International Training Course
“Win youth challenge”
11-19. 11. 2019
Noisy-le-Grand, France
Summary:
The entrepreneur, referred to here as a leader, is a committed player in our society. This commitment is not only economic but also social. However, this commitment of the entrepreneur is not well recognized “officially”. In addition, before developing the entrepreneurial spirit among the younger generations, we must first democratize entrepreneurship. We must support our activities. Because many young women and men are unable to find formal employment opportunities, it is increasingly important to encourage entrepreneurship by mobilizing the enthusiasm, energy and ambition to contribute economic development. Most young people in the world live in countries where formal jobs are scarce in development and it can even be difficult to find informal jobs. With our association FNAFA, we have been subjected to many similar cases of lack of opportunities or support for young people.
This training project aims to increase the employment and self-employment opportunities of participants.
This project has two main components: youth employability and youth leadership with a particular focus on youth in precarious situations. To do this, it is a question of developing among young people transversal skills of leadership, self confidence, strategic vision, creativity and communication skills, the impact of its actions that can be transposed to the world of work, and in particular in entrepreneurial and social activities.
The project aims to raise awareness about the opportunities and challenges of entrepreneurship and self-employment, and to give them a better understanding of the role they can play in the construction of professional projects by young people:
– Develop positive attitudes to support the creation of sustainable businesses, self-employment and social entrepreneurship.
– Make participants aware of the principle of entrepreneurship and self-employment as a career option.
– Prepare participants to improve their knowledge of the business concept.
Find a good business idea? How to become an entrepreneur? What are the steps to become an entrepreneur? What is the profile of an entrepreneur? How to run a business? What is entrepreneurship? How to start a business? This project will take place in Noisy-le-Grand from 11 to 19 November 2019 with the participation of 25 young people from 7 partner organizations.
Participant`s profile required:
- Participants are expected to be part of the full duration of the activity
- Be aware that this activity will be in English and French.
- Participants should be over 18 y.o. and no upper age limit.
Venue:
The training course will take place in Noisy-le-Grand. Further information about the venue will be shared with the selected participants.
Working methods:
All the training will be done through the methods of non-formal education. The activities will be for example brain storming’s, plenary discussions, simulations, role plays, team building, energizers, ice breakers and many others. Non formal education we remember you that is voluntary, no hierarchical and all its methods are based on the concept of learning by doing.
What to bring with me:
- we will have an intercultural evening, so bring your national food and drink.
- bring your national flag, magazines, postcards what will help you to introduce your country.
- if you bring your laptop will be easier for working, but is not mandatory.
- and your good mood. This is the most important ☺
Intercultural night:
What we expect from you to present in these nights are: local or national dances, local music, games, little sweets, drinks, pictures, etc. from your countries.
Every country will prepare a short presentation of their culture, using all kinds of methods. It’s preferred a short and FUNNY presentation, such as showing pictures and commenting it, quiz, short video (either already existing or made by you), etc. (YES – use your creativity!). For the intercultural night, we ask you to prepare in advance a brief performance (singing, your traditional music, popular dances) to present your group (typical costumes are really welcomed!).
The main idea of this presentation is: What is important for a stranger to know about my country?
Any kind of presentation is granted, better not to do a power-point presentation to avoid yawning.
The Intercultural night is the “most wanted event” on the beginning of the youth exchange. It is a sort of traditional night opened to all participant audience made up of our group leaders, youth workers, facilitators, participants to the exchange. All National groups are asked to perform briefly (10 for your NGO and country/city not more, and 10 min for traditional dances and music) in order to introduce their self. Certainly, we need your enthusiasm and energy!!
For the Intercultural evening a Swedish buffet (cold buffet) will be organized. Here every country will bring traditional food dishes. The food that will be brought must be eatable without any processing (boiling, frying, etc). The dishes must also be accompanied by a brief description (their origin and ingredients, the way they are eaten…)
Travel Costs:
100% of the participants‘ travel costs will be reimbursed within the valid budget sums calculated according to the official rules of Erasmus+ programme. If a sum exceeds the limit, the excess will be paid by the participants themselves. The reimbursement limit is 275€ per participant from Bulgaria.
Reimbursement of the travel costs will only be done after submitting all original tickets, receipt/invoices, boarding passes and later sending of the return documents and boarding passes. Save the boarding passes from your airport check in as well. Please, be aware that in case you loose any invoices or tickets we will not be able to reimburse the cost. Reimbursement will be done in EURO, regardless of the currency indicated on your ticket and receipt/invoice according to the official currency exchange rate of European Commission.
! Note: in case of higher travel cost, you will need to cover excess yourself.
Please note that full completion and attending to the programme is mandatory to qualify for a refund. There can be no late arrivals or early departures. You are allowed to arrive max. 2 days before OR leave 2 days after the mobility. Extra stay will not be supported with food or accommodation, yet you can use this time to visit some places around. Should your stay be longer than 2 days (unless necessary!) we do reserve the right not to reimburse part of your travel costs.
Important: It will be send only one bank transfers per Country . The recipient of the reimbursement is the partner association, not the participants according to the funding National Agency rules. To receive reimbursement participants should attend all the planned programme elements (before, during and after the project activities).
Financial support:
Project is supported by “Erasmus+” program. Accommodation, meals, program and travel cost (based on distance) are covered from grant. There is NO participation fee! However, 15 BGN will be deducted from the guarantee of 100 BGN which every participant must send prior the departure, in order to be covered the different taxes, related to the participation of each representative from Bulgaria (bank transfer fees, post expenses, difference in the exchange rates, etc.). This guarantee will be reimbursed after completing all the dissemination activities, the participant is required to conduct after returning to Bulgaria.
Insurance:
The travel insurance is not mandatory but it is highly recommended. It costs 1 BGN/day and covers all the common injuries during projects up to 5000 Euro. Our organization is not covering insurance, it is individual, but we are going to support you to obtain a proper insurance for the duration of the project. For more information about the insurance, contact us.
YouthPass:
Every participant is individually entitled to receive a Youthpass Certificate, which confirms participation and validates the non-formal learning (NFL) experience of Training course project. Validating the learning experiences of participants is important in itself and the document can be of benefit in terms of the educational or employment future of the participant. Through Youthpass the European Commission ensures the Training course activity is recognized as a non-formal learning experience.
(*For more information on Youthpass you may click on this page to check it online)
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- Have a valid ID/International passport.
- Possess valid European Health Card.
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