UNICEF Greece Country Office and Junior Achievement Greece are pleased to announce the launch of FunDoo, a new and free digital skills development tool for adolescents and young adults living in Greece, under the auspices of the General Secretariat for Vocational Education, Training, Lifelong Learning, and Youth.
The tool is available in Greek and
English through the UNICEF platform, U-Report Greece, and aims to equip adolescents and young adults
aged 15-24 with 21st-century skills, such as critical thinking,
communication, and emotional skills, creativity etc. In addition, it provides
useful career guidance information, as well as exercises for the development of
entrepreneurial skills.
All youth 15-24 years old living in
Greece can access the tool for free, by sending the message “FunDoo” via WhatsApp, Viber, Instagram, or Facebook Messenger. Users, then, interact with a
chatbot through a series of nine interactive tasks, exclusively designed to
focus on the process of learning through play. The content is put forward in a simple
and understandable language, helping users to carry out easy and short
activities that allow them to gradually develop specific skills that meet the
demands of the modern labor market. Upon completion of all nine tasks, users
can obtain a certificate of participation.
FunDoo's pedagogical approach is
based on the principles of experiential learning, giving users the opportunity
to complete each task in any order and time they want. The tool was designed
with the global expertise of UNICEF, which selected Greece as the 1st
country in Europe and the 4th country worldwide for the pilot
implementation of the tool. FunDoo's adaptation to the needs of young people
living in Greece was based on the results of the poll on the transition from
education to the labor market conducted in September 2022 through the U-Report Greece platform, as well as on a series of
exploratory focus group discussions with young people and teachers that took
place in the 1st quarter of 2023.
UNICEF Greece Country Office and
Junior Achievement Greece invite all young people interested to get to know and
try FunDoo at the “Trade Fair” organized by Junior Achievement Greece at The
Mall Athens, in the framework of the “Student
Virtual Enterprise” program, on Friday, 17 March 2023, from 09:00 to
15:00.
Learn more about FunDoo here.
