Building Entrepreneurial Mindset in Youth for a Sustainable Society (BE YOU) is a Strategic Partnership in the youth field. The project brings together 5 partners from France and Italy and a wide network of associated partners (in Italy France and Spain) to raise awareness young people's awareness of climate change issues and empower them to become factors of change in their local communities. To this end, the project plans to develop, pilot and disseminate three innovative workshops for young people: 1. Ecological Renaissance: organised as a role play (including political actors, local community members, etc.) the workshop will offer a positive story of what communities could look like after a successful implementation of sustainability policies (which includes carbon neutrality in 2050, social justice, etc.). 2. 2 Tonnes: based on a carbon accounting tool that will allow players to visualize their own carbon footprint and simulate improvements, the workshop owes its name to the fact that each citizen must retain their carbon balance under 2 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year in order to achieve global carbon neutrality by 2050, limit global warming to +1.5°C thus preventing a climate disaster. 3. Social Entrepreneurship: a workshop that connects sustainable development and economic activity; it will consist of multiple sessions devoted to initiation into social entrepreneurship, analysing existing solutions to societal problem, developing new business that bring value to local communities, meeting local social enterprises for inspiration (meetings, visits, podcasts), and getting informed about possible follow-up activities. The workshops are based on a comprehensive pedagogical methodology for the main target group of the project - young people with fewer opportunities, mainly socio-economic obstacles, who are often left out of the conversation on sustainability. To ensure effective learning and behavioural change, the methodology is underpinned by the four pillars of learning (reasoning, imagination, emotion and structure), effective language, storytelling, gamification and participatory education. A Training for youth workers will be designed and piloted to build the capacities of youth workers and teachers to reap the full potential of these new youth workshops. Over a period of 25 months and numerous Multiplier Events, he project aims to reach 210 young people and 150 youth workers and teachers.
>Pedagogical Framework Needs Analysis of what exists in the literature regarding climate change and business training. Developing the intention to engage in sustainable entrepreneurship Pedagogical approach + toolkit for young people with fewer opportunities, to make it adaptable and reusable also by other audiences. >EcologicalRenaissance Offering a positive story of what communities look like after an implementation of sustainability policies. Grasping the interactions between the various community actors and producing new ideas through active citizenship. >2 Tons Allowing to visualise an own carbon footprint and simulate improvements. Becoming factors of change >Social Entrepreneurship SE Analysing&challenge the entrepreneurial facets Discovering SE >YOUNG PEOPLE Improving their knowledge of sustainable development, the causes of climate change Discuss how human actions impact the environment and climate Developing their soft skills Acquiring basic knowledge to start a social business >YOUTH WORKERS Build their capacities to use a pedagogical toolbox Spark their interest in climate topics and SE Empower them to engage in meaningful activities with a positive impact Accompany young people on their individual/entrepreneurial path
As globally expressed by most climate scientists, reaching the objective of capping the global temperature rise at +2°C is crucial to answering basic human needs and maintaining a form of peace in the future. If we fail, we would witness devastating extreme events and a damaged capacity to provide food and drinkable water. This is why we must act urgently and efficiently. While climate and environmental education in schools and society is gaining momentum, not all young people are equally involved in the topic or aware of the magnitude of the climate problem. Youth with fewer opportunities are often preoccupied with what seem as more pressing matters. Those who do grasp the importance of climate protection often feel disenfranchised about it. The main objectives of the project were to : •Raise awareness of young people about sustainable development and the causes of climate change •Train them in social entrepreneurship as a viable response to climate challenges and spark their interest in the topic through non-formal education •Empower them to activities that will have a positive impact on their communities •Improve future (self-)employment prospects for them with fewer opportunities •Support youth workers with a workshop toolkit