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"Keep Going forward - Become entrepreneur"

2019-1-FR02-KA105-0156962019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: FR|GE|AM|HR|MD|RO|DE|UA|BY|PL · Grant: €22,448
Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemploymentSocial entrepreneurship / social innovationEntrepreneurial learning - entrepreneurship education

Objectives

"Keep Going forward - Become entrepreneur" is addressed to youth workers and youngsters with fewer opportunities from participating organizations and participant countries who are involved in youth work, either as regular staff members or active volunteers. All of the participants are expected to have some background knowledge on methods of non-formal educational activities as well as a prior experience in youth projects addressed to young people at risk of exclusion. It is necessary that participants have previous experience in working with young unemployed or a concrete plan to start being active in this field in the near future. It is also obligatory for all the participants to be ready to get actively involved in all the project activities, especially during the dissemination phase when they are expected to act as multipliers in their local communities. They should be also motivated to increase their knowledge on theories and methods of promoting social entrepreneurship as a way for increasing employability and preventing social exclusion of vulnerable groups of young people as well as ready to develop concrete follow-up activities that will be done in cooperation with international network of partners established during the training course. The main participants need identified prior to the training course is the need for youth workers to increase their professional capacities and to gain new competences for implementing successful youth projects that aim at improving young people's chances on the labor market and preventing their social exclusion. By exploring and discussing the concept of social entrepreneurship and its benefits for boosting young people employability competences, the project will address participants need for getting new methods on the topic and adopting new approaches in their daily work. The project is to tackle discussed issues from different angles, giving participants both theoretical expert input on specifics and challenges of working with youth at risk of permanent unemployment and practical methods and tools that can be adapted to their local context, which in turn should increase their professional capacities and enable them to create projects that suit their target groups specific needs to a greater extent. The other need identified prior to the project is the urge for building strong international partnership of like-minded organizations who are eager to work together for empowerment of young people at risk of permanent exclusion from labor market. At the same time it is necessary to provide participants with time and space for sharing experiences and good practices with fellow youth workers from different countries, which in turn can serve as inspiration for designing and implementing future activities. The project is to address both of those needs the project is planned in a way that fosters connections and give participants space for sharing and developing future cooperative ventures. After the project is approved for funding, the partner organization will make a pre-selection of the candidates and all the profiles of the proposed participants will be shared with CAYNEX and FAJNA so the trainers team will make sure that the chosen representatives fit the project profile. The crucial selection criteria, apart from participants' experience and motivation, will be their readiness and capacities for acting as multipliers in their respective communities so that it is ensured that the project will have a real impact that will continue after the implementation stage itself. Fewer opportunities (10 participant) None of the participants are selected yet. However, some of the project partners agreed to select participants with fewer opportunities (coming from geographically disadvantaged areas or with social obstacles) so that the project will also have an impact on disadvantaged communities in a long-term perspective. Aims of the project: The aim of the project is to share and teach newly created tools regarding topic of social Entrepreneurship to organizations and youth workers from EU and EaP countries. Objectives of the project: - To promote the knowledge about social entrepreneurship and its potential benefits for young people at risk of exclusion from labor market. - To explore and discuss the challenges and solutions connected to work with young people who struggle to find a job. - To get to know best practices of successful social entrepreneurships that reduced the Unemployment level and to provide participants with inspiration in the field. - encourage entrepreneurship among young people by stimulating resourcefulness and creativity; - To equip youth-workers and then youth organizations with, tools, methodologies, and techniques to develop projects on the promotion of social entrepreneurship; - Creating networking among young people of European Union and Eastern Partnership Countries.

Project partners (10)