Entrepreneurship4IVS

Aims & objectives

Entrepreneurship4IVS aimed for youth workers to:
- better understand which skills are needed for an entrepreneurial mindset,
- reflect on your personal challenges in being entrepreneurial in IVS organisations,
- gain various creative and engaging entrepreneurial competences,
- develop concrete strategies for implementing the entrepreneurial mindset in the IVS organisations and activities,
- implement the action plan as well as evaluate them.

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

Entrepreneurship4IVS training programme was open to anyone:
- Involved in the field of IVS (volunteering, staff, board member, etc.), preferably through an organisation that is a member/partner in CCIVS, Alliance and/or SCI.
Based in an EU Programme Country or Partner Country (region 1-3).
- Interested in gaining entrepreneurial competences.
Committed to actively participate in all phases of the project.
- Excited about improving the IVS experience and its outcomes for (future) participants.
- Minimally 18 years old by April 2026.
- Able to speak sufficient English to be able to express yourself during the training as well as the (online) evaluation afterwards.

Training methods used & main activities

Non-formal education

Outcomes of the activity

- 27 trained youth workers in the field of IVS

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

Coordinator, co-organiser, co-trainer/facilitator, (financial) reporter

I worked on this training for 6 days days as a full time trainer.

Testimonial of the reference person

It's always a great pleasure and fun to work together :)