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Youth Entrepreneurial Competence Matrix

2020-2-UK01-KA105-0793712020Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: UK|AZ|TR|BA|SK|GE · Grant: €52,083
Social entrepreneurship / social innovationLabour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemploymentYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Objectives

The Youth Entrepreneurial Competence Matrix (MATRIX) project plans aimed to offer young people from the UK, Georgia, Turkey, Slovakia, B&H and Azerbaijan the opportunity to gain entrepreneurial competencies (knowledge, skills and attitudes) which will not only would boost their personal, professional and socio-economic development but also, reduce their risk of unemployment and raise the quality of their life. Today knowledge-based economies require people with higher skills. Problem-solving, teamwork, creativity, communication, leadership and digital competencies are some of the core important soft skills for current European labour markets. But still, youth skills deficit and youth unemployment remain a continuous issue in many the majority of European countries, and this project aimeds to address some of these gaps and develop transversal skills which can could also be embedded in participant's everyday life, but also could serve as a base for developing entrepreneurial initiatives but can help them in their everyday work. The Youth Entrepreneurial Competence Matrix Project's Key Objectives included were: 1. 94 young people develop an entrepreneurial mindset to be able to generate creative ideas, recognise opportunities and exploit them into social value and produce a long-lasting social change in their local communities. 2. 94 young people develop practical entrepreneurial and broader competencies such as problem-solving, critical thinking, empathy, teamwork, effective communication, conflict resolution skills, sense of initiative and negotiation will help contribute to young people’s personal and professional development and facilitate their transition into the job market. 3. 94 young people will learn how to develop personal resource profiles and document skills and competencies, as a way of personal and professional development (Europass and Youthpass), creative leadership and employability. 4. 94 young people plan and carry out local Social Action activities that will lead to social change in their communities and will allow them to mobilise their new social entrepreneurial skills. 5. Launch of a youth-led Social Change Makers Network. The learning focus will be based upon the project aimed to use Asfar's British Council Developing Inclusive Creative Enterprise strategy/methodology developed during our UK-Egypt SEDA its DICE 2019-2020 programme. Our The strategy’s aimed to increase awareness of Social Enterprise, Social Entrepreneurship and Social Action with a specific focus on young people and women.

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