About the project...

The "Young enterprises" project is a multilateral youth exchange under the "Erasmus +" Programme which will be held in the town of Eforie Nord, Constanta county, Romania between 7 to 17 November 2014.

During 9 days (excluding travel days), 32 young people aged between 18 and 25 years and 8 leaders without age limit from 7 different EU countries (Bulgaria, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Spain and Turkey) will meet together in order to exchange experiences, to learn and to focus on actions on promoting the entrepreneurship spirit.

Each country will be represented by 4 young participants aged between 18 and 25 years and 1 group leader no age limit, except Romania, which will include into the national group 8 participants (18-25 years old) and 2 group leaders.

The main objective of this project is the to increase awareness of the need to develop the entrepreneurship spirit and to increase the level of knowledge and skills in entrepreneurship for 40 young people aged between 18-25 from the 7 participating countries (Bulgaria, Italy Latvia, Poland, Romania, Spain and Turkey).

The activities included in the project support the project objectives; thus, they argue the active participation of young people in generating ideas for entrepreneurship using methods of non-formal education, youth involvement in the set up of companies and creating business plans, promotion of participatory attitudes of young people to develop ideas to increase the participation of youth with fewer opportunities, and promoting the "Erasmus +" Programme. 

Specifically, during the youth exchange we aim to simulate the setting up of new companies and to create a realistic business plan for each company. Thus, the activities of our project meets the needs of young people: the access to information, the needs for involvement and active participation, tolerance, solidarity, awareness of the importance of developing entrepreneurial initiatives in the current economic climate, the needs to have a job.

The non-formal working methods that are proposed in the activities are designed to support the promotion of active citizenship among young people, to develop a participatory attitude, to support reflection, to promote tolerance, to support the integration of intercultural differences in the creative process and support the common understanding between young and cooperative and creative process. The non-formal working methods included are diverse; these include verbal and non-verbal communication, visual communication and also, written communication.

Also, at the end of the project, the young people whom will participate in the exchange will receive a Youthpass certificate. This will recognise the acquired skills through participation in this project.