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"According to the Eurostat statistics youth unemployment rate in Europe in July 2014 was 21.7 % in the EU-28. This is the lowest rate for the EU-28 since September 2011, but anyway the rate is still higg as the latest statistics of Eurostat december 2016 shows 18.6 % of young people are unemployed in the EU-28. The highest rates were observed in , Greece (46.13%), Spain (43.6 %)Italy (36.4 %), Croatia (29.7%). Entrepreneurship is one the most important aspect to fight with youth unemployment as today social entrepreneurship is becoming one of the effective and innovative methods to solve the social problems. It gives the opportunity to deal with the problematic issue in a creative way that in turn helps to involve into social sphere more people, create alternative jobs and income. In light of economic changes, globalisation and requirements on labour market (the moving from employment to employability) entrepreneurship itself is becoming popular issue among young people as a lot of them are struggling to find job or having their own income. As a result of these young people are searching alternative way which turns to be running of their own enterprises. In order to be able to do this they need some certain skills and knowledge like knowledge business sector, understanding financial risk and management, having soft skills (communication, leadership, management etc). Moreover, 90 % of all startups are failing which stops young people to put their ideas in action. At this point NGOs should provide young people with information and help on the topic of social entrepreneurship and involve them into the issue. But there are not many organisations which are competitive enough in this field. That youth exchange “A new Job - A new Love - Entrepreneurship” aims to develop participants’ skills on social entrepreneurship, financial management, creativity, soft skills, strategic planning of the ideas. It is designed for youth leaders, youth volunteers ages between 18 - 30 to explore methods of working with youth on the topic of social entrepreneurship and practical skills on running the social enterprise with their organisations. The priority age group will be 18 - 30 years old. The whole project is built up and developed in accordance with the objectives and the priorities of the Erasmus+ Programme. Our objectives are: 1) To develop creative thinking, soft skills, financial management, strategic planning of the ideas and social entrepreneurship skills 2) To transfer knowledge and experiences on how to motivate young people in developing entrepreneurial paths. 3) To offer a basic exchange on how to develop, validate and implement social entrepreneurial projects. 4) To explore practical ways of supporting young people set up social enterprises, taking into consideration legal, financial, management and social requirements. 5)To equip youth leaders and youth volunteers with tools and methods designed to develop entrepreneurial skills 6) To develop new methods and tools of working on the topic of social entrepreneurship. 7) To provide participants with the opportunity to exchange experience and expertise in the field of social entrepreneurship. 8) To inform the participants about opportunities to develop new projects under the Erasmus+ Programme The project will be take place in Karaman, Konya between November 7th to 14th 2017 and It will gather together 32 participants from programme countries such as Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Lithuania, Romania and Turkey. Working methodologies of the youth exchange will be based the non-formal education methods such as outdoor activities, debates, discussions, sharing experience, creative sessions and self-assessment sessions, roll-play activities, simulation games, meetings with young entrepreneurs, Erasmus+ possibilities, innovative presentations, team-building activities, energizers, ice-breakers, ""getting to know each other"" tools, brainstorms, individual/pair/group work, inspirational visit, feedback and reflection sessions. Regarding to the specific methods and tools on the project topic the trainers will use business model canvas, CEFE, XMind, creativity tools, brainstorm maps, logical framework, problem tree , etc. Except the trainers local and international young social entrepreneurs and experts will involve into the project. The main results of the project will be activities for young people on the topic of social entrepreneurship implemented by project participants in the countries and social enterprises created by young people after these activities. We expect that the youth exchange will help the organisations to start to run their own social enterprises. Also the project will increase the quality of youth activities and projects on local and international levels, including new cooperation."
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