Youth SUCCESSors is a capacity building project that wants to empower and foster employability of European andInternational youth starting from the valorization of the resources that their countries can offer . Considering thehuge cultural/environmental heritage of each participating country, they are “rich successors”, but they will need tolearn how to manage these resources in a productive and sustainable way. Territorial promotion, sustainable tourismand many other entrepreneurial activities can be started around the preservation of environment and cultural heritage.So, for them, the key of SUCCESS, is to learn how to give value and take care of these resources, gaining entrepreneurialand key skills that can empower them in order to start new intiatives.In order to promote this objective, Y.S. is going to organise 2 capacity building training courses(in Italy and in Greece)and 1 Youth Exchange (In Spain) in order to train youth workers from both Programme and Partner Countries in theorganisation of non- formal and informal learning activities for the development of the skills of young people related toterritorial promotion, and to involve directly young people in the implementation phase. It is expected that 30youthworkers from all the partner countries are going to be involved directly in the activities of the project, through theparticipation in the transnational training events. Professionals are then going to implement practically the knowledge obtained through their participation in trainingevents with young people where they are going to replicate and practically implement the knowledge acquired. Theconsortium of the project is multi-actor, composed by Public Authorities, VET centers, NGOs and representative of theentrepreneurial and business worls. it has a great experience in the field and it has complementary competencies. It isconstituted from 6 partners from 4 countries (Italy, Greece, Spain and Argentina). The publication online of 3 webinarsand 2 OER e-Guide, 1 for youth workers and 1 for young people, will increase significantly the number of people that willbe able to acquire the skills and best practices resulting from Y.S. project implementation, and to exploit the results.Info-days will be organized in each participating countries, where high schools, Ngos, local authorities, private companies will meet youth workers participating in the project. They will transfer to the stakeholders their knowledge, disseminate project results, start new collaborations related to empowerment fo young people, disseminate the importance of non formal education methods in the development of entrepreneurial skills and raise awareness about the importance of preserving cultural and territorial heritage of each country.
“Youth SUCCESSors” project had as main focus the empowerment of European and International youth through the valorization and promotion of cultural and natural heritage.Considering the huge tangible and intangible cultural and natural heritage of each of the participating countries, young people can be considered as “rich successors”, but they need to learn how to manage these resources in a productive and sustainable way. Territorial promotion, sustainable tourism and many other sustainable entrepreneurial activities can be started around the preservation of environment and cultural heritage.The key of SUCCESS for our youth is to learn how to give value and take care of these resources but also to learn how to involve local communities in the protection and promotion of culture. In order to promote this objective, Y.S. consortium has organized 2 capacity building training courses for youth workers in order to train participants in entrepreneurial skills and in non- formal methodologies for skills development, and a Youth Exchange to involve directly young people in the implementation phase and to put in practice the new methodologies, 30 youth workers and 30 young people Italy, Greece, Spain and Argentina have been involved directly in the activities.All of them, at different levels, will be able to implement practically the knowledge obtained through their participation in the project, replicating methods and using tools and skills acquired.The consortium of Youth SUCCESSors was multi-actor and multidisciplinary, composed by Public Authorities, VET centers, NGOs and business representatives, all with a great experience in the field and covering complementary competencies. It was constituted from 5 partners from 4 countries, all facing the same difficulties related to youth unemployment and low participation to social and economic life. Info-days have been organized in each participating countries. High schools, NGOs, local authorities, private companies could meet partners and youth workers participating in the project in order to obtain information about project activities, results, possibilities of new collaborations in the development of entrepreneurial skills and raise awareness about the importance of preserving cultural and territorial heritage of each country. The publication online of 3 webinars and 2 OER e-Guide, 1 for youth workers and 1 for young people, has helped in increasing significantly the number of people able to acquire and spread the skills and best practices resulting from Y.S. project implementation, and to exploit the results.