Ecoentrepreneurship = The Change is Green

Date/time
Date(s) - 11/09/2018 - 20/09/2018
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Locality
Karlstad, Sverige

Project type

• Youth Exchanges

Selected participants

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Main goal of youth exchange ‘Ecoentrepreneurship = The Change is Green’ was to empower young people to become future community leaders able to design innovative solutions to global problems through eco-entrepreneurship.

This main goal was achieved through following objectives:

• to raise understanding among participants and participating organizations about the concept of eco entrepreneurship, its key elements;
• to support sharing good practices all around the globe and raise interest of the participants to apply new knowledge in practice and develop own eco-enterprises in the future;
• to encourage the participants to share lessons learned during the youth exchange with their peers and to empower them to look for innovative solutions of ecological problems in their communities and countries;
• to provide participants an opportunity to create new partnerships and work on ideas for future projects that could be implemented with support of Erasmus + Programme.

During the youth exchange the participants participated in various non-formal based activities reflecting their different learning styles and interests. Important element of youth exchange was active involvement of the participants into the process of realization. The youth exchange had impact on directly involved young people who gained new competencies in the field of ecoentrepreneurship and Erasmus + Programme. Moreover, the youth exchange brought new ideas for international and local projects.

Youth exchange ‘Ecoentrepreneurship = The Change is Green’ supported development of sense if initiative of young people, including young people with fewer opportunities facing social, economic and geographical obstacles in participants countries.

Youth exchange was for young people between 18 – 25 years old. Participants were from Sweden , Macedonia , Turkey , Bulgaria , Italy and Slovakia . From each country were 10 participants.

Participation in the project

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