Girls who do 2.0

Aims & objectives

A trilateral practice-based seminar linking theoretical knowledge and practical experience in the field of social entrepreneurship, social innovations and alternative business organizations models seen in a local context.
Aims and objectives
- To empower the participants through useful and practical knowledge and skills to support young people (and in particular young women) to initiate and carry out their own projects
- To inspire the participants to innovative idea creation by visiting organizations working with non-conventional methods of empowerment of young entrepreneurs.
- To enhance cooperation and exchange of good practices and information among participants.
- To inform young people about national and European resources (methods, funding) useful for venture creation for sustainable local development.
- To introduce the participants to social entrepreneurship business models for sustainable local development.
- To promote a discussion about implementation of different innovative business models in other countries and environments.

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

The training was facilitated by two trainers from Sweden by the assignment of Swedish national agency.

Training methods used & main activities

- study visits
- reflection sessions
- team building and group dynamics activities
- panel debates
- intercultural meetings and presentations
- meetings with local entrepreneurs
- practical workshops
- simulation excersises
- brainstorming
- questioning excersises
- open workshops
- meetings with local officials for a panel debates and workshops.

Outcomes of the activity

- participants got practical knowledge and skills for empowerment of young women,
- innovative capacity of the participants increased due to special sessions and methods used.
- there was active cooperation and exchange of good practices among participants.
- the discussion about young people's voice and power in society, was raised and enhanced.
- Participants were introduced to social entrepreneurship business model.
- Discussion about implementation of different innovative business models in other countries and environments was set on a practical level and disseminated in the participants' networks.

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

- Overall planning and overview of the project.
- Scheduling study visits.
- Conducting workshops on challenging matters of local development.
- Facilitating networking with local stakeholders.
- Contributing to formal facilitation of the activity and report.
- Organizing the logistics in order to raise the efficiency of the training.

I worked on this training for 8 days as a full time trainer.