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StartUp Factory

2019-3-DE04-KA105-0189642019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: DE|LT|PL|MK|BG|ES|TR · Grant: €4,263
Rural development and urbanisationSocial entrepreneurship / social innovationEntrepreneurial learning - entrepreneurship education

Objectives

There is a global trend of young people moving from the villages to the big cities in a hope for better life and prosperity, but that trend is also bringing big stress to the people because for many people is difficult to find themselves in the big and complex cities and to find proper and decent payed job with which they can be able to find proper accommodation, pay the bills and make a good living. We often forget about how important is to have quality food and be more in the nature, that cannot happen in the cities but in the rural areas. In the same time the air we bread is becoming more polluted and the food we eat is less healthy. The problem of employment of young people with fewer opportunities is a most burning one nowadays.Youth are in danger of becoming the “educated unemployed’ and joining the so-called NEETs (not in employment, education or training). They can be even more marginalized if their geographic location, gender, ethnicity, social status, or disability isolates them from the mainstream. In the face of such economic and social challenges, there is demand, especially for young people with fewer opportunities, to better prepare them for today’s varied and unpredictable career paths and show them the possibilities to develop themselves into successfull eco social entrepreneurs.. Eco- employment could be described as “responsible usage of the natural resources that conserves the environment, sustains the well-being of the local people and involves interpretation and education”. We believe that many local communities can benefit from promoting eco-employment in their areas, especially if they are located in areas with big lands and clean water. “ Start Up Factory” training idea grow from years of experience of the organization in the development of the “UnaVision” self- sustainable idea, the first “Una Village” prototype and in cooperating with youth organizations dedicated to promotion of Eco and sustainable initiatives. The objective of the project is to tackle youth unemployment in respect of young people with fewer opportunities, across the EU through innovative solutions including social entrepreneurship. This project also aims to ensure equal access to employment across the society, particularly among young people with fewer opportunities through equipping them with relevant skills. The main aim of the project is to increase the quality of youth work services for young people with fewer opportunities by equipping youth workers with competencies necessary for development of eco social entrepreneurship start up ideas and projects. The project is based on an intensive learning process to reach following objectives: • To enable participants to go through a process of development of eco social entrepreneurship projects and reflect on its different steps; • To gain understanding on how to do social entrepreneurship projects and how to make it relevant for the needs of young people with fewer opportunities; • To increase the knowledge of the background to social entrepreneurship (theory, concepts, steps, philosophy); • To raise awareness about the opportunities that the nature itself give us • To learn how to create benefits out of the nature by in the same time making it better • To develop practical skills in designing and implementing eco social entrepreneurship projects; • Raising awareness and understanding about the challenges that young people with fewer opportunities are experiencing • Introducing tools regarding how social enterprises tackle societal problems in respect of young people with fewer opportunities • To motivate and guide youth workers to undertake and utilize social entrepreneurship as a force for eco change • To introduce necessary tools to youth workers on how to find innovative ways of tackling social problems in respect of young people with fewer opportunities • To develop pilot projects which address eco challenges in their organisations or community • To equip youth workers with the relevant skills of how they can cope with ecological problems and involve the young people into the eco employment sphere. The “right track” involves the use of innovative pedagogical methods, enjoyable and inspirational environments, collaborative learning that rests on a competence-based and learner-centered approach.

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