<< Objectives >>This training course was aimed for youth workers, who are working with young people. The main aim of this project was to educate youth workers in the field of entrepreneurship with a focus on SE. We aimed to equip the participants with knowledge of entrepreneurship that they would then pass on to youth. We focused on SE so that with the information on SE and with knowledge and skills on entrepreneurship itself, these youth workers could open their own SE and/or help their organisation follow the SE path.The objectives of this project are: -To help the youth workers to get hands on thе ‘Dеsign Thinking’ process, by creating business ideas inspired from prе-dеfinеd challenges in thеir local communities.-Show what it takes to be an entrepreneur and how to manage risk taking.-To tackle the topics of leadership, Self-empowerment, time management, risk assessment and team work which are all essential in the area of entrepreneurship. -To help the participants to get an experience on the Canva business model and how to adapt the Canva business model for the planning of a social enterprise. -Up-skill youth workers to foster the employability and sense of initiative with the young people that they work with. Through this project we gave competencies to youth workers on how to educate young people in starting a business. One outcome was that once the knowledge was transferred from the youth workers to the youth, the youth had better support system and guidance towards the right support needed to start up a business venture that had the possibility of growing more in the future and thus employing more people within the same society. This led to a multiplying effect.Furthermore, as the youth workers were empowered and given skills on how to effectively open and run a business with a focus on SE, they were given all the knowledge to open a SE themselves, which benefitted them, and the whole community. Also, these entrepreneurial skills that were to the youth workers, are now used by the youth workers themselves, in the running of their organisations.Apart from training youth workers on the area of entrepreneurship, this training indirectly trained the youth workers that took part in this training course on how to make use of digital tools in their youth work activities. As we had a number of preparatory online sessions, carried out by the trainers, the participants also learnt what mediums one can make use of for delivering online sessions, how to plan and deliver and online session and how to make it interactive. Thus, this was a holistic learning experiences for our participants who had the opportunity to sharpen their skills on various areas.<< Implementation >>Our training course, Fighting Youth Unemployment Through Social Entrepreneurship during and after COVID-19, was a 6 day (Plus two travel days), training course was held in Megara Greece between the 10 – 17th of September 2021with participants coming from Poland, Romania, Croatia, Lithuania, Spain, Italy, Greece and Malta. The training had sessions that aimed to educate youth workers in the field of entrepreneurship with a focus on social entrepreneurship. Now these youth workers, are in a better position to equip young people with skills and knowledge that is now helping them think in an entrepreneurial way. We also equipped them with leadership skills and now they are capable to start their own social business.All the planned activities made use of non-formal methods of education to implement the sessions. The sessions made use of methods like, Energizers, Team building, simulations, workshops, on-site visits outdoor activities and discussions amongst others.All the activities involved, included non-formal methods of learning. The programme was divided in a way that one session lead to another, thus creating a flow that kept the participants learning and also kept them motivated and always ready for the next step. The training was divided into three main parts. In the first part, the participants got more skills and knowledge on entrepreneurship and the traits of an entrepreneur, more knowledge on the different types of entrepreneurships and also knowledge on social entrepreneurship. In the second part, they started thinking on the need that they want to address and then they started developing their business idea. During this time, they had the opportunity to meet successful social entrepreneurs and also to visit a successful social enterprise and a local incubator centre. After they pitched their idea to the sharks the project passed on to the third and final stage that is where the participants learnt more on funds that they can make use of to kick start their idea. The selected participants for this training course had to be one of these categories: -Yоuth wоrkers whо are empowering young people, and regularly соnduсting lосal aсtivities with young people in the areas of employment and entrepreneurship.-Youth workers with more than 2 years’ experience and active in the youth field so as to make sure that they have some experience of youth work and that they really work with young people - Nоn-fоrmal eduсatiоn trainers/faсilitatоrs: Who had faсilitated previоus aсtivities aiming to drive the entrepreneurial learning of their partiсipants and who were interested in the Design thinking methodology and сreative thinking methods in general.Apart from that the selected participants had to have: - An interest in the topic of entrepreneurship - Working knowledge of English although if they do not have we will help them to achieve this so that they do not miss on any learning. - Able and willing to disseminate learning outcomes on a local level - Availability for the Online preparatory meeting with the trainers and with their local sending organisation.-Ready to read the preparatory material that the trainers will send.It is important to note, that the selection process was transparent and was made available for all the partners to see so as to make sure that as the selection process was fair, and all applicants had a fair chance of being accepted. The participants also had some online training sessions before the actual training course itself. This helped them to prepare for the training.<< Results >>This training course was aimed for youth workers who are working with young people. The main aim was to equip the participants with knowledge of entrepreneurship that they would then pass on to youth. In return, they are now in a better position to equip young people (their target group) with competencies that will help them to acquire an entrepreneurial mind-set, while equipping them with leadership skills to be capable to run their own business. Although they were not physically present in the project, these young people, gained from the learning and experience that these youth workers got from the project as the youth workers implemented the learning, they got in their youth work practices As we also focused on SE the participants present were equipped with knowledge and information that they now use to either open their own social enterprise and/or help their organisation follow the SE path. Furthermore the participants:-Got hands on thе ‘Dеsign Thinking’ process, and learnt how to create business ideas inspired from prе-dеfinеd challenges in thеir local communities.-Learnt what it takes to be an entrepreneur and how to manage risk taking.-Learnt on the topics of leadership, Self-empowerment, time management, risk assessment and team work which are all essential in the area of entrepreneurship. -Got more experience on the Canva business model and how to adapt the Canva business model for the planning of a social enterprise. -Up-skilled their skills and ability to foster the employability and sense of initiative with the young people that they work with. These youth workers, in return helped the young people that they work with to:-Achiever personal fulfilment -Get better employability skills and improved career prospects-Get an increased sense of entrepreneurship-Get an increased sense of self-empowerment and self-esteem -Motivateed them to take part in formal and non-formal experiences abroad. Through this project we gave competencies to youth workers on how to educate young people in starting a business. One outcome is that once the knowledge was transferred from the youth workers to the youth, the youth got better support system and guidance towards the right support needed to start up a business venture that has the possibility of growing more in the future and thus employing more people within the same society. This had a multiplying effect.