EUROMED Express"16

The TC links both social entrepreneurship and peace education, providing participants will key concept and practical tools that can be integrated in their work with other young people. Participants will be encouraged to learn from each other, debate in round-table discussion, share experiences and work approaches from different cultures and social backgrounds. In a practical part, participants will be engaged to successfully turn personal and common ideas into social entrepreneurship projects that responds to their community’s needs. OBJECTIVES Overall objective is to nourish a new generation of youth workers, as active citizens able to play a key role in the sustainable development of their community and to effect concrete social change in the Euro-Mediterranean societies in transition. Specific objectives are: - To equip youth workers with knowledge, employable skills and creative tools related to peace education and social entrepreneurship that can be integrated in their work with other young people. -To promote social entrepreneurship as a tool for social transformation and sustainable development. - To develop a cross-cultural understanding of different youth work experiences in both European and Mediterranean countries. - To facilitate opportunities for networking and partnerships between youth workers and organizations in EU and Mediterranean countries.