“Towards Collaborative Practice” TCP Forum on youth employability, social entrepreneurship and intercultural & inclusive societies

The 8th edition of the TCP Forum will be an opportunity to discuss future pathways on how intercultural backgrounds can contribute to employability, a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship (entrepreneurship for inclusion and participation, migrants’ integration and multiculturalism).

Building on the success of the 7 previous “Towards Collaborative Practice” (TCP) Forums that took place in Sweden, Italy, UK, Hungary, Spain, Cyprus and Greece, TCP returns to Italy.

To get a feel of the event, please watch the highlight videos of two previous editions:

San Lorenzo de el Escorial Spain (November 2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CbYAV1amqA&t=36s 

Budapest Hungary (November 2018): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOSRhzYti0w&t=25s&fbclid=IwAR0KboFTkwnGdr5t8wy0oV_9gdtQGIOE_h8yEKwPOd-2Q8wSAZdSSFAiuUI  

Why Italy and the theme, what are the needs and best hopes 

The Forum will be a melting pot of ideas, tools and good practices which participants, representing different sectors, will have the opportunity to further explore through relevant keynote speeches, workshops and field visits. The Forum will also foster future cooperation among participants for the implementation of innovative projects and initiatives under the Erasmus+ EU Programme.

General objectives of the TCP Forum:

Provide an opportunity for networking and sharing ideas, tools, methods, challenges and good practices to foster employability and entrepreneurship, especially in marginalized communities.

Showcase social entrepreneurship and non-formal learning as a way to encourage and enable young people to sustain their entrepreneurship competences.

Encourage creativity, innovation, participation, solidarity, diversity and social inclusion of young people.

Provide information on Erasmus+ and other opportunities to foster employability and entrepreneurship. 

Specific objectives of this edition of the TCP Forum:

Promote Intercultural Dialogue: Encourage open and inclusive discussions on the importance of intercultural backgrounds to promote employability and entrepreneurship for inclusive societies.

Raise awareness of and promote how intercultural backgrounds can contribute to employability, a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship.

Encourage collaboration and partnership building between youth work and other sectors to foster employability, social entrepreneurship and interculturality.

Youth@Work Partnership

The event is organized under the Youth@Work Strategic Partnership on youth employability and entrepreneurship of Erasmus+ National Agencies. The TCP Forum is part of the Youth@Work Partnership, alongside other projects tackling youth employability and entrepreneurship, organized by the 14 member Erasmus+ National Agencies and SALTO-YOUTH Resource Centres. You can learn more about Youth@Work at www.youthatworkpartnership.org and @YouthatWorkPartnership (Facebook).

Profile of participants:

We are looking for 60 participants from Erasmus+ Programme countries, Eastern Partnership, Southern Mediterranean and Western Balkan countries, with the following professional backgrounds: 

Employment, entrepreneurship and social innovation support services (chambers of commerce, incubators, accelerators, banks, social venture funders, etc.); formal education representatives (higher education, VET); cooperatives; foundations; local, regional and national government representatives; researchers; (social) entrepreneurs; youth workers; community workers; educators; trainers and young change-makers.

Safety and accessibility

The venue of the forum and the activities are accessible to everyone, the evening programmes are optional. In this event, the NAs and the Organisers follow the principles of a safe space. We strive to ensure that everyone is met as their own self and that no one has to fear discrimination or harassment. We expect the participants to respect the same principle.

The forum is inclusive and accessible to all. If you need to bring a personal assistant or a guide dog with you, or if you need an accessible room, sign language interpretation, tele loop, or other kind of support, please inform the organisers.

In order for the organisers to support you in your participation, it has been included a question about your individual needs in the application form. Of course, this does not have any influence on your application.

Should you have any questions or concerns regarding accessibility, please contact the organisers.