DFW2W – Our scope of Work & Areas of Specific Expertise:
- Accredited work placement Company
- Solving Young Jobs Puzzle
- Ýoung Entrepreneurship
- Work Based Learning
- Social Media Savvy (Digital Professional Identity)
- Social Innovation
- Digital Teaching and Learning
DFW2W initiates, creates, develops, implements all kinds of projects to solve the young jobs puzzle, boost young entrepreneurship, upgrade digital teaching and learning, practice by doing, supporting European, national and local governments, youth organisations, educational institutions and welfare to work organisations.
Digital Events Coming up! What events have we done? Do you want to join our (Digital) Events?
Dowload the EDDI App here!- Dutch VET Circle LTT Days: Read more about our LTT activities in our articles:
- Review Dutch LTT – Part 1
- Review Dutch LTT – Part 2
- Review Dutch LTT – Part 3 coming soon!
- Dutch Empower.Ment Multiplier event: June 9th 2023
- Multiplier event Places-3t, La Valée, Brussels 5th July 2023
- Final TPM Places-3t, Brussels, July 4th, 5th and July 6th 2023
- VET-Circle TPM Skopje, July 13-14th 2023
- NTC Pilot Training, each Friday on July 28th, August 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th 2023: a Recap
- Need To Connect Multiplier Event, Leiderdorp, Netherlands,15 September 2023
- Transnational Project Meeting NTC, Torre del Mar, Spain, 21-22 September 2023
- Dutch Multilier Event AGE – Area071, Leiderdorp, October 13th 2023
- Final Meeting AGE, Sofia, October 19th-20th 2023
- EMO2C Transnational Project Meeting, Athens, Greece, November 9th-10th 2023
- ELDeM YOU – Kick Off Meeting Innsbruck, Austria, November 15th-16th 2023
- DISFINLIT Transnational Project Meeting, Barelona, Spain, 20th -21st November 2023
- Digi Helicon – Dutch Host Meeting, Leiden November 23rd 2023
- More brand new project meetings and dates follow soon!
The Dutch Foundation of Innovation Welfare 2 Work (DFW2W)
DFW2W is an independent, non-profit organisation, based in the Rotterdam Region (Holland), which supports professionals (e.g. European institutes, municipalities, councils, provinces, governments, employment agencies, training providers, youth work organisations, non-profit organisations) and young people (aged 14-35) to reach their full potential in the fields of youth work, youth employment, job matching and mobility, traineeship, education, income, social innovation, inclusion, welfare, young entrepreneurs, of life.
For the most recent news of our work and projects, see our new initiatives and the Sidebar on the right as well (with our Recent Project News).
The Dutch Foundation of Innovation Welfare 2 Work is a specialist on the fields of research, innovation and digital development in the fields of Entrepreneurship, Work, (informal) education, employment, labour mobility, social inclusion, counseling, cultural activities, entrepreneurship & European partnerships. Carla de Vreij, of the Dutch Foundation (see picture on the left) says: ‘Our goal is to set up partnerships and platforms for innovative good practices in our fields of , developing digital information for young citizens and professionals about employment strategies, mobility, legislation and regulation, the social map of the Netherlands and other countries, such as Turkey, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Belgium, Bulgaria, but also United States of America, Australia, South Africa, China, etc.). Social innovation is one of our priorities.’ DFW2W is engaged and involved in international, national, regional and local projects as well. These projects target young jobseekers, young entrepreneurs, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), employers & governmental bodies.
DFW2W is active in a wide range of topics in the European Union, from Early School Leavers and Work to Human Rights, Sustainabillity, Tourism, Entrepreneurship and Sports. Look closely what kind of projects we are currently running and the good practices done. Projects we have done in the past are for instance: PhotoFX, ReConnect, Creating VET-Business Partnerships for Work Based Learning, Digital Tourism, Young Migrant Entrepreneurs, Youth Worknet, (a.k.a. the European Youth Jobseekers Community), PROFARM NetMe-In and Social Media Savvy. Click on the topic titles above for a summary of what DFW2W does in that area, and for useful links to relevant projects, websites, partners and documents. We have been involved in the Journey to work Programme since 2013: Currently we have finalised our final run: Journey to Work 6: A continous evidence and practise based Success Story.
The Dutch Foundation is launching new initiatives in 2023, focused on young people between the ages of 18 and 35 to boost youth employment, and young entrepreneurs like ‘Young Migrant Entrepreneurs 2 – Entrepreneurial Hubs’, branding yourself, and many more to improve and modernise education and anticipate on the #FutureOfWork, more investment in skills of young people, and better opportunities to learn, work and study abroad.