Young Entrepreneurs in Action: Discovering Means of Beating Unemployment

Aims & objectives

Project "Young Entrepreneurs in Action: Discovering Means of Beating Unemployment" was a 7 day training course for youth workers and youth leaders. The main aim of the project was to introduce entrepreneurship as a tool of fighting youth unemployment.

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

The project is organized and executed in Valkla Rand, Estonia with 27 participants from Cyprus, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania and Turkey.

Training methods used & main activities

NFL methods were used in the training. For example role-play activities, PBL activities, daily evaluation and self+reflection of the participants.

Outcomes of the activity

During the training the people who work directly with youth (who are either current of future job- seekers) learned 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 entrepreneurial approach into career development.

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

full-time trainer cooperating with 2 more full+time trainers.

I worked on this training for 7 days as a full time trainer.