Inclusion through Entrepreneurship

Aims & objectives

1. Increasing the innovative entrepreneurial knowledge of 22 youth workers through nonformal education and preparing them to transfer the acquired good practices to their peers in their local communities and apply them in their daily work with disadvantaged youth;

2. Equipping 22 youth workers with the necessary tools to work with young people (especially NEETs) to foster their initiative spirit and prepare them to increase their ability to actively participate in society and develop their own enterprises;

3. Building international cooperation and
increasing the existing networks, enhancing the capacity of 6 NGOs through creating a common online platform to exchange experience and practices.

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

The training involved 20 youth workers aged 18+ from the partners NGOs' staff (volunteers, social workers, educators, counselors, trainers and other related staff), involved with local youth, especially NEETs, and who are using non-formal educational methods in
their daily activities aiming to contribute to youth employability, coming from: Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, France, Italy and Spain.

Training methods used & main activities

Our daily program was divided in 4 - 1:30 hours sessions, 1 hours reflection/evaluation and inter-cultural evenings. In terms of NFE methods (indoor-outdoor), we have used in a holistic approach:
- Energisers before each session;
- Plenary inputs by trainers/experts;
- Guest speakers/study visits - opportunity to listen and observe how ‘others do it’;
- Presentations of participants;
- Digital content creation sessions (videos, posters, e-guide);
- Topic-related board games;
- Team-building, ice-breaking activities;
- One-to-one, group work based on discussion, debates, brainstorming, sharing ideas;
- Learning by doing - especially when testing the tools and undertaking practical exercises;
- Role-play, world-café, forum theater;
- Study cases, problem solving scenarios;
- Cultural awareness activities;
- Open spaces sessions where participants choose their topics of interests;
- Thematic board games;
- Daily reflection/evaluations of the learning process.

Outcomes of the activity

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Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

I was the co-trainer.

I worked on this training for 9 days as a full time trainer.