Project DEAL – Developing Entrepreneurial Abilities Laboratory - gathered together youth workers, youth leaders and young people with entrepreneurial spirit in order to empower young people and motivate them to find their passion in life and turn it into action. We aim to create a safe learning environment where young people will be able to learn and experiment with ideas, methods, skills and tools bringing them closer to innovative entrepreneurship. Special emphasis will be given on developing their key competences. The project aims to ensure an entrepreneurial approach to solving social and environmental problems in Greece and Ireland and to encourage and support the development of a new generation of social entrepreneurs. The DEAL consists two training events: The first training 27 June – 4 July 2016, with 26 participants from the two countries plus 2 trainers and 2 facilitators venue Tipperary Ireland. The second training 29 August -05 September 2016, with 26 participants from the two countries plus 2 trainers and 2 facilitators venue Florina, Greece The learning objectives of this project are:- To boost entrepreneurial mindsets of young people;- To equip youngsters out of the market with new competences and increase the quality of youth work;- To raise awareness for the importance of innovation and creativity in the development of their skills;- To empower participants to act as multipliers of good practices and disseminate relevant information and skills to involved stakeholders;- To explore possibilities for future cooperation among participants and partner organizations- To become inspired social entrepreneur or change-maker; At the end of the project it is expected to have concrete ideas for social ventures, to create on-line platform (blog) for mapping the social entrepreneurship opportunities in the countries part of this project and to continue the cooperation and networking between the participant. In future we want to gather again and to know how the development of the ideas goes and what the young people need – directly support the early stage development of these social entrepreneurs by providing a range of supports that include financial investment, technical training, peer networking, mentoring or links to other social entrepreneur networks.This project will be based on non-formal education. In brief, the following working methods will be devised:- Plenary discussions for sharing and exchange of views, thoughts, ideas, etc.- Multimedia presentations, for information transmission and theoretical analysis.- Experiencing: different educational settings, different non formal education methods (role playing, simulation games, exercises)- Simulation exercises for skills development- Participants' workshops- Work in small groups for the sake of sharing and developing cooperation.- Workshops for detailed exploration of specific issues (such as learning styles, personal development plan, job interview, tools etc).- Reflecting on the methods and their impacts, on the power and limits of NFE

NEE(D)T Youth Work is seven days long training course on the topic of neet youth. Training course will be held in Črnomelj, Slovenia in november 2017. On this training course there will be 28 participants, trainers and facilitators from 16 partner organisations from 13 countries. Youth Center BIT in its environment identifies many young people who have fell on the edge of society due to the loss of over 1,500 employement places in local community. Their radicalization can be prevented only with new knowledges and dialogue, which has to lead towards creative approaches how to integrate young people in local community. This is not just Črnomelj municipality or let's say Bela krajina problem, but European also. The future of Europe depends on the millions of young Europeans aged between 15 and 29 years old. Unfortunately, young people today are facing excessive percentage of unemployment which is result of economic crisis in 2008. One of six young Europeans is facing a risk to become marginalized. These are young people coming from the most vulnerable groups in terms of employment. They are »Notin Education, Employment, or Training«-NEET.Neet youth is living in circumstances which are really discouraging. Therefore, with this training we want to teach and prepare youth workers to help, advise and assist neet youth in a way that they find a better life. We want to revert back self-confidence and self-awareness to neet youth. We know that they have a lot of talents, skills, knowledge and competences that can lead to employement and thereby to the full membership in the local community. Due to the special circumstances in which NEET youth is, it is important that youth workers learn how to approach and where and how they can use non-formal methods when dealing with neet youth. In this way, they help them to begin with »better me« period. Youth workers can lead and advise NEET young people in taking their first steps in employment or going back to school. In addition, youth workers can provide information on training opportunities if youth is interested in that. So, the training NEE(D)T Youth work is dedicated to youth workers, especially those dealing with NEET young people. On the training, youth workers will get all the necessary knowledge, methods, non-formal approaches that are necessary for analysis of todays youth. Through workshops and other activities youth workers can make positive impact on the local community and NEET young people to transform their skills and talents into opportunities for employment.Main objectives of the project are:- getting all necessary knowledge, competences and skills that deal with NEET youth and in this way enrich youth work and be successful at it.- to be able to analyse current situation of youth in own country and learn new techniques and methods which can be implemented in similar workshops in the partner organizations.- To experience a variety of motivational techniques and informal workshops which can help youth workers to advise and help neet youth in first steps towards employent and / or education.- Through non-formal presentations, reflections,.. provide support for dealing with life obstacles and to understand the needs that NEET youth has, and lead them towards life goals - employment / education / training.- To strengthen long-term cooperation between partner organizations, since new ideas and projects will be developed on the training. - Develop a platform for sharing good practices, information, materials, workshop descriptions, which can be used by all those interested in this topic.

