From the outset, the “Zero Experience Needed” project had seven main level objectives: LO1 = to provide a range of training materials which will support young people to develop their entrepreneurial competences LO2 = Support partner organisations to develop their capacity to work with young people to help them to improve their opportunities for employment; LO3 = To broaden the minds of young people to considering a future as an entrepreneur LO4 = To provide young people with opportunities to exchange ideas in order to improve their job-related skills; LO5 = To build the resilience of young people and support them to engage with economic activities in their country; LO6 = To mobilize young people and develop their personal, social, economic and civic competences; LO7 = To enhance the employment opportunities of young people.
At the time of writing this project, Blackwater Training identified that young people living in rural and isolated communities across Europe faced a plethora of challenges in their lives, especially when it came to their employment status. Many of the young people that Blackwater Training had worked with in 2022 took the decision to emigrate to Australia and Canada for a better life; we wanted to work with young people to keep them on our rural lands by identifying a range of opportunities that were available to them in their country. In their work with young people, Blackwater Training identified that there was a need to develop a holistic range of training resources that could be accessed by young people and youth workers, to support the young person to improve their employment prospects. Through the SALTO Youth portal, Blackwater Training found VEGED, a youth organisation in Turkiye working with rural youths who experienced unemployment. We applied for this project support young people to consider a future as an entrepreneur by opening up this career path as an option for young people. As organisations, we were newcomers & less experienced organisations in Erasmus+. We wanted to enhance our capacity to work on projects.