As part of its activities, Eurasia net supports the socio-professional integration of young people, their civic commitment and their openness to the world.
With this in mind, we have created the ‘Okay let’s go!’ project, supported by the Agence Nationale du Service Civique (French National Agency for Civic Service), to make international civic service more accessible, particularly for young people with few or no higher education qualifications, and to support young people who face major economic obstacles to international mobility.
Indeed, according to the latest statistics from the Agence Nationale du Service Civique (French National Civic Service Agency), while the Civic Service scheme is very popular with young people with few or no higher education qualifications when it is carried out in France, the international aspect of this scheme is very little known by these young people. There is also a tendency for them to be self-censoring when applying for the most geographically remote assignments (in Asia, for example).
The ‘Okay let’s go!’ project was created to help these young people overcome their doubts and obstacles (administrative, financial or other) to international mobility. It is based on support consisting of individualised follow-up and group sessions before, during and after the international mobility (support in resuming studies or finding a job) and financial aid in addition to the legal civic service allowances. A total of 20 young people aged between 18 and 25 (up to 30 if the young person is disabled) will be supported as part of this project, which began in July 2024 and will end in July 2026.
Eligible young people are those who do not have a higher education qualification (with a level of less than bac+5), and :
- are residents of a QPV
- or part of an RSA household
- are recognised as disabled
- or in receipt of a CROUS grant (minimum level 5).
The impact of the project will be to strengthen the language skills, interpersonal skills, intercultural teamwork skills and, more generally, the soft skills of young people who are far removed from international mobility. We also hope that our support programme will strengthen their ability to get involved in society.