Raising entrepreneurial capacity of youth for rural development Erasmus Project

Project Title

Raising entrepreneurial capacity of youth for rural development

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

“Raising entrepreneurial capacity of youth for rural development“ (RECORD)” project was initiated and led by the Youth Cooperation Centre of Dilijan NGO (YCCD, Armenia) in partnership with Civic Initiative (Georgia), Leonardo Consorzio di Cooperative Sociali Società Cooperativa Sociale ONLUS (Italy) and International Educational Centre GEMS (Czech Republic). The 24-months project aimed to develop capacities of rural youth organisations of the Eastern Partnership region in entrepreneurship education (EE) using the local potentials of handicrafts and ecotourism. The project was built around 4 Key Activities that were interlinked and build on each other, namely: Key Activity 1/ Competence development program on entrepreneurship education for rural youth workers: one international training course on Entrepreneurship Education, one study visit to Italy, one Training of Trainers on Entrepreneurship Education and the publication of a toolbox on simulation games to foster entrepreneurial competences Key Activity 2/ International Youth Entrepreneurship School made of local outreach events in 10 communities in Armenia and Georgia, two international training courses, an e-learning course, SEED grants for EaP young entrepreneurs and a tailored mentorship programKey Activity 3/ Multi-stakeholder dialogue for entrepreneurship education in EaP rural regions : stakeholders meetings in 10 rural communities in Armenia and Georgia, 10 local workshops on Entrepreneurship Education for professionals of formal, vocational and non-formal education sectors, one international seminar for cross-sectoral partnership-building on Entrepreneurship Education and two large-scale Regional Entrepreneurship Fairs in Dilijan (Armenia) and Tsnori (Georgia)Key Activity 4/ Management and visibility activities to assure quality RECORD proposes an innovative approach to rural community development by promoting entrepreneurship education as a tool to foster youth employability anchored to the local assets of the target EaP regions, that is cultural and natural heritage, while building cross-sectorial partnerships of stakeholders in education, youth, training, labour and public sectors.The “Raising entrepreneurial capacity of youth for rural development“ (RECORD)” project reached following specific objectives: 1. Qualified participated youth workers in entrepreneurship education (EE) in rural areas using the local potential of the targeted regions in handicrafts and ecotourism2. Enhanced economic opportunities and employability of rural youth in the EU and in EaP region thanks to entrepreneurial skills development 3. Promoted youth entrepreneurship education as a model for raising youth employability in EaP rural areas through piloting an International Youth Entrepreneurship School (IYES)4. Strengthened cooperation among local authorities, formal and vocational schools, youth organisations, civil society organisations in the education and training sector, local small and medium enterprises and businesses based in EU and EaP countries, in the field of entrepreneurship education.

Project Website

http://record.training

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 149986,72 Eur

Project Coordinator

YOUTH COOPERATION CENTRE OF DILIJAN NGO & Country: AM

Project Partners

• CIVIC INITIATIVE
• MEZINARODNI VZDELAVACI CENTRUM GEMS
• LEONARDO – CONSORZIO DI COOPERATIVESOCIALI SOCIETA COOPERATIVA SOCIALE ONLUS