Over the past decades, social entrepreneurship has emerged globally as an innovative economic actor combining positive social impact with entrepreneurial spirit at the service of common good. While adressing social, environmental or societal issues, social enterprises also enable the improvement of the inclusiveness of the labour market by creating new job opportunities and encourage participation of different stakeholders in decision making process.The success and impact of various social enterprises and the increasing interest in such initiatives worldwide encourage institutions such as the European Commission to promote and support social entrepreneurship development.However, despite its growing policy attractiveness, the lack of knowledge and awareness about social entrepreneurship and its benefits among youth, and the lack of existing support for developing specific competences, are the first obstacles in the development of social entrepreneurship among youth in the world. Due to this situation, we have previously developed an e-learning platform on Youth E-club.eu by involving 8 partners from different continents, which aims at spreading this type of entrepreneurship among youth in their countries. As a continuation, we are planning to implement a second phase named « E-stream » (Entrepreneurship stream) for:- improving the content and services of the club to respond to the progressive needs of the beneficiaries- extending to new partners and countries- and sustaining the impact of this platform, which will strengthen the capacity for implementing social entrepreneurship initiatives among youth. Our project consists of the following activities:- 2days kick-off meeting in Nepal during which representatives from each partner organization will gather for defining the details of the following activities and meeting youth and experts of the club - 2 surveys for identifying the evolutive needs in terms of training and support of: current beneficiaries of the platform, and future beneficiaries of new partners involved- 10-days training in Greece for previous e-mentors, educators experimented in the education of young people in entrepreneurship, and young leaders, selected among the active beneficiaries of the platform, where additional online training courses will be created for E-stream phase- Improvement of the content with countries' specificities by a group of partner countries' experts- Creation of pedagogical videos by professionals to enrich the content of the platform- 8-days training in Vietnam for educating future e-mentors of the virtual club- Creation of 2 user guides for E-stream youth and e-mentors- An online Social Initiatives Fair, organized by each partner for supporting local social initiatives among successful participants of E-seed programme- A Social Fair Event in each partner country for disseminating the results of the project and promoting the virtual club- 2-days evaluation meeting in Argentina.
The project main objective is to boost skills in social entrepreneurship among youth workers and young entrepreneurs, including NEET. It focuses on developing ICT skills abilities for the labor market, and expanding the virtual youth club which offers e-learning service and promotes international cooperation. It supports non-formal learning and social inclusion, strengthens networks between youth and educational organizations, and the business sector, and trains e-mentors for online support.
The "Yes Club" empowers young people around the world to train for and to launch social businesses through our e-learning platform youtheclub.eu. It offers networking, skills building and support in creating employment opportunities and developing a spirit of initiative. The platform comprises 2 learning packages: E-Seeds & E-Stream. The project also aims to train tutors to support beneficiaries, contribute to the co-administration of the platform and maintain its impact.
<< Background >> The "Yes Club" empowers young people around the world to train for and to launch social businesses through our e-learning platform youtheclub.eu. It offers networking, skills building and support in creating employment opportunities and developing a spirit of initiative. The platform comprises 2 learning packages: E-Seeds & E-Stream. The project also aims to train tutors to support beneficiaries, contribute to the co-administration of the platform and maintain its impact. << Objectives >> The project main objective is to boost skills in social entrepreneurship among youth workers and young entrepreneurs, including NEET. It focuses on developing ICT skills abilities for the labor market, and expanding the virtual youth club which offers e-learning service and promotes international cooperation. It supports non-formal learning and social inclusion, strengthens networks between youth and educational organizations, and the business sector, and trains e-mentors for online support. << Implementation >> Activities include 3 transnational project meetings to follow-up and evaluate the project, surveys needs assessment, training courses for e-mentors, learning content improvement and creation (including pedagogical videos, user guides for youth and mentors, dissemination events (social initiatives fairs). These planed activities participate to enhance social entrepreneurship through training, content, and support, targeting both current and future youth beneficiaries of the club. << Results >> Survey report of the needs and interests of youngsters about social entrepreneurship (to improve content of the learning platform).Improvement and creation of online courses for E-stream phase.12 E-stream courses 2 user guides (for mentors and young people beneficiaries of youtheclub.eu).Book of Yes Club initiatives.2 promo videos of the Yes Club.8 presentational videos of E-stream courses.Book of Yes Club initiatives Improvement of mentors’ skills through 2 training courses