The project “Entrepreneurial mindset through social innovation in youth work” will engage 8 youth organisations, 96 youth workers to increase their competencies on entrepreneurship education and social innovation themes. Indirectly, project will reach around 8000 young people (for all consortium) who will get information through newsletter, workshops, info sessions, Facebook & websites, about the result of project. The project is build up through following activitiesA1 - Kick off meeting among the consortium aiming work on reviewing the task division among the consortium, elaborate and update the project implementation plan and evaluation and dissemination strategy. A2 - Training Course to improve the competencies of youth worker in entrepreneurship education, to empower youth workers who work with young people with fewer opportunities and provide information and tools for entrepreneurship education. A3 - Practice in Local level- After the TC each partner organizes two meeting/workshop with at least 20 young people to put in practice knowledge they got after the first activity.A4 - Training Course to improve the knowledge, skills and attitudes of young people, activists and volunteers in social innovation topic, provide them not only theoretical approach to it but practical tools how to work in the field. A5 - Practice in Local level- Each partner organizes two meetings/workshops with at least 20 young people to put in practice knowledge they received after the second activity.A6 - Toolbox on youth entrepreneurship and social innovation produced.A7 - Youth Exchange to bring together young people from partners that can share and test the gained tools in practice. It will also give space to them to visit social business models and be able to explore the concept from the practitioners, in order to further bring the experience in their associations.A8 - Large scale event for evaluation, visibility and dissemination of the results. The project aims to increase capacity building of consortium in entrepreneurship and innovation topic, transfer the know-how and address key issues of interest for young people nowadays. To boost inclusion of youth with fewer opportunities through providing them skills and competencies in social innovation &entrepreneurship education, is the main goal the project seeks to achieve.
“Entrepreneurial mindset through social innovation in youth work (EMSI-YW)” was a long-term project (01/12/2018 - 31/07/2021) involving 8 youth organizations from EU and WB. It has involved partner organizations from Albania, North Macedonia (ex-FYRoM), Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and Kosovo, interested in further increasing their capacities within youth work and competencies on entrepreneurship education and social innovation themes. Over 1000 youngsters in local and European level have participated in various sub actions of the project which helped on increasing their competencies on entrepreneurship education and social innovation themes.The overall aim of the project was to increase capacity building of consortium in entrepreneurship and innovation topic, transfer know-how and address key issues of interest for young people nowadays. To boost inclusion of youth with fewer opportunities through providing them skills and competencies in social innovation & entrepreneurship education. The project was built up in following elements: A. Exploring Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship education for better employability, inclusion of marginalized groups and boost of creative thinking of young people. B. Tools and working methods to be offered to the trainees in order to enhance their soft skills in above mentioned topics. C. Concrete experience and practice done through combined methodology of theory and practice, followed by on-site visits and experts input on concrete social business models and social enterprises. D. Long term practice and peer to peer learning achieved through follow up activities and application of innovative elements in local/national level.So as to achieve better and more sustainable results as well as to support participants in their practical implementation of competences gained, the project has been divided into eight activities: two mobility youth workers (training courses) organized in Albania and Kosovo, each followed with meetings and or workshops realized in Local level, Youth Exchange, Rollercoaster of Youth Entrepreneurship in Bulgaria, Toolbox and Large scale event.During the project implementation have been produced the project brochures, which were designed into a creative and innovative way and were distributed in promotional events of the project. There was also developed and published a Toolkit, in digital version, which has been distributed in all partner organization countries and has been published in respective website platforms and or social media.