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Be Creative

2019-1-SE02-KA105-0024632019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: SE|MA|LB|ES|EG|DE · Grant: €26,355
Civic engagement / responsible citizenshipCreativity and cultureSocial entrepreneurship / social innovation

Objectives

The training course activities aim to make participants understand the importance of creativity in the contemporary socio-cultural and economic context of their NGOs, communities and countries. Determining participants to think outside the box and will help them to act as motivational motors in their organizations trying to find new ways to foster participation of young people to the community life, to increase the quality of the activities they organize for young people and to contribute into development of entrepreneurship mindset among the members of their organizations. The main aim of the project is to create a strong network to support and reinforce the concept of social entrepreneurship fostering a sustainable and inclusive growth as described in the Europe 2020 Strategy. The objectives of the training course are: 1) To develop creative thinking and entrepreneurial skills of 30 youth workers from 6 countries. 2) To equip youth workers with tools and methods on creativity for developing new projects and ways to attract and involve young people into activities. 3) To offer a basic training on how to develop, validate and implement social enterprises. 4) To create a sustainable network of partners who will exchange experience and expertise in order to spread, support, reinforce and advocate for the concept of social entrepreneurship as a mean of sustainable development 5) To foster closer co-operation and better understanding among 6 NGOs FROM 6 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, encouraging the development of new projects under the Erasmus+ Programme, as well to support establishment of new partnerships, especially with South-Mediterranean countries. The training course is designed for youth workers to explore the methods of creative thinking, what can be practically used for their NGOs and for their work with young people. The practical part will help to understand how they can use new methods in work with young people. In designing which activities to implement the organizers took into consideration to start from creating a friendly working environment, help participants to get to know each others, make them aware that learning is an active process and they are responsible for their own learning process in a non-formal environment, gel the group by team building activities, encourage participants to reflect and evaluate the development of the project, offer support to expand their creative skills and aptitudes, strengthen intercultural communication by working in mixed-international teams, get a better insight about social entrepreneurship, activate their desire to act as social change makers, develop their entrepreneurial skills, and encourage international cooperation. The diversity of the activities will boost their creative skills for organizing non-formal activities for youth. Through all activities we hope to empower participants with creative thinking and entrepreneurial skills to develop new projects and initiatives that will make a remarkable contribution to decreasing the number of demotivated youngsters and young people in their communities.

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