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#Best

2019-2-RO01-KA105-0641762019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: RO|PL|EE|BG|HR|IT|LV · Grant: €20,035
Migrants' issuesEntrepreneurial learning - entrepreneurship educationEconomic and financial affairs (incl. funding issues)

Objectives

“#Best” (project aims to familiarize youngsters with the concept of social entrepreneurship and the business opportunities. The YE involves 42 participants from 7 countries encouraged to turn their ideas into actions using the “Business Model Canvas” as a business analysis tool and social entrepreneurship innovations. The activities are designed to foster to 42 pax business techniques to encourage development of local economy, creating an inclusive labor market. Through this project, CPDIS – Asociatia “Centrul pentru Dezvoltarea Instrumentelor Structurale” wants to address the issue of youth unemployment and lack of inclusion in the labor markets, encouraging youngsters through sharing of methods and opportunities for entrepreneurship to develop their business ideas. The main objectives of the project are: 1. To provide information on business opportunities and funding on local, national and international level to 42 youngsters from Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Poland and Romania in order to encourage entrepreneurship amongst youth; 2. To introduce the 42 pax of the project to business focused mind set by working with the “Business Model Canvas” on ideas provided by them; 3. To create the “Be an EuroEntrepreneur” video vlog for youngsters interested in entrepreneurship, which, based on the learning outcomes of the activities of the YE, includes guidelines and different features depending on local, national and international context for a better understanding of business planning correlated with social entrepreneurship; 4. To create 7 social entrepreneurship business plans based on the ideas of the pax in the YE which can be implemented on local and national level; 5. To plan 7 follow-up activities of the pax to share entrepreneurial ideas and methods learned during the YE. Based on statistical data provided by Eurostat, The World Bank and Trading Economics the project's aim comes to address the high unemployment rates amongst youth in the participating countries and to encourage the inclusion of vulnerable groups in the labor market on local or national level. The target group for the Y.E. are youngsters aged 18-30 from rural areas facing economic and educational obstacles as well as difficulties in the labor market who are interested in the topic of project and are having a business idea or want to develop one. The focus on local communities aims to address the need to develop business and spread information in less economically developed areas. We have chosen the project partner countries based on research and the last statistics on youth unemployment rates published in January 2019 by Eurostat. The country among the highest youth unemployment rates is Italy with a 33%, followed by Croatia with 23% and Romania with 16.1%. Latvia 13.5% and close percentages are in Bulgaria with 11.8%, Poland has an unemployment rate of 11.6%, and amongst the lowest EU rates is Estonia with less than 9.1%. Although the high percentages of youth unemployment, based on a survey conducted by GEM Global Entrepreneurship Monitor the most entrepreneurial county in Europe is Poland, followed by Latvia and Estonia on the 3rd and 4th places. We have chosen the project partners based on the long and serious cooperation that we had with them in past projects and working with their representative trough international meetings and events. Given the fact that the partner organizations have demonstrated their professionalism, seriousness and experience in the field of youth work and the topic of the project as well as based on their profile and previous activities, they will bring staff experience, “know how” and theoretical knowledge on social entrepreneurship and business innovation.

Project partners (7)