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YOUNG GREEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2021-1-RO01-KA220-YOU-0000290142021Cooperation partnerships in youthfinalized
Countries: RO|MT|ES|PT|IT|TR|SI · Grant: €147,857
Environment and climate changeEntrepreneurial learning - entrepreneurship educationInclusion, promoting equality and non-discrimination

Objectives

- The promotion and job insertion of unemployed young people with low qualifications through green entrepreneurship and circular economy (waste management). - Increasing entrepreneurship opportunities in the green economy through an innovative training methodology (in the framework of EntreComp) to improve the entrepreneurial spirit and business skills of unemployed young people with low qualifications who want to develop their own ideas and businesses in the green economy sector. - Implementation of a collaborative platform for green entrepreneurship in organisations dedicated to the training of young people. - The improvement of the professional competence of youth educators and monitors, through an innovative methodology in the framework of EntreComp, which takes into account the specific competences and skills that young people should develop on green entrepreneurship. This improvement will allow these educators to be better prepared to transmit knowledge about entrepreneurship and the development of business plans related to green entrepreneurship and circular economy. The beneficiaries of the project are unemployed young people with low qualifications, as well as educators and youth workers.

Background

The European Commission has adopted the Entrepreneurship Action Plan 2020 to promote entrepreneurship. Young generations should consider starting a business as another alternative in their job search. There is no doubt that the development of the green economy and the "fight against climate change" should be the "axis of the economic strategy" that the European Union establishes as a motion to exit the crisis linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the proposal launched by the new European Alliance for a Green Recovery. Green entrepreneurship and the circular economy provide an effective and alternative solution to tackle youth unemployment while helping to implement Europe's climate goals. This project seeks to address a number of important needs including: - Low-skilled youth unemployment. The project aims to provide them with opportunities to enter the labour market through green entrepreneurship and the circular economy. - Shortage of entrepreneurship opportunities in the green economy. The project focuses on developing skills and knowledge necessary for young people to start their own businesses in this field. - Obsolete training methodologies. - Lack of specific competences in educators and youth workers.

Project partners (7)