Youth@Work - Connecting entrepreneurial learning and solidarity opportunities

INTRODUCTION

In 2018, a consortium of 11 Erasmus+ Youth/European Solidarity Corps National Agencies (NAs) and 5 SALTO-YOUTH Resource Centres have created the Youth@Work Partnership on Youth Employability and Entrepreneurship, with the aim to better tackle youth employability and entrepreneurship by working collaboratively, based on a common strategy.

Youth@Work is the alliance of the Erasmus+/European Solidarity Corps National Agencies of Italy (the leading NA), Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, Republic of North Macedonia, Spain, and Turkey, as well as of the SALTO-YOUTH Eastern Europe and Caucasus (Poland), SALTO-YOUTH South East Europe (Slovenia) and SALTO-YOUTH Training and Cooperation (Germany) Resource Centres, as well as the Resource Centre for the European Solidarity Corps (Austria). For more information about Youth@Work, please visit our website – www.youthatworkpartnership.org and social media channels.

Within the context of the Youth@Work’s aim, objectives and activities, the concept of this seminar was born in order to bring on the same table three EU Programmes addressing entrepreneurship: Erasmus+/Youth, European Solidarity Corps and Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs.

The seminar will bring together a diversity of stakeholders from the three EU Programmes aiming at exploring the possible complementing potential and synergies within.

AIM AND OBJECTIVES

The aim of the seminar is to bring Erasmus+ Youth, European Solidarity Corps and Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs on the same table and identify:

· The potential for synergies and complementing that can benefit the quality of  entrepreneurial learning and the development of relevant competences offered by the Programmes and

· The impact of relevant projects that are implemented under the three Programmes.

The objectives include:

· Creating awareness about the vision, objectives, priorities, rules and opportunities of the three Programmes;

· Creating awareness on the learning dimension of the three Programmes based on Entrecomp;

· Showcasing expertise and experiences regarding entrepreneurship and spirit of initiative within the Programmes;

· Exploring and identify the supporting and complementing role the three  Programmes have to each other;

· Exploring opportunities for collaboration and synergies both at local and international levels;

· Offering the space for the creation of relevant action planning.

TARGET GROUP

We will welcome 40 participants from the communities of:

Youth@Work (Partner National Agencies of Erasmus + Youth, Pool of trainers, National and Regional Consultative Groups).

Erasmus + Youth & European Solidarity Corps (National Agencies, SALTO Resource Centres, beneficiary representatives, youth workers, trainers and participants).

Erasmus for Young entrepreneurs (Eurochambers, Contact Points’ representatives, Host and Young entrepreneurs).

METHODOLOGY

The seminar’s programme of activities is attached below and it is based on the principles of non-formal learning and on a participatory and inclusive approach to learning.

FACILITATORS

Our three facilitators (Patricia Eguia,  Konstantinos Spatiotis and Konstantinos Stergiou) are members of the Pool of trainers of the Youth@Work Partnership. They bring a complementing background of expertise in entrepreneurial learning deriving from their academic background, and their involvement as youth workers and learning facilitators within the three Programmes.