От идея до продукт
Start date: May 1, 2016,
End date: Oct 31, 2016
PROJECT
FINISHED
The project "From idea to product" is a youth exchange in the field of youth entrepreneurship, which will be implemented by 36 young people from the three partner organizations, three program countries: Bulgaria, Greece and Italy. The leading organization NGO "Young Reporter" from Bulgaria. The main objective of the project is to develop skills for youth entrepreneurship, support for expression of active citizenship and successful personal realization of a group of 36 young people from Bulgaria, Greece and Italy. Secondary objectives of the project are: - Increasing the participants' knowledge about youth entrepreneurship and their opportunities for personal and professional realization as citizens of Europe, through acquaintance with the first steps in entrepreneurship stages of preparing a business plan and the realization of an idea to a product. In this way young people will see more clearly the way to tackle youth unemployment and find new ways for their personal and social realization of the European labor market.- Developing skills for self-criticism, tolerance and teamwork among the participants by using the methods of informal and non-formal education, and improving their language skills. The project will have a duration of six months, within which will be the following activities held: preparation and planning of the exchange, motivation and selection of participants from partner organizations, establishing the level of awareness of the participants before and after the exchange, organizing a one-week exchange from 21.07.-07.27.2016 in the town of Bankya. Other foreseen activities are preparation of a handbook for youth entrepreneurship, which will be spread on the Internet. For the promotion of the project results we will publish them on social on line networks, peer and youth sites, we’ll organise presentations on regional youth forums, meetings in youth centers, media publications etc.In the project we intend to engage 36 young people aged 16-25 years, 5 of which are disadvantaged. To achieve the objectives of the project we provide the following activities: - Planning and preparation of the exchange to clarify the program and motivation and determination of the participants. Oorganizational activities on the exchange will include organizing the transport, accommodation, insurance and signing partnership agreements. The youth exchange on youth entrepreneurship will include many activities like role plays, case studies, small group work, simulations and outdoor activities. Within the exchange we will organize two meetings, a visit of a local government structure and a press conference in order to acquaint youngsters with experts in the field of entrepreneurship, and to create familiarity with key EU documents. We planne to prepare a handbook on entrepreneurship based on the results of the exchange, sharing of best practices. We envisage a publication on the Internet and disseminating the project results in social networking pages of youth organizations and in European youth platforms including a promotion among local communities. Ww will issue Youth pass certificates to all participants.