Konkurss “Radām Novadam” (Starptautiskais nosaukums “Create for Region”, kas tiek adaptēts nacionālajās dalībvalstīs) Erasmus Project

Project Title

Konkurss “Radām Novadam” (Starptautiskais nosaukums “Create for Region”, kas tiek adaptēts nacionālajās dalībvalstīs)

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: Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy) ; Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education

Project Summary

Project “Create for Region” is a students’ business project contest in which students’ teams are realizing their business ideas in counties where they have chosen to work. The goal of each team is to create as much economic value as possible for their county – new jobs, higher investments, new income sources for locals, new tax revenues for municipalities etc.
This contest is different from all other business competitions, because it values the economic results instead of business ideas or plans. Thus, it helps youngsters to develop ability to take risks and responsibility; it motivates orientation towards results and willingness to create businesses that not only bring value and prosperity to themselves, but also for society. In order to do all that, students can create their own companies or simply assist to local companies or organizations. With the financial support of “Erasmus+: Youth in Action” program, the project was run in three countries -Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia from September 1, 2014 till August 31, 2016.
One of the main tasks of the project was to test different approaches in different countries in order to get as much data as possible and to come up with the most effective framework for organizing such a project in any other country. Due to different reasons the contest fully was run only in Latvia.There were two stages carried out in Estonia: the preparation and selection of the teams (Sep2014 – May2015). In Lithuania, preparation, teams selection and ideas’ development stages happened in full scale, but the execution of ideas – only partially. In the course of this pilot project teams of young people in Latvia and and Lithuania created 17 new companies and organizations, 7 new job places and attracted around 200000 EUR in financing for their business projects.
The project was acknowledged as the best entreprenourship promotion project in Latvia 2016 and was nominated to EEPA award as the best entreprenourship promotion project in Europe in 2016.
In the frame of the project there were developed methodology for implementation such project in different countries and recommendations for improving entrprenourship support tools for youth .
Project results were introduced to 20 young people organizations in different countries.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 53158,5 Eur

Project Coordinator

SIA 3ZD & Country: LV

Project Partners

• VsI Inovaciju biuras
• JCI Latvia