The main objective of the EU-REKA project was to provide low-skilled adults who had exited the labour market with appropriate training to re-enter the labour market. The goals the project set and achieved are: - to increase the entrepreneurial skills of participants with fewer opportunities, through the inclusion of low-skilled adults disadvantaged by the COVID19 pandemic, in training activities implemented in partner countries - stimulate self-employment against unemployment, especially in geographic areas furthest from urban centers, home to partner organizations - create a network of contacts of European entrepreneurs who can support each other - help disseminate European policies, opportunities and funding programs for entrepreneurship, which were covered extensively during the training sessions - empower public and private institutions to improve their services to the community by replicating learning outcomes - increase the entrepreneurial skills of the staff of the organizations that acquired new skills and expand the European network of partner organizations
The "EU-REKA" project involved five European countries (Italy, Spain, Greece, Austria and the Czech Republic) in the implementation of a learning and guidance pathway for the creation of new start-ups or SMEs, aimed at adults with fewer opportunities who had been affected by the employment crisis triggered by the Covid-19 epidemic. The proposal was developed after a careful context analysis in the affected countries and with the aim of providing concrete solutions. In response to the rising level of unemployment, our project aimed to create a guidance and support tool for employment capacity building in the area of self-employment, providing concrete entrepreneurial educational skills for future opening of one's own business, the necessary training for the creation of a business plan, up to the funding opportunities offered by the EU.