Specific objectives: 1. Trained entities and young people in a work methodology that fostered the mentality and entrepreneurial skills of European youth with a social focus. 2. Promoted the design of creative initiatives and projects led by young people that promoted employment and self-employment, generating added value and benefit in their social environment from the acquisition of new skills and abilities for their employability. 3. Strengthened cooperation between social, public, and business entities for the exchange and implementation of innovative practices that fostered young social entrepreneurship.
At the time when the coronavirus ws a threat to health and life and wreaks havoc in the economy, the role of social entrepreneurship that did not limit itself to running a business only for profit, but solved real social problems should have not been overlooked. Social entrepreneurs were organizations that solved social problems using business techniques that support values such as empathy, social solidarity, entrepreneurship, zero waste, decent work, and respect for other people. Back then, European youth faced the great challenge of employability, which had become even more acute because of the Covid-19 pandemic. In July 2020, 2.906 million young persons (under 25) were unemployed in the EU, of whom 2.338 million were in the euro area. In July 2020, the youth unemployment rate was 17.0 % in the EU and 17.3 % in the euro area, up from 16.9 % and 17.2 % respectively in the previous month. (Eurostat, 05.09:20). The countries with the highest youth unemployment rate were Spain (42%), Romania (15,04%), while in Cyprus youth unemployment equaled 9,4% and in Poland 9,5%. (TRADING ECONOMICS, 05.09:20).