Youth ENTREPRENEURization

The international training course “Youth ENTREPRENEURization” aims to train and equip youth workers and youth leaders working directly with young unemployed people in deprived rural and urban areas with essential business and entrepreneurial knowledge and skills and support them to contribute to tackling of the problem of unemployment among youth through promoting self-employment and entrepreneurial culture. Unforgettable intercultural experience! The Training aims to provide an unforgettable and rich intercultural experience where people from different countries and culture bring their touch and insights creating a synergy of learning and new friendships. Unemployment is a big challenge in Europe and neighboring partner countries. The problem is more severe in case of young people with fewer opportunities living in deprived rural and urban areas due to limitations related to their geographic location and lack of access to education and work opportunities. Entrepreneurship is an alternative (and also creative) approach to create jobs and improve livelihoods and economic independence of young people. It helps integrate youth into the value creating cycle of the economy. Objectives of the training course: - Deepen the understanding about the concept of self-employment and entrepreneurship within the context of youth. - Study the status-quo of young unemployed people in deprived rural and urban areas. Map reasons and consequences of long term joblessness. - Explore ways, methods and tools to help unemployed young people make a transition to self-employed. - Share best practices on how to integrate alienated and marginalized youth back into the value creating cycle of the economy and give them a sense of responsibility and empowerment. - Developing business ideas, entrepreneurial initiatives and partnerships among participants. - Promoting Erasmus + Programme and opportunities for youth in rural and urban areas and shape a comprehensive understanding about what can be done under Erasmus + Programme to tackle the problem of unemployment through youth work. - Develop and publish an electronic catalogue of tools and approaches for effective youth work with young people with fewer opportunities in rural and urban areas.