ContextThe effects of the social and economic crisis on employability, especially among young people, has been devastating. The labor market tends increasingly to hire fewer and fewer wage-earning people. Social start-ups is an innovative way to combine economic growth and inclusion of disfavoured people, promoting social values and new jobs. They are lead by social entrepreneurs: they generate social value (watching for the rights and interests of the most vulnerable people; responding to ecological crisis; eradicating discrimination against certain social groups, hunger, etc). These approaches promote sustainable solutions at short and long-term. According to the European Commission, social start-ups now account for 10% of all Europe new business creation.ObjectivesTo strengthen the entrepreneurial spirit; to offer training and guidance to increase the sense of initiative and entrepreneurship; to lower the unemployment rate among young people; to create enterprises with social and environmental aims.Target80 young people at social risk, from ES,BG, IT and UK, with difficulties to become part of the [social] market, such as NEETS and low educational level.They will acquire social entrepreneurs competences as well as soft skills in order to create their own jobs and this way lower the unemployment rate among youth.Previous methodologyPoint of departure is an innovative methodology addressed to this target and contents. It is divided into 3 phases and activities: 1. Module setting.Previous currículum based in the following subjects Social innovation; Social business plan; Fundraising; Communication and dissemination; Local and transnational networks; and Legal, economic and tax fields. Each one is a module with theoretical and practical contents in different formats, and good practices as well as exercises.2. Participative work & Guidance. Have participants get to know each other in a physical place to exchange opinions, thoughts and ideas. A team of Counselors will provide them with guidance into the 3rd phase of the project.3. Deep working immersion-apprenticeship. Learning from social entrepreneurs working on a consolidated social start-up as a good practice.Mehodology to de developedWe will work on the co-developed methodology during 7 months; 12 months to co-develop and create the module content; 8 months to adapt the online social platform and upload the materials; 2 month to create the webpage (work in progress); 11 months for the Mooc course;5 days for the Training for trainers; 6 months for the certificates; 3 weeks for each module, 4 days for the Participative work & Guidance, 1 month for the apprenticeship. Some of these activities assigned to create the training overlap one another (not the 3 stages of the execution of the Pilot training); 11 months for the Training guide; and 4 months to organize each one of the conferences, including the final one in Barcleona.Results and OutputsA Co-developed methodology among all partners; a project webpage; an online social platform with all the online courses. A mooc course.A European Social Entrepreneurship Certificate for each one of the participants; a Training guide. The latter will explain the methodology used, with its pertinent phases, some good practices and experience-based articles from the participants, illustrating this way the impact that the training has had on their life, specialy professional life, or their projection of it.Expected ImpactThe youth to whom we address the project will come out of the training knowing how to start up a social start-up. It can have effects not only in the local economic growth, but also in their communities and in their own vision of the world.On the other hand, we think that these young participants can be multiplier subjects of the project impact right from the moment when they tell others about the project or also by giving example with their own actions.This way, in the mid and long term these young participants from the different countries start up socially, contributing to a more socially aware society tackling with poverty, environment among others and with a lower unemployment tax.The community social wellbeing as well as wellfare will increase by the type of services offered by this enterprises.
The #SUYSEproject has trained 82 young people at risk of social exclusion in how to start up their own social enterprise. This was done through an innovative training methodology and the creation of a MOOC that is now available for free on the Online Social Platform ( http://oer.makingprojects.org/oer/suyse-starting-up-young-social-entrepreneurs/ ).The project has also produced a Training Guide for the creation of social start-ups. The project was implemented by partners from 4 EU countries: ITD and AVALON from Spain, Eduforma form Italy, McScence from the UK, and Business Incubator - Gotse Delchev from Bulgaria. All project material is available on the website http://www.suyse.eu/ in 5 languages: English, Spanish, Catalan, Italian and Bulgarian. The SUYSE project has been implemented to counteract the devastating effects of the social and economic crisis on employability, especially among young people. The labor market tends to offer increasingly fewer wage-earning jobs. Social start-ups are an innovative way to combine economic growth and inclusion of disfavoured people, promoting social values and new jobs. They are lead by social entrepreneurs and they generate social value: watching for the rights and interests of the most vulnerable people; responding to the ecological crisis; and eradicate discrimination against certain social groups. These approaches promote sustainable solutions at short and long-term. According to the European Commission, social start-ups now account for 10% of all Europe new business creation. OBJECTIVES of the SUYSE project were to strengthen the entrepreneurial spirit; to offer training and guidance in order to increase the sense of initiative and entrepreneurship; to lower the unemployment rate among young people; to create enterprises with social and environmental aims.They will acquire social entrepreneurs' competences as well as soft skills in order to create their own jobs and in this way, lower the unemployment rate among young people. ACTIVITIES of the SUYSE project included: partners co-developed the curriculum and 5 modules content in 5 languages; they adapted and uploaded the content for the MOOC to the online social platform; 10 educators took part in the Train the Trainers week in Barcelona, to revise the MOOC and agree the local pilot training process; 82 young people at risk of social exclusion took part in pilot training in the 4 partner countries; at the end of the training, study visits or internships were organized to share experience of a social start-up at first hand; all training participants received an ECVET certificate; partners organized an international conference in Barcelona and local/regional multiplier events in Italy, Bulgaria and the UK. The events were an occasion to present the online social platform with the free course and the training guide for the creation of social start-ups, available online in 5 languages. The guide explains the SUYSE methodology and includes a collection of best practices and quotes from participants, illustrating in this way the impact that the training has had on their life. The SUYSE innovative methodology included 3 phases of activities: 1. Module and curriculum co-creation, where partners did research about existing material around the subject of: social innovation; social business plan; fundraising; communication and dissemination; local and transnational networks; and legal, economic and tax issues. Each one became a module with theoretical and practical content, and good practices as well as exercises, recorded in different formats for the MOOC (videos, PPTs, lesson plans etc.). 2. Participative work & Guidance: Training participants got to know each other in face to face sessions to exchange opinions and ideas. A team of mentors provided them with guidance. 3. Deep working immersion: Students participated in study visits or internships, to learn at first hand from social entrepreneurs about their experience, and to be able to ask questions and network. The SUYSE project has had an important IMPACT on its target group and stakeholders: young people at risk of social exclusion, trainers, youth work practitioners, NGOs and local government services addressing inclusion and employment. All these agents have been reached and engaged by the SUYSE activities, and have received the online course and training guide with information to easily replicate or adapt the SUYSE methodology. The young people who took part in the training learned how to implement a social start-up. This will have effects in their communities and in the local economic growth. They are multipliers of the project impact when they tell others about the project and by setting and example with their own actions. In the mid and long term these young participants, from the different countries will apply their newly learned skills and contribute to a more socially aware society.