin one’s career opportunities. The young are “responsible” for 40 percent of the world’s unemployment and are four times as likely to end in unemployment compared to adults. This issue is also addressed by the UN world goals under goal 8, in which their one of their targets is to substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training by 2020.The consequences of unemployment are severe and makes many young people feel isolated, dependent and worthless on top of the negative output it has on society. This is one of the many reasons why this project aims to contribute to the knowledge production of youth unemployment in Europe. Often the solution proposal to youth unemployment is articulated by upgrading skills of the unemployed. However, we believe that many academic students actually do have a lot of skills and knowledge, but lack relevant work experience. As a consequence, this initiative is dedicated to spread light on the competences of academic students and the benefits of including them into the labor market already while studying. The objective of this project is to promote Student jobs as a way of capacity building and reduce unemployment after graduation from universities by giving students work experience already while studying. The last couple of years, Foreningen Nydansker has worked extensively with young international students, mainly from the European countries and our experience shows, that many of these lack relevant experience from their field of study and that throughout Europe, it is very seldom to see students enrolled at universities, with a relevant student job. Opposite, in Denmark, 52% of students does beside studying, have a student job, where the majority is relevant to their field of study. Studies show, that the chances of landing a job after graduating from university is much higher if you already have relevant experience. In addition, having a student job help students to create a greater network within their field early in their career.Based on this experience and knowledge, we do with this project aim to share best practice of the benefits of student jobs in relation to decrease youth unemployment - Both in the period of studying, and after ended education. With this project we aim to inspire and effect the workplace culture in the counties of partnership to be more inclusive towards using students as workforce while they are studying at universities. To do so, we will establish a European Student Job Youth Network, where the students from the four partnerships countries will learn, share and acquire new knowledge. As a part of the youth network, there will be held at least 1 workshop in each country for students. These workshops, will be used to inspire and inform student about the benefits of student jobs, so that they can advocate and better argue for why they are a strong and valuable workforce.After these workshops we will facilitate four multiplier events (one in each country). The students from the youth network will be invited to join the event taking place in their own country as well as the final event taking place in Copenhagen, where we will launch the guide. Local/national enterprises will also be invited at each multiplier event. The guide and the material that we have produced will be used and handed out to the enterprises to spread the word and to give them a written guide to how to best include students at their workplace. Moreover, we will investigate and define best practices for how to benefit from a relevant student job. This will be done through an investigation of practices of including students in workplaces in Denmark, Italy, Spain, and Finland. After having acquired an in depth knowledge of the ways of including academic students as a part of the workforce in the countries involved, we will make a guide for how to best include students in the workplace and why it is beneficial for the student, the company and society – with the Danish student job model as inspiration. We will carry out this project on a transnational level, as we believe that other countries can benefit from the kn