Over the past decade, the civil society rediscovered an area that, if not new, got a much higher visibility and relevance: social entrepreneurship. Social entrepreneurship supports driving new ideas, new visions and acts as a real catalyst for social transformation, especially in times where various sectors – including the youth field – are looking for alternatives to the dominant economic models and systems. It also supports overcoming traditional ways of working, of thinking and of envisioning solidarity. The so-called ‘economic crisis’ and the current political and social climate affect particularly vulnerable youth groups and migrants, in their living conditions, employment possibilities, autonomy and future perspectives. Additionally, in many cases, the economic crisis weakens their aspirations and their capacities to imagine their own lives out of the predominant business and individual oriented logic which has exclude them. It is at this point where citizen’s creativity should become an empowering key to strive, thrive and develop new forms of solidarity. . Social economy and – linked to it, creative social entrepreneurship - can be seen as one of the strategies for enhancing and promoting the well being of those youth groups not only in Belgium, but also in other countries. In the youth field, social entrepreneurship can also be a real boost, offering young people new ways of participation and of engaging in their local community, to act not only on their personal and professional development, but also on the collective one, through targeted projects and initiatives, in a sustainable manner. Young people are leading projects that develop parallel to the mainstream economy, hence called by some ‘alternatives’. Those collective actions address social and environmental contexts create economical opportunities and new professions in social economy. Thus, it also supports working on other approaches to young people’s employability. Hence, how to address those dimensions of social economy with young people? How to empower them to transform their ideas into social projects that cannot only impact their local communities but also contribute to earning a living? How to provoke and sustain a collective creativity to build up new projects in social economy? How to support these new ‘change-markers’ in the most adequate way, still ensuring that they take possession of the space that is theirs? Among other existing programmes, Erasmus + represents an excellent frame to convey and support such initiatives and to link them with youth work realities. Among others, youth organisations and local youth centres can provide a frame and a secured environment for such initiatives to blossom and grow. The training will be addressed to youth trainers, youth and/or social workers and other professionals working with vulnerable youth groups and/or migrants. The objectives of the training course are: - To introduce the framework of social economy and social entrepreneurship with a clear focus on their values and practice in a youth work context; - To exchange on the current situation in the partner countries with regard to social entrepreneurship and similar citizen’s initiatives; - To exchange good examples of practices of social entrepreneurship including visits to local projects in Belgium; - To explore the use of creativity, graphic/non verbal methods, motivation techniques and peer support in promoting social entrepreneurship projects with vulnerable youth groups and/or migrants; - To support shaping projects ideas on social entrepreneurship to be implemented by participants in their work with vulnerable young groups and/or migrants. The overall approach will be based on non formal learning training principles: learner-orientation and learner/person-centeredness, transparency and confidentiality, voluntary participation, participation of the learners, ownership of the learning is with the learners and democratic values and practices. The methodology will be developed alongside those principles and will have a strong focus on the self-directed learning, meaning on the responsibility of the participants in their own learning process. Methods will include inputs, working groups, exercises, debriefing, reflection groups and common session to initiate the day with a strong energetic element. The project will take place in Brussels, Belgium. The duration will be six working days (arrivals on 3rd of July 2014 and departures on the 10th of July 2014, not included in the total number of working days). The training course will include 33 participants from 11 organisations coming from 11 countries (Belgium, Spain, Slovakia, Montenegro, Portugal, Italy, Bulgaria, Turkey, Former Republic of Macedonia, Greece, and Romania ).