Basic information
ABOUT THE PROJECT: The project is aimed at developing the skills and capacity of young people for entrepreneurship and self-employment through theoretical education and mentoring support in the process of developing the participants' own business ideas.
HOLDER: Association for sustainable development of Pozitiva Samobor
ASSOCIATES:
- The Association of Craftsmen of Samobor, Sveta Nedelja and Stupnik (an institution that gathers artisans from the mentioned areas, has successfully implemented several international and European projects financed by the ESF and local projects with the aim of encouraging craftsmanship and connecting young people with artisans.)
- Snježana Kupres (sales expert and NLP trainer with over 25 years of experience in the field of sales)
OBJECTIVE: Empowerment of civil society associations in the area of the city of Samobor after the establishment of informal programs for training young people in entrepreneurship.
FINANCED BY: Ministry of Demography, Family, Youth and Social Policy
AMOUNT: 70.000,00 kn
IMPLEMENTATION TIME: 11 months
Pozitiva Association believes that young people are the key to the development of the social community and that by educating them we create the foundations for future growth and development. This project directly affects solving the problem of lack of experience and necessary skills of young people, as well as access to financial resources and infrastructure for developing their own entrepreneurial ideas, as well as the lack of perception of entrepreneurship as a driver of economic growth and job creation. In short, the project is aimed at developing the skills and capacities of young people for social entrepreneurship and self-employment.
The target group of the project is youth between the ages of 15 and 30 from the area of the City of Samobor and the City of Sveta Nedelja. Known problems faced by young people in the mentioned age group are primarily related to a lack of knowledge and skills, as well as lack of formation about the possibilities for the development of own entrepreneurial ideas and their realization, which leads to a decrease in their employability and motivation for independent business.
The goal of the project is to encourage young people to recognize and develop their own abilities, knowledge and skills to develop entrepreneurial ideas and to encourage them to persist in entrepreneurial thinking and creating a business future despite difficulties, obstacles and fears.
Specific goals of this project are to increase participants' knowledge about entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship; develop the competencies of the participants in the areas of personal entrepreneurial capacities, coming up with a business idea and creating a business plan, and technical implementation of products and/or services; provide mentoring support to participants in developing a business idea and registering and developing a business venture.
The goals of the project are aligned with the Strategic Plan of the Ministry of Demography, Family, Youth and Social Policy 2019-2021, measure 2.4.
Some of the long-term impacts of the project will include:
- Increasing interest in further education and training in the field of entrepreneurship
- Increasing the participants' motivation for coming up with their own business ideas, creating business plans and implementing ideas in practice;
- Increasing the creative thinking and expression of the participants;
- Increasing awareness of the importance of entrepreneurship for social and economic development and consequently increasing support for the success of various business models (e.g. Social entrepreneurship, start-up);
- Emphasis is also placed on increasing the motivation of young people for vocational education and contributing to matching supply and demand on the labor market;
- Increasing the level of participants' trust in institutions and organizations at the local level and their willingness to cooperate in the creation and realization of entrepreneurial ventures.
Project activities include the organization of:
- Expert innovation workshops "Success Factory"
- 1 public event "Meeting of young craftsmen" where entrepreneurial ideas would be presented"
- 2 educations on entrepreneurship and communication skills and 1 study visit to entrepreneurs for 15 high school students
- 2 training sessions for 5 unemployed people on the development of entrepreneurial skills and ideas, as well as project promotion and visibility activities.
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