EntrepRural Socialy KA2 Erasmus+ project
Mobility in Tempio Pausania (Sardinia, Italy) started!
Transactional partner meeting in Bucharest
28.-29.06.2022 Bucharest (Romania)
The last project TPM is finished, during our meeting we discuss different things:
- Assessing the results of the program on the basis of hosting organizations' Reporting and participants' feedback
- Planning the elaboration of the comprehensive Format
- Discussing and assessing the first results of project Dissemination
- Discussing project Final Evaluation Report
- Planning of future cooperation and follow-up
Transactional Partner Meeting in Sofia
Today all representatives of partner organisation are going home from Transnational partner meeting and we want to inform you that our third Blended mobility is planed in Italy (Sassari) 03/05 to 08/05 (travelling days on 02/05 and 09/05) and we will focus on ICT, as a crucial area of expertise of a social entrepreneur profile and sector. of direct entrepreneurial engagement
EntrepRural Socialy KA2 Erasmus+ project
Mobility in Tempio Pausania (Sardinia, Italy) started!
2-8 May 2022
Getting to know each other, team building, discussing social entrepreneurship and setting up social entrepreneurial ideas!
Introduction to the potential of Social Media& ICT insstruments
Introduction to ICT entrepreneurship. Digital Technologies as a field of Social Business
Digital Technologies as a field of Social Business
Introduction to Blogging and Web Development
Latvia, Italy, Romania and Bulgaria
The project “EntrepRURAL socialy” was financed with the support of European Commission’s “Erasmus+: Youth in Action” administered in Latvia by the Agency for International Programs for Youth. This publication reflects only the author’s views, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
Kick-off meeting 04/09/2020:
Partners talked about the first steps and tasks for the project.
Blended Youth Mobility on Personal development:
The partner organisation SUSHAL HUB SDRUZHENIE implemented the project’s first blended youth mobility on 4-11 of June in sunny and beautiful Varna, in Bulgaria. The activity hosted 32 youth NEETs aged 18- 30 participating, with the support of 8 selected trainers and experienced youth workers coming from each partner country (Bulgaria, Latvia, Italy and Romania). “The Blended Youth Mobility on Personal development” focused on Personal development and Rural Needs’ Analysis, in order to identify the grassroots local community needs to be catered by means of Social Entrepreneurship action.
During the first day, the participants were involved in ice-breaking and team building activities to facilitate the group composition and enhance the cultural learning capabilities. The trainers explained the Erasmus+ programme opportunities and objectives, involving a quiz game designed to keep the participants attention on numbers and statistics. The presentation included information regarding the KA2 call in particular and the Youthpass certification which would be delivered at the end of the mobility.
The second day focused on personal development and soft skills, specifically on improving self-awareness and self-knowledge, building participants identity/self-esteem, strategies or plans for reaching goals, critical thinking and sense of initiative. The trainers tailored a specific set of activities using non-formal education methodology and learn by doing approach to up-skill and build the participants persona to be prepared for the upcoming days.
The third day was built around the choices and alternatives we have to impact the local communities, framing the context problematic and attempting to bring feasible solutions. Through trainers’ facilitation, the participants developed several action plans in groups and shared their ideas with the others, spawning productive debates and suggestion to polish the group analysis and the required solutions.
The fourth day brought new skills in the full front with the development of digital campaigns. The scope behind was devising innovative initiatives addressing pressing urban challenges affecting youths in a creative way. Divided in groups, the participants developed several digital campaigns based on the action plans they had developed in the third day. The digitalization factor showed the connectivity advantage and the possibility to disseminate ideas among them and further.
The last two days closed the activity circle with the social entrepreneurship. After explaining the definition, the participant developed their own start-up ideas using the design thinking approach, empathizing and observing the problem/needs synergy in the defined contexts. With the design of the Social Entrepreneurship Workplans, the trainers distributed the certificated in the Youthpass ceremony, wishing the participants to get involved in the upcoming second mobility and proceed with their successful development in the social entrepreneurship field of interest.
Transnational Project Meeting: Sassari, Italy
N° of participants: 8, 2 per partner organization
Profile: experienced youth workers members of the Management Team
Blended Mobility:
N° of participants: 32 participants (the same groups of 8 youngsters per country in the 3 Blended Youth Mobilities). 1 experienced youth worker (accompanying person) and one trainer/facilitator per partner organization will take part in the activities alongside each national group.
Age: 18-30
Profile: Young NEET from rural areas:
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Interested in and motivated by the acquisition of entrepreneurial skills and abilities to promote their integration into education, participation and the labor market;
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Interested and motivated to establish their own social entrepreneur initiative;
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Commit to participate in the entire course and get support from youth organizations;
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Live in one of the eligible countries;
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No minimum English proficiency required.
Blended Youth Mobility on Storytelling and Social Entrepreneurship:
The partner organization RAIBAIS KAKIS implemented the project in 2 parts, first and second part blended youth mobility on 5-12 of August in beautiful Semenova, in Balvi County and the second part on 4-11 of October. The activity hosted, in every part, 20 youth NEETs, aged 18- 30 participating, with the support of 4 selected trainers and experienced youth workers coming from each partner country (Bulgaria, Latvia, Italy and Romania). “The Blended Youth Mobility on Storytelling and Social Entrepreneurship” focused on Personal development and Rural Needs’ Analysis, in order to identify the grassroots local community needs to be catered by means of Social Entrepreneurship action.
During the first day, the participants were involved in ice-breaking and team-building activities to facilitate the group composition and enhance the cultural learning capabilities. The trainers explained the Erasmus+ program opportunities and objectives, involving a quiz game designed to keep the participant's attention on numbers and statistics. The presentation included information regarding the KA2 call in particular and the Youthpass certification which would be delivered at the end of the mobility.
The second day focused on an introduction to storytelling, specifically on how to develop motivation through storytelling, building participants identity/self-esteem, public speaking and plans for reaching goals, critical thinking and sense of initiative. The trainers tailored a specific set of activities using non-formal education methodology and learn by doing approach to up-skill and build the participants persona to be prepared for the upcoming days.
The third day was built around building a social entrepreneurial idea, on how to present it and work as a team. Through trainers’ facilitation, the participants developed several action plans in groups and shared their ideas with the others, spawning productive debates and suggestion to polish the group analysis and the required solutions.
The fourth day brought new skills in the full front with the storytelling and the corporate idea ,external idea of a social business/ product/ initiative. The scope behind this was devising innovative initiatives addressing pressing urban challenges affecting youths in a creative way. Divided in groups, the participants developed several stories based on the action plans they had developed in the third day.
The last two days closed the activity circle with exploring digital media and video production and advertise. After explaining the definition, the participant developed their own start-up ideas and advertised it in a smartly built video. With the design of the Social Entrepreneurship Workplans, the trainers distributed the certificated in the Youthpass ceremony, wishing the participants to get involved in the upcoming second mobility and proceed with their successful development in the social entrepreneurship field of interest.
