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Self Employment Skills For Disadvantaged Youth

2019-2-CZ01-KA105-0614832019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: CZ|MK|RO|BG|HU|TR · Grant: €17,214
Rural development and urbanisationEntrepreneurial learning - entrepreneurship educationAccess for disadvantaged

Objectives

Overall aims & Objectives: Through exchange of insights, cases, approaches, ideas, tools and methods that promote entrepreneurial spirit and skills of young people in general and young people with fewer opportunities in rural and urban areas in particular, this international youth exchange project aims to create a space where participants experience personal empowerment and learn how to make an effective transition from unemployment to self employment and in turn help others in their community do the same through effective youth work and involvement in entrepreneurial activities and youth projects under Erasmus + Programme. The objectives of the project are: - Deepen the understanding about the concept of unemployment, employment, self-employment and entrepreneurship. - Map the conditions of young people today especially the youth with fewer opportunities in rural and urban areas and understand their hopes, dreams fears and barriers for their personal development. - Explore impediments and difficulties related to self-employment and ways to overcome them. - Exchange ideas, best practices and tools related to effective youth work with unemployed young people to raise their self-employability and entrepreneurial spirit. - Guide participants to do research and observation in their local communities after they return in order to find useful insights and opportunities for self-employment and entrepreneurship. - Equip participants with knowledge and skills in the field of project management in order to enable them to develop quality youth projects. - Collect ideas, learning and experiences of participants from their local communities and turn them into concrete project ideas - Identify existing resources on entrepreneurship and self-employment and share know how to link their education, personal life experience with entrepreneurship and self-employment potential. - Promote Erasmus + Programme and encourage young people to be involved in it and make the most out of it in their lives. - Develop concrete business ideas and entrepreneurial initiatives. - Develop concrete projects to be applied under Erasmus + Programme. - Develop and publish an online booklet of business ideas and success stories. Exchange will be based on non formal learning methods and principles, intercultural dialogue and communication in including group discussions, interactive presentations, participant’s lead workshops, team work..etc.

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