Project comes out from the connection of needs of disadvantaged young people (long-term unemployment, socially disadvantaged, disabled young ppl, with chronic diseases, etc.) to be integrated to the working process and the need of state administration to create new jobs. Current situation is insufficient in order to secure the fulfillment of those needs. The solution of the status quo could be the development of abilities, competencies and entrepreneurial mindset of the mentioned groups of young ppl in regard with longterm effor of the Slovak Republic to increase the ratio of agricultural and food production within the national economy. From the global point of view, this could lead to better competetivness of state and higher standard of living of the population.In the beginning of the project the group of 20 young ppl will be selected by the commission of all project partners. The criteria of the selection will be formal: high school education, knowledge of foreign languages and the most important is their personal motivation.The project is divided into two levels: theoretical and practical:Theoretical includes:-psychological tests targeted on personality characteristics. This would help them to know themselves better and more concretely and effectively focus their tasks and activities within the project and later their own business.-workshops where the participants will gain the overview of the current situation in the area of agriculture and food in Slovak Republic but also abroad. They will be trained to create their own business plan – which is also expected as an outcome of this part of training. The professional mentor of this part is the Slovak agricultural and food chamber. -lecture of the university expert in the field of marketing of products. This expert will teach how to make their own marketing strategy for products, how to get and maintain customers through the e-media and create own trademark.-innovative method of multilingual learning of two foreing languages neccessary during the communication with potential foreing business partners.Practical part is based on the direct work at the farm close to Nitra. The participant will work on the cultivation of biofarm which would be later used as a „training center- sheltered workshop“ for their future business plans.Very important part of the practical learning is the active participation of the foreign project partner from Czech Republic, which is very successful in running their own biofarm. In the firs part of the project, the group from SK will visit the biofarm in CZ. CZ partners will show the rest of project partners (PP) the exact methods of farming and ways of running of such a settlement. They will educate PP in the process of the production of agricultural products and their preparation for the market. The foreign partner will continue with the practical training of the participants in Slovakia by personal visits or support them by interactive teleconferences through the e-media.As the key tool for the project, the website will be created with the english language mutation. This web will contain all learning materials which could be used by all PP, space for online webinars, and the whole section of photo, video and written materials monitoring the implementation process of the project and its final results. This would be used by wide range of target groups.
The project was created by combining of the two civic associations YMCA NITRA MZ and patient civic association Lymphoma Slovakia. This initiative, which was designed to test a possible solution of the clients problems. YMCA Nitra is working for many years with young people from socially disadvantaged and unemployed young people. Lymphoma Slovakia combine young people often with hematooncological disease lymphoma - cancer of the lymphatic system. Although seemingly different areas, but one problem they have in common. The difficult situation of these disadvantaged young people they face is to find an employment. When thinking about the type of solution that will be tested consideration was given to two significant factors: 1. Young patients often after the disease and therapies seek for a possibility to grow their own healthy crops, 2. an under-SR agricultural sector and a return to historical tradition of the farms. Therefore the idea of a project Biofarm - our jobs, our mission ! has arrised which will serve as a training center for disadvantaged young people. The Initiative of the associatons asked for cooperation of certified professionals from the Slovak Agricultural and Food Chamber, as well as the successful CZ Neratov Association. They have numerous and in particular results-oriented experience in working with these groups of people. The main task was therefore particularly to encourage our participants to self-employment, respectively to train them in the work in the agricultural sector. The project participants have seen successful young and old farmers from surrounding NR, BA, but also czech Neratov as a motivation and demonstration of the best practices. During the workshops participants acquired theoretical knowledge about legislation, processes, environment and agricultural subsidies. They also received an information how to develop their own business plan and marketing strategy. During the seminars there was a place for participants to consult gained information with experts. During the second half of the projects participants worked on the farm. Here they had a chance to experience the reality . Of all the activities carried out during the project, we collected a lot of information and experience, so we put it into manuals for young farmers but also for youth workers. We can be really proud that the project was beneficial for participants- three of the participants started to work on their business plans, but also on the realization of their own family farms. One participant of the project found a job as an assistent of the sale of organic food and biocosmetics. Long-lasting benefits are clear, all collected information is permanently accessible and usable by the public at the project site www.biofarma-slovakia.sk and fun Facebook page titled project. Our successful participants are themselves ambassadors of the benefits that this type of job offers.