We held a training on the topic of green entrepreneurship, and we are launching three new projects.
This month, from November 7th to 13th, training on the topic of green entrepreneurship for young people was organized by Pozitiva Samobor, an accredited association for Erasmus+ and ESC projects of the European Union with the help of their partners Coda di Lupo Italy, Walk Together Bulgaria, CET Platfroma Skopje, ADEFIS Spain and ArtEco Pavletič Croatia.
The main goal of the Erasmus+ training entitled ‘START GREEN – Bridging youth to green careers’ was to equip and train young people employed in non-profit organizations to work with young people using tools and strategies that facilitate and improve access to the green labor market, inspiring them to establish their own green startups.
Are you wondering why green entrepreneurship for young people?
Youth entrepreneurship affects the social, cultural and economic progress of society. Building an environment that promotes creativity and provides opportunities for entrepreneurship requires the implementation of multiple strategies and involvement at all levels, including government, industry, political, social as well as educational sectors. Work on youth entrepreneurship programs can help solve, but also avoid, many problems currently found in countries, and create a path for a better future and a progressive society around the world.
Specific objectives of the activity are:
- To equip youth workers with the knowledge and resources in green and sustainable practices, enabling them to transfer these skills to young individuals interested in eco-friendly careers;
- To foster an entrepreneurial mindset among youth workers, emphasizing the importance of innovation, creativity, and risk-taking in green business development;
- To promote green entrepreneurship as a viable career option for youth;
- To familiarize youth workers with available resources, grants, and funding opportunities for green startups, enabling them to guide youth in accessing financial support;
- To encourage youth workers to share success stories and best practices within their networks, communities, and through digital platforms, creating a ripple effect of green entrepreneurship inspiration;
- To promote the Erasmus+ programme and opportunities for mobility of young people and youth workers.
Youth unemployment is recognized as one of the problems that could grow to global proportions in the coming years and cause social and economic problems for societies. Youth entrepreneurship is seen as an alternative to other methods of creating employment opportunities.
Today’s young people are too preoccupied with the idea of having to finish school, so they think it’s easier to find the job they went to school for than risk investing in their own business. Looking at the situation in Croatia, it is more likely that young people will successfully start a business than find a job in the industry.
Precisely because of the situation in which the country finds itself, it is necessary to encourage young people to invest their knowledge and youth in starting the entire economy. Progress and reduction of unemployment in today’s society must be based on the creation of new jobs. In order to lay the foundations for establishing and operating a company, it is necessary to provide young and new entrepreneurs with more tax and other benefits, as well as easier access to sources of financing.
Precisely because of all the above reasons, the association Pozitiva Samobor creates Erasmus+ projects focused on a specific problem and solution. With the ‘START GREEN – Bridging youth to green careers’ training, we encouraged 16 young people from Bulgaria, Spain, Macedonia, Italy and Croatia to develop their own green ideas through a seven-day guided learning process and informal workshops.
As a result of our training, we received three new Erasmus+ green projects that will take place next year in Croatia, Spain and Italy. The participants had the opportunity to learn how to develop their own idea for green business, face difficulties, determine the budget, design workshops and trainings aimed at young people and green entrepreneurship, and finally had the opportunity to shape all the acquired knowledge into an Erasmus+ project that they will implement themselves.
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