The project partners set themselves the goal of exchanging and adapting existing methodological approaches and jointly designing a workshop that encourages young people to discover and develop their own strengths and imparts important skills for environmental issues and entrepreneurial thinking in order to use precisely these strengths for their future lives. The aim was to combine international working methods and record them in a guide in order to develop a concept that is transferable and adaptable and could be used in other EU countries. The long-term vision is for this exchange to serve as a basis for further international projects and collaborations for all participating organisations. The application of the methods and joint implementation should create innovative approaches to support disadvantaged young people and a stable basis for scaling up the project at EU level.
The project partners applied for funding in order to jointly develop and implement innovative approaches for working with disadvantaged young people. Another key objective was to create an international knowledge and practice base that could be scaled up in the long term through intercultural exchange and familiarisation with the working methods of all participants. The project aimed to establish a sustainable partnership between the organisations from Germany and Portugal that has the potential to apply innovative concepts in working with young people using innovative approaches such as the combination of environmental issues, personal development and entrepreneurship at European level in the long term. The funding offered the partners the opportunity to exchange practical methods and adapt them for international use. This not only helps to strengthen cooperation at EU level, but also addresses the need for Europe-wide strategies that offer young people prospects in socially important areas. The test run of the various approaches created starting points for future projects.