TransInnovation Camp for Youth Erasmus Project

Project Title

TransInnovation Camp for 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 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; Rural development and urbanisation; Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Project Summary

The project supported the involvement of young people from peripheral areas in the local and rural development and sustained their business expertise. Young people, 20/camp (4 sent by every each of the partner organizations, age 18-30) from Latvia, Hungary, Romania (Transilvania) and Finland worked together in small groups (around the topics such as local culture, agriculture, bioproducts) for a week. The main goal was that during the week, in workshops leaded by professionals and by the help of local experts, they can develop different local projects or enterprises. The Innovation camps were held in every each of the partner countries (4 altogether) and were supported by local experts in businesses. As an outcome we hope the method will be recognized as a very practical way of youngsters involvement in rural development and will be used by many organization besides the partner organisations. We do believe the method fits rural development and helps young people to get involved in the local operation and improve their expertise in businesses and multiculturalism. We collected the experiences and made a guide book, available online and in printed form and created a video as well about the project. The participating organizations were local action groups (Finland, Latvia, Hungary) and a youth organization from Transylvania.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 221850,36 Eur

Project Coordinator

Rieska-Leader ry & Country: FI

Project Partners

• Asociatia Bogatalji Mozgalom Csikrakos es Gorocsfalva
• Publisko un privato partnerattiecibu biedriba “Zied zeme”
• Mecsekvidék Helyi Közösség Egyesület
• Keskipiste-Leader ry