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International meetings with entrepreneurship II

2018-3-PL01-KA205-0611822018Strategic Partnerships for youthfinalizedGood practice
Countries: PL|ES|XK|IT|HR|RS · Grant: €96,205
Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemploymentEntrepreneurial learning - entrepreneurship educationInternational cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Project summary

The project "International meetings with entrepreneurship II" includes the organisation of 4 activities, related to learning and 4 international project meetings as part of building a strong and lasting strategic partnership, related to young people. The aim of the project is to exchange good practices related to the activities of the organization staff of the project and acquiring by young people, participating in the project, knowledge in the field of the European labor market, entrepreneurship, social rights, workers' rights and equality, as well as raising awareness of the participants and increasement of their leadership potential. Participants in the framework of the project will increase their social skills - they will learn the art of good communication and assertiveness, self-management in time, also they will develop creativity, leadership skills and master their art public speaking. As part of the project, the youth will also have the opportunity to improve their language competences by the English business course. During project meetings there will be 2 representatives of partners, and one coordinator, while during the learning activities there will be no more five participants plus by one counsellor from each side. The first educational activity will be related to getting to know the European labor market. Classes will concern labor law, conditions of employment in EU countries, workers' rights in the EU, freedom of movement of workers in EU, community rights for entrepreneurs, international labor standards and equality on the labor market. The meeting will be organized by a partner from Spain - EGERIA company. Next meeting will take place in Croatia, its organizer will be Udruga Enas company which will prepare for the participants of the project a block of training in personal development and business competences. Also there will be competences that will allow young people to develop interpersonal skills, to increase faith in their own abilities, in addition there will be competences that will help the youth to navigate the labor market and business in the future. Classes will be focused on active job seeking in the labor market, taking into account the specificity regional / national, self-management in time and change, rapid adaptation to changes, assertiveness and communication in business, also taking into account intercultural differences and development of leadership skills. The third educational meeting will be related to social economy, social business and the development of person's own career. The participants will try to develop a cross-border business model and an idea for international business. The meeting will be organized by the project coordinator - FCiM. The last educational meeting will take place in Italy. Organizer – EURO SUD company, which will provide participants with training in the branches of creativity and innovation, self-confidence, charisma and encouragement in business (participants will learn how to use their own potential and be effective), and also classes on self-presentation and public speaking. Classes of the project will be interactive, based not only on the transfer of knowledge, but mainly on exercises, role-playing, presentations, case studies, and seminars. Classes will include both: group work and individual work. The trainers will be people who have not only knowledge and experience in the topics that will be discussed, but they will be also practitioners, who use this knowledge in everyday life. In addition to strictly educational activities, participants will learn about the culture, art and history of host countries. They will try to make it possible to approach it by cooperating with the young people from partner countries. They will definitely get to know about each of different cultures. Also they will try to oppose many stereotypes: like nationalisms. This project will definitely make it easier to improve the future international cooperation, also to improve European ties. In addition, as part of the project there will be a film about all these project activities. It will maintain the idea of entrepreneurship and economics, realized through social and international cooperation of young people. All activities will be promoted by the informational campaign of the coordinator and partners in local and central environments. Due to the project the following results will be achieved: 1. Growth of an entrepreneurial attitude among the participants of the project. 2. A significant increase of the knowledge in the field of entrepreneurship, 3. Increased opportunities by project participants on the labor market 4. Increase of the project participants' social competence. 5. Further joint project activities 6. Dissemination of European values 7. Helping the participants to become leaders of their community. 8. Increased quality of volunteering.

Final report summary

The project "International meetings with entrepreneurship II" involved the organization of 4 learning activities and 4 international project meetings as part of building a strong and lasting strategic partnership in the field of young people. The aim of the project was the exchange of good practices related to the activities of the staff of the organizations participating in the project and the acquisition by young people participating in the project of knowledge in the field of the European labour market, entrepreneurship, including social entrepreneurship, employees’ rights and equality, as well as increasing the entrepreneurial awareness of the project participants and increasing their potential of leadership. As part of the project, participants increased their social competences - they learned the art of good communication and assertiveness, time management, developed creativity, leadership skills and mastered the art of public speaking. During the project meetings, 2 representatives of managing staff of the partner organizations and the coordinator were invited, and during the learning activities 5 participants plus an accompanying person from each country. Blended mobility C1 was related to getting to know the european labor market. The classes concerned labor law, employment conditions in EU countries, workers' rights in the EU, freedom of movement of workers in the EU, Community rights for entrepreneurs, international labor standards and equality on the labor market. The meeting was organized by a partner from Spain - the EGERIA association. The C2 activity took place in Croatia, its organizer was the Enas association, which prepared a block of trainings in the field of personal development and business competences for the project participants. These were competences that will allow young people to develop interpersonal skills, increase faith in their own abilities, but also make it easier for them to navigate the labor market and in business. The classes were focused on active job search on the labor market, taking into account the regional / national specificity, managing oneself in time and in change, quick adaptation to changes, assertiveness and communication in business, taking into account intercultural differences and developing leadership skills. Blended mobility C3 was related to the social economy, corporate social responsibility and the development of one's own career path. The participants of the activity tried to develop a cross-border model of entrepreneurship and an idea for international business activity. The meeting was organized by the project coordinator - FCiM. Blended mobility C4 took place in Italy. The organizer of EURO SUD provided the participants of the meeting with training in creativity and innovation, self-confidence, charisma and courage in business (emotional management, how to use one's potential and be effective), as well as classes in self-presentation and public speaking. The activities carried out as part of the project were interactive, based not only on the transfer of knowledge, but above all on exercises through role play, presentations, case studies and seminars. The classes included both group work and individual work. The trainers were people with not only knowledge and experience of the topics discussed, but also practitioners who use this knowledge in everyday life. In addition to typical educational activities, the participants learned about the culture, art and history of the host countries, thanks to which it was possible to get closer to young people from partner countries, get to know each other different cultures, overcome many stereotypes and counteract nationalisms emerging in Europe. This will certainly facilitate future transnational cooperation and strengthening European ties. In addition, as part of the project, a series of films promoting project activities - the idea of entrepreneurship, social economy and international youth cooperation were made. All activities were surrounded by the information campaign of the coordinator and partners in local communities and at the central level. Thanks to the implementation of the project, the following results were achieved: 1. Increased entrepreneurial attitude among the participants of the project, 2. A significant increase in knowledge in the field of entrepreneurship, 3. Increased opportunities in the labor market by the participants of the project. participants of project 5. Further joint activities of project 6. Disseminating European values, 7. Increasing the competences of soc. needed to be a leader in your society. 8. Increasing the quality of volunteering.

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