Open dialogue, online and offline
Build platforms — physical and digital — where youth, educators, policymakers, and industry leaders can debate whether AI is a crisis or an opportunity for the future of work.
Youth voices shaping an AI-ready Europe
PATHFINDER is an EU-funded CERV project (2026 to 2028) helping young people in Europe to build their AI skills, connections and voice they need to enter a changing labour market, with a particular focus on those facing the greatest barriers.
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Partner organisations
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Countries
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Public deliverables
Project objectives
Bring young people, employers, and policymakers into honest dialogue — and turn that dialogue into skills, pathways, and policy.
Connect youth with employment ecosystems
Bring young people into the rooms where work is changing — through networking events, study visits, and knowledge-sharing with employers, HR professionals, and employability counsellors.
Build practical, hands-on AI skills
Run targeted upskilling programmes covering job readiness, basic AI literacy, adaptability, creativity, and an understanding of the EU policy landscape around AI and work.
Put youth at the EU policy table
Encourage and equip young people to participate in AI-related policy debates at the European level — and influence policymakers to prioritise youth-focused AI policies and education reforms.
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participatory dialogue
Serbian dialogue brings young people’s perspectives on the future of work from Niš to Belgrade
Young people, employers and professionals came together in Trnava to explore how AI is reshaping workplaces, skills and education, and to identify priorities for Slovakia’s Research Agenda and Action Plan.
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participatory dialogue
Slovak dialogue asks who risks being left behind as AI reshapes work
Young people, employers and professionals came together in Trnava to explore how AI is reshaping workplaces, skills and education, and to identify priorities for Slovakia’s Research Agenda and Action Plan.
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participatory dialogue
Sarajevo dialogue puts education at the heart of AI readiness
Young people, employers and policy actors met in Sarajevo to talk openly about what AI means for getting a first job, and what needs to change to prepare for it
Read moreImplementation countries
PATHFINDER activities take place across five countries. Each hosts participatory research with young people, a national public debate on AI and the future of work, a career day connecting youth to employers, and a youth skills lab.
- Slovakia
- Greece
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Serbia