TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Emre Hüseyin Yiğit
In order to increase
employability, young people need to be educated and trained to transform ideas into action, by
acquiring business knowledge, skills, and attitudes: a sense of responsibility, initiative, teamwork, and
competitiveness, including creativity. In finding innovative and modern solutions for problems we face
locally, the focus of this project was on a particular branch of the economy – green economy, sub focusing on challenges in urban areas. The European Union has adopted its Action Plan until 2020, called the
“3x20%”, in terms of reducing energy consumption by 20%, increasing the use of renewable energy
sources by 20% and to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by 20%.
Employment in this field is a key element in generating strong growth and creating jobs, especially
leaning onto the new global deal from Copenhagen, having this field in focus until 2050. Employment
and green economy were discussed during this training course through European perspective and
possibilities for solving problems or improving the situation were found in European standards, trends,
experience, and policies. Participants learned how they can start their own business in their
communities especially in small industries that produce materials for low-energy buildings; and how
to encourage young people and especially in that respect to go towards economic independence and
decrease of unemployment. Campaigning on creating a better environment for opening businesses on
a local level, promotion of entrepreneurial education and training, and European policies are yet
another tool to be gained. In order to help promote European policies and strategies, and to help
achieve their goals, this project has objectives to
- Widen the knowledge; equipping with the right skills
and competencies for job creation among youth.
- Exchange knowledge, experience, and good
practices on entrepreneurship, green jobs, and renewable energy sources among young people from
their own country, city, and municipality.
- Encourage youth participation especially in starting their own business as entrepreneurs.
- Foster creativity, competitiveness, and a sense of initiative toward self-employment.
- Empower young people to take initiatives on the promotion of entrepreneurship and self-employment in the field of RES on a local level.
- Creating a network of young people and
organizations, fostering mutual cooperation and future actions under the Erasmus+ programme.
The target group of the training was;
We wanted to include young people from different participants with fewer opportunities with cultures, ethnicity, and religion to give them a chance to work together. We see the inclusion of different groups, disadvantaged and with fewer opportunities as one of the basic processes with critical economic and social issues in different parts of today's Europe, especially
developing countries of the EU and the whole region. The partners mutually agreed
conditions and criteria (needs, motivation, socio-economic status, gender, etc).
First of all, due to the previously established criteria among partner organizations, having in mind objectives and future tasks under dissemination and
exploitation strategy, participants should be in direct connection with the partner organizations,
dealing with the issues that are priority themes of this training course. Namely, youth workers and
volunteers, along with the associates of partner organizations was invited too. Furthermore, young
people already engaged as entrepreneurs and green economy, practitioners and those that are
involved in the promotion of sustainable development directly as advocates or indirectly (working with the
organizations or enterprises that run their business sustainably) are yet another profile desired for
this training course.
There were 27 youth workers/leaders 3 from each country, where the countries were involved;
Turkey, Germany, France, Lithuania, Estonia, Norway, Sweden, the UK, and Slovenia
The planned activity was a Training Course that took place in Eskişehir between dates the 15th to 22nd of
April 2018.
The TC was followed by methods;
INTRODUCTION TC Presentation, "Hopes and Fears" Methods used are diverse ice-breaking
activities, name games, and team-building activities. WORKING SESSION, STEPS: "step by step approach" of the process "Travel without
Traveling "Intercultural Evening First Group Reflections Methods are individual work, work in small groups, presentations, and discussions in the
plenary.
THE IDEA
-Analysis of the sources of business idea Viability and the possibility for turning them into a concrete business plan. Presentations of business plan
Methods: Input on behalf of trainers, individual and small group work,
presentations, discussion
-How to create a good business plan, finding placement (Incubators) Presentations and exchanging of realities/experiences Reflections Intercultural Evening Second Group Methods: Input on behalf of trainers, individual and mixed group work, sharing of local realities, discussion.
FINANCES
-Working sessions I and II are dealing
with the issue of finances, specifically identifying possible micro-credit financing, or other systematic and/or institutional support, and seeking
possibilities and advantages: The methods used were interactive presentations from the trainers, facilitated discussions, individual and group work
and games.
GREEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
-Participants have acquired skills of where and how to successfully seek business opportunities and
ways of using them, creating eco-friendly jobs, and how to raise employability using innovations. Reflections Movie on
Presentation of the environment
Input on behalf of trainers, debate on green entrepreneurship/business, discussion.
INTO THE PROJECT
-What is going to be achieved with the opening of new business, what are the main aims and methodology: individual and group work. Team
building and team-leading on the issue of successful leadership and models of leadership Team management and organizational management:
assessing the capabilities of a team and establishing framework Reflections Methods: Interactive presentations, role-playing on the theme of good
and bad management/working environment, and facilitated discussion.
COMMUNICATION
-Marketing and Campaign for Business: small groups and simulations of marketing/campaign, as well as comments and theoretical input from the trainer's Promotion of firms and their projects/products/services
Campaigning on the issue of ecology and environment,
Facilitate the exchange of experiences in the field Reflections Discussion, theoretical input by the trainers on "hot and cold" channels of communication, online and offline communication, etc, exercises, and group work.
START IT UP!
- Present and evaluate the developed ideas and completed projects designed throughout training, it will be discussed about
challenges, new environment, and competition: presentations in the conditions of speaker-audience/public relation through a simulated TV show
facilitated discussion. Gained knowledge and skills into practice to create future partnerships and to brainstorm ideas for follow-up
activities: facilitated group work. Reflections
Final evaluation of TC, and summarizing follow-up ideas, and creating a plan for action. Final staff meeting: Summary, project report, and preparation of the follow-up activities.:Qualitative and quantitative evaluation, oral and written evaluation, final meeting, certificates, farewell.
Through the training about foundations, practices, and policies on economic challenges along with
sustainability, direct beneficiaries were the participants of TC. Program and its content, followed
by facilitated sessions, was created to lead participants through the process of learning, expressing
creative ideas and how to start the business up; how to encourage young people towards self-employing;
and how to campaign on these challenges on a local level. All of the activities were interactive and was
involve the active participation of all participants.
To achieve multiplying effect in a long-term perspective, TSYDV along with partners has initiated, motivate, lead and monitor the creation of follow-up activities, which were also be discussed among partners and participants during staff meetings and sessions at the end of TC, specially dedicated to this. Not only knowledge acquired during TC was used to
implement future projects but also was transferred to other members of their organizations and
local communities. The participants were more empowered to take part in other international
educational mobilities, thanks to the strong international ties gained through their participation in the project. On the other hand, with the information about Erasmus+ Programme in Youth, School, and
Adult Education, they were aware of their opportunities in the other contexts of Erasmus+. The
participants were able to plan, design, and implement projects after the training course, and with the
community researches they have done, they were able to assess the needs of their respective
societies. They were able to implement inclusion projects for entrepreneurship and social
development for sustainability, young people with migration backgrounds in their local communities.
I was a full-time senior trainer who has delivered workshops on;
-Introduction to the Holistic Competence Approach and Experimental Learning Cycle with the SMART Method.
-Introduction on YouthPass and Key Competence Model
-Informing on Non-Formal Educational Methods on Session Planning
-Sharing understanding about the "step by step approach" of the process.
-Giving input on how to create a business plan, finding incubators, how to survive in the market using counseling and consulting and how to communicate
-Leading workshops regarding Eco-Friendly jobs and the Green Entrepreneurship concept
-Sharing case studies on start-ups and assisting participants on how to create sustainable business projects.
-Sharing information on Erasmus+ and its structure.