Capacity building project and awareness campaign “Young Parents - Young Empowerment!” will directly promote youth entrepreneurship education and social entrepreneurship among young parents, probably the most vulnerable group of young people in Europe nowadays.During project activities participants will find and disseminate the acting practices issued for protection and development of young parents community in Ukraine, Italy and Azerbaijan. Countries from different geopolitical regions have own specific problems and challenges that`s why this project make connections between West and East to work in complex and to show to the young parents and governments of different countries how to be open-minded and capacity building oriented. The main new innovative element in project is to promote a culture of active parenting in complex with taking active part in society in non-governmental sector or/and entrepreneurship, including social income.Participants (young parents) involved in every activity of the project, thus, they will be develop a complex of skills (language, teamworking, presentation, etc.), knowledge (know-how, local context, ways to operate business, etc.) and attitudes (confidence, belief that is possible, etc.), which will significantly improve their personal and self-employment perspectives.International experience, practices and contacts gained during mobility actions in Italy, Ukraine and Azerbaijan would be base for their active social actions in home communities. After entrepreneurship education course, alumni will share and multiply outcomes among young people and build the strong partnership ties at international, national, regional and local levels.Major milestones will be Conferences (Forums) at each seminar and during final part in Kiev, Ukraine. The main goal of these Conferences will be to offer practical solutions to social challenges present in the communities of the origin and exploit the economic potential of the region. In addition, the private sector will be involving through the full inclusion of young parents, including people with fewer opportunities.Due mentorship support that created International Network of Active Young Parents will provide to newcomers from the young parents, project foresee creation of many new non-governmental organisations, social enterprises and businesses. With the holistic support of participating organizations part of graduates will become mentors for young parents consult and share with them the opportunities for a loan / grant for business development, possibilities to expand their businesses in other areas and countries, etc.
Capacity building project and awareness campaign “Young Parents - Young Empowerment!” promotes youth entrepreneurship education and social entrepreneurship among young parents, probably the most vulnerable group of young people in Europe nowadays.“Young parents – Young empowerment” aimed at the autonomous distribution of entrepreneurship competencies among young parents, capacity reinforcing of youth educators & workers, popularization of volunteering and mentorship, cultivating role models for young parents and the constant encouragement of young parents to self-employment and social interaction through diverse ways of inclusive engagement and sustainable tools developing.With this project, we found and disseminated the working practices issued for the protection and development of the young parents’ community in Ukraine, Italy and Azerbaijan. Countries from different geopolitical regions have different specific problems and challenges. That's why we made connections in this project between West and East to work in a complex and to show to the young parents and government representatives how to be open-minded and capacity building oriented. The main new innovative element in our project was to promote a culture of active parenting in complex with taking an active part in society in the non-governmental sector or/and entrepreneurship, including social income.Our participants (young parents) get involved in 9 activities of the project and develop a complex of skills (language, teamwork, presentation, etc.), knowledge (know-how, local context, ways to operate a business, etc.) and attitudes (confidence, a belief that is possible, etc.), which significantly improved their personal and self-employment perspectives.International experience, working practices and contacts gained during 6 mobilities in Italy, Ukraine and Azerbaijan was the base for their active social actions in home communities. After our entrepreneurship education courses, alumni shared and multiplied the outcomes among young people and built strong partnership ties at international, national, regional and local levels.Thanks to planned 3 Conferences with facilitation of Round Tables during each activity, we were able to create synergies between education, training and youth policies and connect representatives of government, business and non-governmental spheres. Such meetings were the space to offer practical solutions to social challenges presented in the communities of origin and exploit the economic potential of the region, as well as the significant sustainable effect on the young parent’s empowerment. Due to mentorship support that was created within the International Network of over 150 Active Young Parents, we were witnessing the creation of about 20 new non-governmental organisations, social enterprises and businesses. Using institutional support of partner organizations, part of graduates became mentors for other young parents, consulted and shared with them the opportunities for a loan / grant for business development, possibilities to expand their businesses in other areas and countries, etc. in order to create a culture of active parenting with the autonomous distribution of entrepreneurship competences among them and their communities.