Supported steps towards education, work and meaningful activity
STEP is MIKS Ressurssenter's programme for young people, primarily those aged 16 to 24. Through practical experience, collaboration and guidance, you can explore your strengths, build new skills and find a way forward that works for you.
Arriving somewhere, being welcomed, trying something concrete and seeing that your contribution has value can create a sense of achievement, belonging and safety. In STEP, you have time and space to explore interests, recognise your strengths and decide what you want to develop further.
In the STEP programmes, you work on concrete tasks and projects and gain experience in collaboration, responsibility, problem-solving and delivery. You receive guidance through the work process, from structuring the task and making choices to testing and adjusting solutions. Towards the end, we consider what you have gained from the programme and which opportunities may suit you afterwards.
Practical assignments
In STEP Skape, young people work together on real, adapted assignments from businesses, organisations or other clients. Guided by skilled professionals, they address a concrete need or challenge and build practical experience in collaboration, responsibility, problem-solving and delivery.
12 weeks
2 days per week · 09:00-14:00
Your own ideas
In STEP Idéverksted, young people explore their own ideas, interests and projects in a safe and structured setting. They receive guidance to develop an idea, test it in practice and move from thought to action, while building experience in collaboration, problem-solving, planning and delivery.
12 weeks / 20 weeks
2 days per week 09-14 / 1 day per week 09-14
Digital skills
STEP Lab & Labb combines exploration of AI, digital tools and future skills with physical activity, experiences and conversations. We take the topics outdoors and explore them together in new settings.
12 weeks
1 day per week · 09:00-14:00
After completing a STEP programme, you will have experience from tasks and projects that you have actually carried out. You will have used different skills in practice and receive help to describe what you did, what you contributed and which skills you used along the way.
You gain experience from concrete tasks, projects and collaboration. Depending on the STEP programme, this may include work for a real client, developing your own idea, practical work or using digital tools and AI.
You practise skills such as collaboration, communication, problem-solving, responsibility, planning and delivery. These skills are useful in education, employment and other parts of life.
The programme helps you identify your strengths, interests and areas you want to develop. The aim is to help you describe more clearly what you can do and what you can contribute.
Towards the end of STEP, we consider what you have experienced, what you want to do next and which opportunities may suit you. This may be education, work, a placement, further follow-up or other activities.
Towards the end of STEP, we gather the experiences from the programme with you. You receive help to describe what you have done and learned, while also looking ahead to what you want to do next. When the programme is complete, you receive three concrete things:
A personal summary of what you worked on, what you completed and the strengths and skills you used along the way.
A plan that we develop with you, covering what you want to do next, the opportunities that may suit you and the next steps you want to take.
A certificate documenting the STEP programme you attended, the period and the scope of the programme.
Practical information
STEP includes several programmes with different durations and content. They all involve small groups, close guidance and practical work in a safe setting.
STEP is primarily for young people aged 16 to 24. We also offer STEP Idéverksted as a separate 20-week programme for pupils in the final year of lower secondary school.
STEP is based at MIKS in Solheimsgaten 18, Bergen. Assignments, activities and some parts of the programmes may also take place elsewhere.
Participation is free of charge for young people.
We also offer a 20-week STEP Idéverksted for pupils in the final year of lower secondary school. They have one fixed day each week to explore interests, develop their own ideas and work practically in a safe and structured setting.
Contact MIKS to learn more about participation and the STEP programmes, or to find information relevant to NAV, schools and other professionals.