Empowering Rural Tourism through Entreprenuership with Youth Erasmus Project

Project Title

Empowering Rural Tourism through Entreprenuership with Youth

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 : Strategic Partnerships for youth

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Rural development and urbanisation; Open and distance learning; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education

Project Summary

The project RURALYOUTH forms a lifelong education system for tourism students who would like
to be an entrepreneur in rural areas so the effective open-source education system as the output of the project provides
improvement of the quality and efficiency of education and training as being indicated under the 2020 European
Cooperation in education and training. According to the creativity and innovation features of the project
RURALYOUTH offers education and training at all level on the open access system. This social inclusive education
the system provides new opportunities for being entrepreneurs at international level with the social aspect. The project
RURALYOUTH creates actions to improve knowledge of agricultural, touristic, rural, cultural and
entrepreneurship among young people and will prevent miss-match for tourism students. With this project, which was formed with 5 partners, it was
aimed to support the development of rural areas, to support lifelong learning, to increase awareness of the nationality through education and technology-based distance education model and to develop action plans in line with the European Youth Strategy.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 160645 Eur

Project Coordinator

ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITESI & Country: TR

Project Partners

• SLOVENSKA TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA V BRATISLAVE
• VYTAUTO DIDZIOJO UNIVERSITETAS
• UNIWERSYTET WARMINSKO MAZURSKI W OLSZTYNIE
• Eskisehir Metropolitan Municipality
• ProEduca z.s.