How to Get in the Game - Strengthening Young Creative Entrepreneurship

Target groups:

Youth and social workers, youth leaders
Creative young people with an artistic idea or project
Social and creative entrepreneurs
Aims:

Youth- and social workers will

gain an enhanced understanding of youth initiative and entrepreneurship and how to support it
gain tools/methods for coaching youth entrepreneurship
be able to identify existing resources for the young creative entrepreneurs, like local funding, EU funding, other relevant project ideas
manage to facilitate the process of identifying, supporting and developing the creative young persons
Entrepreneurs will

gain recognition for their company as contributor to community development since their participation and contribution will be promoted through social media
learn more about zeitgeist from the youth
promote their work to the next generation of fellow entrepreneurs
Creative young persons will

gain an enhanced understanding of entrepreneurial behavior
become familiar with the process from a creative idea to a concrete income
get familiar with the mindset of a hard working entrepreneur - what does it take to succeed?
be able to identify their own needs for realizing their creative ideas and gain motivation and skills to fulfill them
The bonus effect of three target groups

The training will provide the common ground needed to create network and can be used for creating new ideas and projects and also future co-operations.

Training methodology:

working collectively
non formal and interactive
creative sessions (during the Open Space technology)
sharing experiences and examples of good practice
visits to good practice examples in Berlin
reflection / evaluation
Participants should be:

Youth and social workers, youth leaders or
Creative young people with an artistic idea or project or
Social and Creative Entrepreneurs
able to communicate and work in English
of age (18+)
residents of any of the Programme countries