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Young Entrepreneurs in Action II: Combating Unempl..
Young Entrepreneurs in Action II: Combating Unemployment
Start date: Nov 1, 2014,
End date: Jun 30, 2015
PROJECT
FINISHED
"Young Entrepreneurs in Action II: Combating Unemployment" will be organised by the Malta UNESCO Youth Association at the Marsaxlokk Youth Activity Centre, Malta from the 7th to 14th April 2014 (5 working days, 2 travel days) following the guidelines for 2014 of Key Action 1 - Learning Mobility of Individuals, Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission. Supported by trainers and support staff, this project will include 27 youth workers and youth leaders from 9 countries including Malta, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania. The main aim of the project is to introduce youth entrepreneurship as a tool for fighting youth unemployment. During the training course participants who work directly with young people (who are either current or future job-seekers) will learn how to introduce the idea of entrepreneurship to young people, how to motivate them to be pro-active and how to support them during the process of applying an entrepreneurial approach into career development.The project’s methodology will be based on the principles of non-formal education. During the training course, participants will have the opportunity to explore entrepreneurship through multimedia presentations, interviews, plenary discussions, open space technology, creative workshops, role plays, active selling simulation exercises, presentations of good practices and more. During the training course participants will also be provided with sufficient space and support to exchange experience, present their organisations and plan future projects.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Revised Summary as per email dated: 15th May 2014.(Local Annex)"Young Entrepreneurs in Action II: Combating Unemployment" will be organised by the Malta UNESCO Youth Association at the Marsaxlokk Youth Activity Centre, Malta from the 16th to 23rd February 2015 (6 working days, 2 travel days) following the guidelines for 2014 of Key Action 1 - Learning Mobility of Individuals, Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission. Supported by trainers and support staff, this project will include 28 youth workers and youth leaders from 8 countries including Malta, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. The main aim of the project is to introduce youth entrepreneurship as a tool for fighting youth unemployment. During the training course participants who work directly with young people (who are either current or future job-seekers) will learn how to introduce the idea of entrepreneurship to young people, how to motivate them to be pro-active and how to support them during the process of applying an entrepreneurial approach into career development.The project’s methodology will be based on the principles of non-formal education. During the training course, participants will have the opportunity to explore entrepreneurship through multimedia presentations, interviews, plenary discussions, open space technology, creative workshops, role plays, active selling simulation exercises, presentations of good practices and more. During the training course participants will also be provided with sufficient space and support to exchange experience, present their organisations and plan future projects.