Youth Entrepreneurship Clubs Erasmus Project

Project Title

Youth Entrepreneurship Clubs

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building for youth in neighbouring and enlargement countries

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Youth Entrepreneurship Clubs (YEC) is an Erasmus+ – EaP Youth Window – partnership for entrepreneurship project (KA2) aiming at enhancing the expertise of youth organisations in Azerbaijan and Georgia in the field of entrepreneurship education through setting up Youth Entrepreneurship Clubs in both countries and co-operation with Erasmus+ Programme countries. The project is built on a strategic and long-term partnership between the applicant ECY (Azerbaijan) with KinoYeast (Georgia), DGETS (Moldova), Nefeli Education (UK), Uludag University (Turkey) and GEA (Spain). The project’s aim is to develop entrepreneurship opportunities for young people in the Eastern Partnership region in co-operation with partners from the EU/Programme countries. The project’s detailed objectives are:- Developing youth workers’ skills in entrepreneurship education – Developing entrepreneurial skills of young people through YECs in GE, AZ and MD- Exchanging experiences of young people’s entrepreneurship initiatives – Building a network of organisations and projects developing young people’s entrepreneurship – Publishing research on state of entrepreneurship and guidelines on setting up YECsThis will be supported by 10 activities: – Kick-off meeting in Baku in Nov. 2018- Seminar on the youth club model for entrepreneurship, to be held in Sumgayit, AZ, in Dec. 2018- Training of Trainers on Entrepreneurship Education and YEC approach, to be held in Khirdalan, AZ, in Feb. 2019- Setting up of three Flagship YECs in Baku, AZ, Chisinau, MD, and Tbilisi, GE, in March 2019- Youth Exchange (1) for young people to experience entrepreneurship education in an intercultural context, to be held in Batumi, Georgia, in April 2019- Youth Exchange (2) –same topic – to be held in Khirdalan in June 2019- Three multiplier events on Youth Entrepreneurship Clubs, to be held in Baku/Tbilisi/Chisinau in September 2019- A final team evaluation meeting in Chisinau in Oct. 2019- Research Publication on entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship – Final Publication: Guidelines for Setting up YECs, to be published in Oct. 2019Both publications will be uploaded onto an online interactive portal. The project’s direct impact on participants and organisations will be: – Improving youth workers’ understanding of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education using youth club facilities – Deepening the participants’ understanding of how entrepreneurship can be used as a tool for enhancing social competences of young people- Setting up Youth Entrepreneurship Clubs in Baku and TbilisiThe project’s activities will also lead to the following indirect, long-term impact: – Increasing the quality of entrepreneurship educational programmes in EaP- Engaging more young people in entrepreneurship in EaP and Programme countries Impact will be measured by a dedicated impact assessor and an impact report will be available.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 145014,3 Eur

Project Coordinator

GENCLER UCUN TEHSIL MERKEZI ICTIMAIBIRLIYI & Country: AZ

Project Partners

• ASOCIACION CULTURAL PROXIMA EDUCACION
• KINOYEAST
• NEFELI EDUCATION COMMUNITY INTERESTCOMPANY
• BURSA ULUDAG UNIVERSITESI
• GENERAL DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION, YOUTH AND SPORT