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Entrepreneurial Odyssey: From Idea to Impact

2023-3-DE04-KA153-YOU-0001782642023Mobility of youth workersfinalized
Countries: DE|TR|MK|LT|IT|HU|RS|EL|BE · Grant: €39,586
Entrepreneurial learning - entrepreneurship educationYouth employabilityEqual access and transition to labour market

Objectives

Reducing youth unemployment is one of the major challenges facing most governments in Europe. Countries involved in this project show particularly disturbing signs. According to the World Bank statistics on youth unemployment rate in Germany is 5.8%, in Türkiye is 19%, in Serbia is 24.8%, in North Macedonia is 34.9, in Greece is 30%, in Hungary is 10.2%, in Lithuania 10%, in Belgium 16.3 and in Italy is 23.9%. Youth unemployment often persists due to the lack of essential entrepreneurial and business skills among young people. Disadvantaged youth face additional barriers to employment, such as limited access to resources and networks. They require specialized support to overcome these obstacles and realize their potential. Youth workers and youth leaders working directly with young unemployed people and disadvantaged youth are uniquely positioned to inspire and empower youth to be creative, entrepreneurial and business minded through non-formal and informal activities and raise their self-confidence and enthusiasm which leads to promotion of entrepreneurial culture, higher awareness of personal empowerment and inclusion which, in its turn, prevents violent radicalization. The international training course "Entrepreneurial Odyssey: From Idea to Impact" aimed to train and equip youth workers and youth leaders working directly with young unemployed people and disadvantaged youth with essential entrepreneurial and business tools, methods and skills to enable them to contribute to tackling of the problem of unemployment among disadvantaged youth through quality youth work that promotes self-employment and entrepreneurial culture. The project sought to promote youth entrepreneurship as a means of social and economic inclusion while fostering tolerance, diversity, and active participation in society. Additionally, the project aimed to facilitate international collaboration by providing a platform for youth workers from nine countries to exchange best practices and develop future Erasmus+ projects. A key output of the project was the creation of an online handbook, offering practical tools and methods for entrepreneurship education targeted at disadvantaged youth. Objectives: -Introduce youth entrepreneurship as an effective tool to combat youth unemployment. -Support youth workers in developing and sharing best practices to reach disadvantaged youth and prevent racism and intolerance. -Equip participants with non-formal educational methods to empower young people to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset and apply it to their career development. -Explore how youth work can reintegrate marginalized youth into the economic mainstream and address the socio-psychological effects of unemployment. -Promote the use of Youthpass and the Key Competences for Lifelong Learning to guide young people through self-reflection, skill identification, and personal growth. -Encourage the development of high-quality youth mobility projects under the Erasmus+ Programme, fostering future collaboration.

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