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Global Pathways

619230-EPP-1-2020-1-DK-EPPKA2-CBY-ACPALA2020Capacity Building for youth in ACP countries, Latin America and Asiafinalized
Countries: DK|IN|VN|KZ · Grant: €97,673.56

Project summary

The project “Global Pathways” aims to mainstreaming Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education in nonformal sector as a means to combat youth unemployment, while contributing at the sustainable development of our societies. A manual in “Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education” will be developed comprising of five parts:1. Global and Local Context: giving understanding on why sustainable entrepreneurship is needed in the current state of the world and local context, the local and global implications of unsustainable entrepreneurship; 2. Non-formal Education Methods: giving youth workers at least 15 non-formal education methods to develop amongst young people a sense of sustainable entrepreneurship and co-responsibility to attain Sustainable Development Goals. 3. Training Module: giving youth workers an example a five-day training programme to inspire and young people to start a sustainable business that respond to smaller or bigger challenges in the local society or beyond. The training module will explain training sessions step-by-step and give the trainer indication for further reading. As a point of departure, it shall cover the following subjects:a) Assessing smaller or bigger challenges in the local society or beyond;b) Generating ideas for responsible businesses;c) Models of responsible businesses;d) Business symbioses;e) Cradle to Cradle Businesses (C2C).4. Examples of Sustainable Businesses at least 12 examples of sustainable business started by young people. 5. A Reading List: a list of further reading resources to enhance the youth worker knowledge on the subjects covered by the training module.The project will train 93 youth workers in the partner countries to provide Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education to young people in their local communities. The project will furthermore train 140 young people in the partner countries to engage in sustainable entrepreneurship as way to combat unemployment and poverty, while contributing to sustainable development our societies. To project is hoped to mainstream sustainable entrepreneurship education in non-formal education, creating local, national and international synergies to promote sustainable entrepreneurship and development.

Objectives

The project sought to contribute at mainstreaming Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education in nonformal sector by:1. Producing a training manual in Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education.2. Enabling 93 youth workers in the partner countries to provide Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education to young people in their local communities.3. Enable at least 140 young people in the partner countries to engage in sustainable entrepreneurship as a way to combat unemployment and poverty.

Background

The project “Global Pathways” is a follow-up to the project “Growing Green”, 573250-EPP-1-2016-1-DK-EPPKA2-CBY-ACPALA, where, Fora Copenhagen, InterCollege and SJ Vietnam, developed a collection of non-formal methods in sustainable entrepreneurship.The project sought to expand the results from the previous project to other countries, while continuing to build capacity of partner organisations to combat youth unemployment, by enabling them to engage in sustainable entrepreneurship activities.

Final report summary

<< Background >> The project “Global Pathways” is a follow-up to the project “Growing Green”, 573250-EPP-1-2016-1-DK-EPPKA2-CBY-ACPALA, where, Fora Copenhagen, InterCollege and SJ Vietnam, developed a collection of non-formal methods in sustainable entrepreneurship.The project sought to expand the results from the previous project to other countries, while continuing to build capacity of partner organisations to combat youth unemployment, by enabling them to engage in sustainable entrepreneurship activities. << Objectives >> The project sought to contribute at mainstreaming Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education in nonformal sector by:1. Producing a training manual in Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education.2. Enabling 93 youth workers in the partner countries to provide Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education to young people in their local communities.3. Enable at least 140 young people in the partner countries to engage in sustainable entrepreneurship as a way to combat unemployment and poverty. << Implementation >> Activities implemented:1. Kick-off meeting and Seminar to update the Toolkit, 2 – 12 July 2022 Halong and Hanoi, Vietnam2. Revisions and further development of the Toolkit Sustainable Entrepreneurship. A collection of non-formal education methods. Translations to Danish, Vietnamese, Kazakh and Russian. 3. Training of Trainers, 22 March- 2 April 2023, Bandh, India4. Local Trainings for youth workers and young people in partner countries5. Evaluation Meeting6. Two Multiplier Events . << Results >> 1. An updated and improved toolkit for youth workers to promote sustainable entrepreneurship amongst young people. Translated to Vietnamese, Kazakh, Russian and Danish languages. 2. 18 youth workers from the partner organisations trained to use the activities in the toolkit. 3. 72 youth workers and 134 young people through local activities across the consortium4. 171 Stakeholders from VET, higher education, and business reached through additional dissemination activities in India and Vietnam.

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