"Main goal of the project ""EduGaming for Diversity"" is to build capacities of youth organization to contribute to a cohesive and active society, through developing specific competencies in designing educational games addressing social and global issues. More specific objectives are:o To increase the level of knowledge and awareness of youth workers and young people in topics like: social exclusion, intercultural learning and promotion of diversity;o To develop practical competencies of youth workers in designing and applying new educational games in youth work;o To develop pro-active attitudes of youth workers to approaching excluded young people;o To increase the level of creativity, innovation, self confidence and trust of youth workers in educational games;o To enable youth workers to act as educational games multipliers in their communities;o To develop abilities to facilitate educational games in diverse settings and youth work contexts; o To contribute to a long-term change in educational approach in youth field.These objectives are fulfilled by implementing two mobility activities for youth workers and youth leaders from 9 European countries and building their capacities to create and effectively use educational table top games in direct work with young people, with focus on youth work programs with topics of diversity, intercultural learning and social inclusion. In addition to training courses, participants were supported in creating educational table top games, based on the needs of their target group, with the goal to encourage young people to take active part in promoting diversity, fostering intercultural learning and ensuring social inclusion. After second training course, participants were working on developing educational and youth work programs, centered around topic of diversity, while using table top games as method for education, awareness raising and call to action.Results of this project include 5 new educational table top games developed and disseminated to interested organizations in Europe, as well as greater interest among youth workers for using educational table-top games in their work with young people and their confidence in creating new and innovative games based on young people needs and interests."

EU Urban Session is a youth exchange with 25 young participants from France, Portugal, Albania, Romania and Slovenia, to be held in the Montbéliard Urban Area during 10 days.Participants are from disadvantaged area and the project will support their social and professional inclusion through skills training in the areas of mobility and European citizenship, culture and urban development.for 10 days, participants will act in the fields of education, creativity and citizenship, through activities focused on the practice of visual arts, dance and social relations.locally, the objective of EU Urban Session will provide a platform for young people encountering social obstacles and to facilitate their integration through the creation of international projects.

"<< Objectives >>This application for the PBA Valuing the Youth Workers Expertise to Develop Social Entrepreneurship was designed starting from the interest of the coordinator and partner organizations to find new partners and to develop new ideas of projects on the topic of social entrepreneurship. The coordinator and the partners wanted to develop new activities through which to contribute to raise employment amoug youth, especially those marginalized. The partners are representing communities with a high level of unemployability among youth, which rose even more during Covid time. Also, the partners are willing also to addres to the fact that the authorities don’t offer enough attention to the marginalized groups in order to support them in being included on the labour market. Through the project the partners were interested to: sharing the own knowledge and expertize and gainind new perspectives from the other youth workers, making an exchange of know how related the Erasmus+ youth projects in general and those on the topic of social entrepreneurship in particular, raising the number of active youth workers on the topic of social entrepreneurship, understanding the efficiency of the non formal methodology and how can be developed on long term, identifying ways of valuing the social entrepreneurship for the community developement and inclusion of marginalized groups, developing the competences of writing and managing projects of the youth workers that participated at the Partnership Building Activity, developing the capacity of youth workers to work with young people with fewer opportunities, developing new partnerships for future projects.In December 2019, took place the partners’ evaluation meeting of the project DIVE 3: Zero to One> 1 to N. The project was the third in a series of complementary projects in the field of promoting the skills and abilities of youth workers for the development of social entrepreneurship. The projects Dive in Social Entrepreneurship, Dive deeper into Social Entrepreneurship and DIVE3: Zero to One> 1 to N projects are Erasmus + KA2 projects. The issue raised by 3 partners from the above mentioned projects was whether there are enough projects to valorize the expertise of youth workers to contribute to the formation of the spirit of social entrepreneurship among young people.In 2020, when the pandemic caused by Covid19 also appeared, these 3 partners continued the communication and found that unemployment increased, especially among the young generation. 2020 would have been a year in which a well developed framework of social entrepreneurship could have helped reduce the effects of the pandemic on disadvantaged groups and the community. Thus, the partners brought to attention the need for the development of new projects by partners from different states in order to act unitary and innovative in promoting social entrepreneurship.The project partners have a diversity of activities addressed to young people at local, national and international level, including addressing the needs of different categories of marginalized young people.The project Valuing the Youth Workers Expertise to Develop Social Entrepreneurship aimed to valorize the expertise of youth workers to develop future projects that produce social change in the youth sector to include marginalized groups.The objectives of the project were:• To facilitate the exchange of know-how in the field of social inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities among 30 youth workers in order to increase the quality of future projects;• To increase the knowledge of 30 youth workers for the initiation of future social entrepreneurship projects aimed at the inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities• To develop a number of 4 new Erasmus + projects on the topic of social entrepreneurship that will contribute to facilitating the integration on the labor market of marginalized young people.