The Erasmus+ project entitled “Young GREENtrepreneurs – innovative approaches in promoting green entrepreneurship among youth” (2021-1-HU01-KA220-YOU-000029114) aims to tackle the need to increase the motivation on entrepreneurship among young and answers GREEN challenges at the same time.
The objectives of the project are the following:
- to empower and equip youth, youth workers and startup community with innovative digital tools to gain new skills, competences and practical knowledge on developing their own businesses with community value on green entrepreneurship (healthy society, water protection, clean energy, sustainable communities, responsible consumption/production, climate mitigation, protection of natural ecosystems, sustainable use of resources);
- to develop training modules on GREEN product development, so young get new skills and get familiar with new, practically usable knowledge. Startup community and youth workers will have the chance to further cooperate with youth on the topic through developed modules;
- to develop training modules on GREEN business development to increase green entrepreneurship competences of young. Schools, educating institutions and youth workers;
- to disseminate the project results beyond the partnership (internationally);
- to promote green entrepreneurship among young, would-be entrepreneurs (also through an EU wide open call), especially young adults from 18 years on and students, startup companies, youth workers and
- to promote the use of digital tools on EU level to encourage green entrepreneurship among youth.
The project was launched in November 2021 with the participation of 6 countries (Slovenia, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Ireland, Spain, Hungary). The Partnership would like to provide innovative methods to foster green entrepreneurship among young people. One output of the project is the platform where you are now.
