“Agro-youth entrepreneurship and pan European cooperation” is a project that will support youth organization in Georgia in development of support for organizations working in area of entrepreneurship and rural development. The project will support social entrepreneurship and practical solutions that will enhance the possibilities for young people and their development. The project will develop the capacities of Georgian organization in development of skills of youth that will work in area of agriculture. Why this topic? When creating the project development team we had an open debate about the interest of young people in rural areas, how to engage them into business and self-employment projects. Agriculture is very important and big part of European budget is focused on agriculture. Organic growing is getting more and more important as world trend as usage of organic food. Development of agriculture sector in the countries neighboring EU like Georgia will contribute to busting of economic growth, new jobs for young people, development of networks of growers and etc. The project team made a research in the agriculture universities and got information that Hazelnuts are product that is very successful in Georgia and also in few of the countries that are taking part in this project. The hazelnuts do not need very big investment and getting organic certificate is not so hard. The project will give a possibility to young people in Georgia to develop :- Skill and competences connected to business plan development- Active and passive measures for employment around Europe- Volunteering, social entrepreneurship and jobs - A-Z for hazelnuts growers – workshop- Using IT tools for development, exchange of ideas and good practices, networking and coordination with buyers of Hazelnuts - Development of guide for hazelnut growers that will include information from development of business plan, sharing knowledge about funding opportunities around Europe, knowledge about hazelnuts; information on potential buyers; information about IT tools that can be usefull; EU policy is designed to support national action and help address common challenges, such as ageing societies, skills deficits in the workforce, technological developments and global competition. Education and training 2020 (ET 2020) is the framework for cooperation in education and training.Entrepreneurship in Education is about inspiring entrepreneurial potential. People need the mind-set, skills and knowledge to generate creative ideas, and the entrepreneurial initiative to turn those ideas into action. The evidence, however, suggests that 20% of the EU working age population has low literacy and numeracy skills. This adds to the growing mismatch between the skills people acquire and what is demanded on the labour market. These factors contribute to unemployment and limit growth. Partners agreed that this project is important and its contributing to the development of skills and competences.
“Agro-youth entrepreneurship and pan European cooperation” was a project that supported youth organization in Georgia in development of support for organizations working in area of entrepreneurship and rural development. The project supported social entrepreneurship and practical solutions that were enhance the possibilities for young people and their development and most specifically in rural area and work with hazelnuts. With this project we developed the capacities of Georgian organization in development of skills of youth that are work in area of agriculture. Agriculture is very important and big part of European budget is focused on agriculture. Organic growing is getting more and more important as world trend as usage of organic food. Development of agriculture sector in the countries neighboring EU like Georgia will contribute to busting of economic growth, new jobs for young people, development of networks of growers and etc. The project team made a research in the agriculture universities and got information that Hazelnuts are product that is very successful in Georgia and also in few of the countries that are taking part in this project. The hazelnuts do not need very big investment and getting organic certificate is not so hard. Not only EU but also USAID have done some events and support for hazelnut growing in Georgia. This project gaved a possibility to young people in Georgia to develop :- Skill and competences connected to business plan development - Active and passive measures for employment around Europe- Volunteering, social entrepreneurship and jobs - A-Z for hazelnuts growers training - Using IT tools for development, exchange of ideas and good practices, networking and coordination with buyers of Hazelnuts – best practices and new IT solutions. - Development of guide for hazelnut growers includes information and sharing knowledge about funding opportunities around Europe, knowledge about hazelnuts; information on potential buyers; information about IT tools that can be usefull; With our project we have put in place and IT tool that can be very useful for growers and NGOs supporting growers of hazelnuts.EU policy is designed to support national action and help address common challenges, such as ageing societies, skills deficits in the workforce, technological developments and global competition. Education and training 2020 (ET 2020) is the framework for cooperation in education and training.Entrepreneurship in Education is about inspiring entrepreneurial potential. People need the mind-set, skills and knowledge to generate creative ideas, and the entrepreneurial initiative to turn those ideas into action. These factors contribute to unemployment and limit growth. Partners were agreed that this project was important and contributed to the development of skills and competences. We consider that with our project we have fulfilled our goals.