"SUSTAINOPRENEURSHIP – THINK GLOBAL, ACT LOCAL"

Considering the relation of unemployment to other social processes and the effects it can have on society as a whole, sustainable entrepreneurship education can offer a solution: while business entrepreneurs typically measure performance in profit and return, sustainopreneurs consider their community as a foundation for all actions, keeping in mind that the process of their business development is closely tied to the process of community development thus creating social capital. With this in mind, the planned TC will have a connecting role, fighting youth unemployment on one side and on the other side solving various social problems in order to achieve a more inclusive and sustainable growth in the local community. The aim of the TC is to gather youth workers, staff from youth centers as well as youth representatives from business incubators to gain new knowledge and skills in the fields of sustainable development, entrepreneurship education and empowerment of youth and develop strategies in fostering creative, independent and non-traditional ways of thinking and acting in their local environments. To reach its goals, the TC will focus on: - capacity building of young people involved, as a kind of foundation for the activities to come; - sustainable development, its fundamentals, current strategies and trends and best practice examples - entrepreneurship skills and their development. All this is creating a framework of necessary knowledge and skills needed for development of future ideas and projects which will be implemented in the follow-up activities, creating long-term impact and strengthening the results of the TC as contributing to young people’s spirit of initiative, creativity and entrepreneurship.