<< Implementation >>The PBA Valuing the Youth Workers Expertise to Develop Social Entrepreneurship was organized between 16 – 25 March 2022 in Iasi, Romania with 30 youth workers participants from 8 countries: Romania, Croatia, Greece, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal and Turkey. The PBA was based as it was planned on the Open Space methodology that leaded to concieve 4 new ideas of Erasmus+ projects.Within the PBA for each Open Space session it was respected the format proposed through the application as follows: each time were chosen 4 moderators, the participants decided what and how they want to achieve the results, the debriefing included the results and conclusions of the working groups and also were brought ideas for improvements, all results being written in the 4 project applications in work, also each time being taken into consideration the fact that the projects are aimed to be applied in the future by the partners. Thus, the topics addressed were the following:Day I – Introduction, knowing each other, expectations, fears, contributions, understanding Open Space methodologyDay II - Presentation of organizations (e.g. objectives, main activities, staff, contact)Day III - Erasmus+ Presentation, Youthpass and key competencesDay IV - Social entrepreneurship and increasing the employability of disadvantaged young people (e.g. definition, situation, challenges, solutions)Day V - Objectives, activities and efficient methods in developing youth workers competences to organize activities on the social entrepreneurship topic through which to contribute the social inclusion of youth with fewer opportunitiesDay VI – Learning results through the new created projectsDay VII – Impact, dissemination and follow-up in the 4 projectsDay VIII – Finalising the 4 project ideas and presentation through non-formal methods, analysed with the other teamsDay IX - Creation of dissemination plans (e.g. ways to promote the Guide) and co-creation of a common follow-up plan (e.g. future projects)The day X included the final evaluation of the PBA through discussions, completion of questionnaires, writing personalized messages, etc. Participants also gave short interviews about the activities and results of the meeting. At the end of the day in an official ceremony, the participants received the Youthpass Certificates.During the days were implemented energizers at the request of the participants and also many times the energizers were proposed by them. At the end of each day, time for evaluative reflection was given and on the fifth day a more complex intermediate evaluation was carried out, including several informational aspects regarding methods, logistics, accommodation and meals, in order to take additional measures if necessary.The project facilitators being persons with many project approved, offered support and reccomandations in each stage for the good development of the 4 applications of projects.<< Results >>The Parteneship Building Activity Valuing Youth Workers Expertise to Develop Social Entrepreneurship had as impact the development of participants, as youth workers resource persons in their organizations, by identifying new future ways of collaboration for the integration of marginalized young people on the labor market by valuing social entrepreneurship field.Participants have gained more knowledge about the Erasmus+ program and its actions through exchange of know-how and information received directly from youth workers who have managed such projects. The “new” participants in Erasmus + projects became more motivated to apply projects in the future within this program with the theme of social entrepreneurship, and those with a rich experience have discovered specific “tips & tricks”. Through the feedback received from both the participants and the facilitators, the participants improved their competences of writing projects and managing the non-formal methods specific to social entrepreneurship projects and not only.As results, the participants are more aware of the situation of the people with different fewer opportunities and are willing to take action more responsible for the inclusion of marginalized young people knowing methods and having already tested tools that can have results and can be adapted to local specificities. The participants developed strategic thinking, moderation skills, synthesis skills, facilitating learning outcomes, the ability to transfer knowledge and experiences by assuming the coordination of specific meetings through the open space method, the ability to assimilate new information, creativity in proposals of future projects.The participants gained new experiences, new results, new models of good practice, new skills developed, new tools useful for daily activities with young people in order to facilitate access to the labor market. The project has sustainable impact, because the participants are youth workers actively involved in non-governmental organizations, some with experience in projects with the theme of social entrepreneurship, which will contribute to the application of knowledge and skills for future development of local/international youth activities or projects, implicitly developing the activity of the organization.The project had a positive impact on the promoters development of the youth activity, on all 10. The participants transmited within the partner organizations acquired information, the developed partnerships, and the partners already valued and continue to value the competencies developed by applying future projects within new Erasmus+.The partners establish long-term cooperation agreements with the youth workers participating in the PBA, these being an important resource for the partner organizations.All these will have contribution to increase the access on the labor market of the marginalized young people both from the partner communities in the project, as well as in other communities with organizations interested in valorizing the results and tools of the project.By posting online ""The Young person of the Week"" that promoted young people from the 10 countries that have managed to make social changes visible in the community, each community gained a positive visibility at international level.The project had an indirect and long-term impact on the partner communities and at European level, by developing the competencies of the 30 youth workers able to valorize the expertise of the other youth workers with whom they have carried out new projects. From 4 new projects, 2 already were applied and 2 are still on the working process, because one of the project was extended from KA1 to KA2 and will be subbmited at dead-line from the next year. Besided the partners from the project, were also coopted other new partners. The increase of the organizational capacity of the 10 partners implicitly contributes to the development of the communities of origin, the youth workers bringing their contribution by valorizing the received information, using the competences in new activities and projects in their communities, bringing resources, etc.An unexpected but welcome result was the establishment of new companies by two of the youth workers present at the PBA after the participation."