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Money is no Honey - A Guide to Financial Literacy and Sustainable Entrepreneurship

2020-3-CZ01-KA105-0939892020Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: CZ|IT|TR|PT|LT|PL · Grant: €19,299
Economic and financial affairs (incl. funding issues)Environment and climate changeEnterprise, industry and SMEs (incl. entrepreneurship)

Objectives

We implemented this project primarily to raise general awareness of the issues and risks associated with a low level of individual financial literacy, to develop a responsible and prudent approach to this issue, but also to prepare them for the various new practices of financial fraudsters that they may encounter in the future meet. Through the implementation of the project, we enabled young people to be educated in these areas using non-formal education methods, while we took into account that during the activities the participants could come into contact with experts on these topics, such as for example, Mr. Jan Hammer, who also works in the sphere of suppressing unfair financial practices. They could acquire this knowledge thanks to entertaining simulation games of inclusive character. In this way, we also wanted to achieve that all young people, and above all our disadvantaged participants, some of whom also faced bad experiences in terms of these above of the mentioned phenomena, they were able to view the management of their finances more carefully. Next, we use methods of informal education enabled young people to discuss these issues in more detail thanks to interactive presentations and workshops and thus come up with new ideas on how to popularize methods of defending against financial fraudsters both in real and virtual world, while managing to create an international youth network interested in these topics. By implementing this project, we also wanted to familiarize young people with the level of financial literacy across the participating countries and give them the opportunity to see for themselves, what is the situation in this regard in our country, while we allowed them to visit other places in our region, where they came into contact with the locals and could ask questions related to financial literacy and financial fraud. It was also our goal to give participants, and especially our disadvantaged participants, who are more vulnerable to these adverse phenomena, the opportunity to understand the principles on which these phenomena are built, but also as part of our campaign for sustainable business motivate them to develop their own initiatives and work with the acquired materials, familiarize the participants with new software so that they can refine their digital and business knowledge, which will later be applicable on the labor market. We also wanted to give the participants a chance to get to know new cultures, traditions and make new international friends from the 6 partner countries of the project. Furthermore, we wanted to spread European values ​​and multiculturalism, to fight together against negative social phenomena such as discrimination, xenophobia and racism and to support the self-development of young people and enable them to develop in the area of ​​8 key competencies. Last but not least, we wanted to improve the awareness of our fellow citizens and their opinion of the European Union, spread information about the Erasmus+ programs and the European Solidarity Corps, to promote a sustainable lifestyle and the "zero waste" concept Therefore, our goal was also to: - support youth in business initiatives at the local level and thus support economically less developed regions that were noticeably affected during the pandemic. - talk to young people about the prevalence of financial fraud and deceptive advertising - build a positive attitude towards international teamwork among young people and improve their financial and entrepreneurial skills - create international networks of young people and youth organizations that will continue to spread awareness of financial literacy among young people - allow young people to get to know new cultures, traditions and customs from the 6 partner countries of the project and give young people the opportunity to socialize and meet new international friends - discuss ways in which the importance of personal financial literacy can be introduced to the wider public, including youth in our home communities, through a fun game - support smaller businesses in our region (restaurants, accommodation facilities) that have been put in a very difficult situation due to the coronavirus pandemic - introduce young people to the opinion of experts in this field who can provide them with valuable advice and inspiration - spread European values ​​and fight against negative social phenomena, especially against racism, xenophobia and discrimination - enable the inclusion of disadvantaged youth, enable these disadvantaged youth to join the project and meet new friends - increase the visibility of our region in Europe and economically support local entrepreneurs - promote the Erasmus+ programs and the European Solidarity Corps - organize campaigns in our communities for sustainable business and to raise awareness of financial literacy - organize an APV preparatory meeting for 12 participants and a youth exchange for 30 participants

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