Young Social Enterprises with Young Entrepreneurs Erasmus Project

Project Title

Young Social Enterprises with Young Entrepreneurs

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 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

Young Social Enterprises with Young Entrepreneurs (YoSE) project is a research based project which aims to contribute development of new social enterprises and increasing institutional and financial capacity of existing social enterprises by analyzing the needs and raising awareness among different institutions at different levels. In this context, 8 intellectual outputs were created with training needs analysis of target group and non formal methodology integrated to them to compansate the needs. Outputs were tested 1 pilot training. Intellectual outputs aims young people between age of 18-30 who would like to become social entrepreneurs and enhance their capacity on social entrepreneurship. Project is also designed to create a training of trainers. A manuel has been created for the trainers.

As an intellectual output, a digital platform and interactive disc for social entrepreneurship was created to provide e-learning and blended learning opportunities. It is enable access to trainings with Open Educational Resources to anyone who would like to benefit from outputs. Intellectual outputs created in project were disseminated with multiplier event which will be held in Turkey by Okan University and other dissemination activities envisaged in the dissemination plan.

Project raises awareness on social entrepreneurship while increasing capacity of learners, trainers, related stakeholders and consortium members. By analyzing needs of young people on social entrepreneurship, a tailor made training will compansate the lack of skills of trainees, increase management skills of young people who in social enterprises and support existing social enterprises to benefit from external fund mechanisms to enhance their financial capacity.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 228752,21 Eur

Project Coordinator

Pendik Belediyesi & Country: TR

Project Partners

• FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAT ERLANGEN NURNBERG
• T.C. OKAN UNIVERSITESI
• Zirve Egitim Kurslari Teknoloji ve Iletisim Hizmetleri Sanayi Ticaret LTD. STI.
• E-Juniors
• GLAFKA s.r.o.