Creative Rural Empowerment And Thinking Innovative Villages and Ecosystems through Cacao. Erasmus Project

Project Title

Creative Rural Empowerment And Thinking Innovative Villages and Ecosystems through Cacao.

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 ACP countries, Latin America and Asia

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment

Project Summary

The project “Creative Rural Empowerment And Thinking Innovative Villages and Ecosystems through Cacao” – CREATIVE CACAO will be implemented by 7 different organizations from 6 countries, (DE, IT, FR, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia) over the course of 18 months, starting on August 2018.It responds to the following challenges: rising levels of unemployment, promotion of sustainable, smart, inclusive growth and participatory processes among youth and the general migration trend from rural areas to urban ones. The main objectives are:• To provide youth with technical cooperation, innovation, and specialized knowledge on Cacao• To conceive and promote sustainable rural communities taking advantage of their assets, attracting and retaining businesses and residents of all ages, particularly youth, and ensuring that economic development results in lasting improvements, making a critical connection between economic competitiveness, agricultural and quality of life : Re-Thinking Villages It relies on the following activities:• Int’l Training in Brazil (28 participants). Topics: Agriculture and rural life as mean of re-integration into the society; Youth in global participation democratic processes; Re-Thinking Villages idea and ways of implementation.• Int’l Training in Colombia (28 participants). Topics: Cocoa production; The challenges and threats for cocoa producers; Cocoa marketing systems in cocoa producing countries; Good agricultural practices and sustainable farming; Evolution and economics of cocoa processing, quality aspects, characteristics and analysis of cocoa beans.• Int’l Training in Italy (28 participants). Topics: cocoa trade, focusing on developing awareness, knowledge, and skills; Sustainability and traceability developments in the cocoa supply chain; Understand chocolate chemistry and flavour as well as the ingredients and processes that contribute to taste; Understand the processes and machinery needed to turn dried cocoa beans into chocolate• Job Shadowing in Bolivia (6 participants) with the aim of involving relevant actors from youth work, education, politics, administration and businesses, promoting wider take up of results and outcomes. The project foresees three main dissemination activities: the Conference in Colombia, the Int’l Forum in Italy and the event in Bolivia, during which the outputs will be presented, 1) motivational and educational media production (social marketing, advocacy tool and educative entertainment); 2) academic and technical publications.The partners will integrate good practices derived from this project and the new skills developed in existing and planned offers for young people and youth workers. The trained youth workers will act in their local communities as multipliers helping to create an enabling environment, that genuinely assists young people in creating own business, in finding better or new employment opportunities and in becoming promoter of innovative rural villages and ecosystems.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 149686 Eur

Project Coordinator

STARKMACHER EV & Country: DE

Project Partners

• FUNDACION UNISOL
• ISTITUTO PROFESSIONALE PER I SERVIZI ALBERGHIERI E DELLA RISTORAZIONE CARLO PORTA
• UMAMI AREA
• INSTITUTO ITALO-LATINO AMERICANO
• OBRA SOCIAL NOSSA SENHORA DA GLORIA- FAZENDA DA ESPERANCA
• SERVICIO NACIONAL DE APRENDIZAJE