Empower NEETs for social enTrEpreneuRship

In recent years, the share of young people not in education, employment, or training (NEETs) has shown a remarkable increase in many European countries, such as Italy, Greece, Spain and Bulgaria. ...

Projects objectives: 1. Developing digital skills & competences (3D Design & Printing) for young NEETs with or without disabilities with a focus on the challenges faced by the society & local communities 2. Developing social entrepreneurial skills & mindset for young NEETs 3. The Design & support of a “Social & Entrepreneurial Digital Hub” 4. Increasing the employability of young NEETs with or without disabilities Target Groups of the ENTER project ● Youth NEETs between 18-30 years old ● Youth NEETs between 18-30 years old that suffers from any kind of Disability (Visual or Hearing impairment, body amputation, people on the Autism Spectrum) to such an extent that they are allowed to participate in the trainings ● Young people, who want to be involved actively in society initiatives and find solutions in critical problems of local communities. ● During the selection of participants, ENTER consortium will follow intersectionality criteria giving emphasis to avoid gender or race inequalities. For all of these groups, the project aims to cultivate digital and entrepreneurial skills in order to provide them with fertile ground to develop new alternative ways to promote their personal work or be competitive in the labor market, especially during the post COVID-19 pandemic. One significant criteria for all groups, is the selection of people with disabilities, that’s why is indicated as an individual target group. The project aims to reinforce vulnerable groups and because of their lack of employment (already mentioned that youth with disability NEET rate is twice as for their peers without disabilities) and the relation of the partners’ mission and activities with people with disabilities, we aim to promote the selection of people with such characteristics.

The ENTER consortium plans to implement the following activities - Four (4) results: R1 & R2 Webinars. The consortium will invite young people, through an open call, to participate in the Webinars about digital technologies (3D Design and 3D Printing) and Social Entrepreneurial mindset. The interested participants will apply through the project's website by filling in an application form and uploading their CVs. The consortium will follow an evaluation procedure according to specific criteria for the selection of young people with or without disability. R3 an e-learning platform with all the educational material produced during webinars. R4 the Social Entrepreneurial Digital Hub will allow participants to connect, communicate, engage and collaborate. Moreover this Digital Hub will act as a connection between youth NEETs and technology & Social Entrepreneurial world. Activities like Mentoring and Networking will be implemented. -- Training activity C1, youth participants will have a unique possibility to share experiences, practices, doubts, learn from those who might be more experienced or help with their advice and emotional support those who are just starting out. - Multiplier events. Youth with disabilities will be in the front stage, having the ability to talk about their experiences. These leading role will help them to increase socialization, initiative and self confidence. Four National multipliers events and one International are planned to take place during the project.

- HIGH and ACTIVE participation of all the target users (partners and other involved organizations, Youth NEETs or in general young people interested in actively engaged in social activities). - Skills development and professional improvement of young people, mainly in the organizations of the partnership. - Through the plan, we expect to foster the bonds between the involved organizations and the local community and highlight the contribution of them in improving social cohesion in the area. - Alternative social activities will be designed, suitable for the restrictions that has been set because of the COVID -19 pandemic. - The Conduction of the webinars will educate at least 75 young people from the participating countries, who will act as ambassadors of the project in their organizations. Moreover these participants are expected to act as multipliers for their colleagues and for other youth associations in the local and regional community. - more and better learning opportunities for young learners coming from disadvantaged backgrounds - strengthening foreign language and intercultural skills of young people National - Promote the digital transformation of youth NEETs groups, by developing inclusive educational materials (Webinars) and tools (Hub) for the active engagement of young people. - Increase of the employability rate of the young people, which has been drastically reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic. - On a national level the “Social Entrepreneurial Digital Hub” will be available on the web-page of the project and the web-pages of the participating partners. Any institute/organization that wishes to use it will communicate with the organization Institute Dei Sordi di Torino, who will be in charge of the HUB, so as to create the required permission/accounts. The consortium will have the commitment to maintain and support the HUB for at least 3 years. - Participation in national conferences that will be organized and conducted by each partner. The content of the new educational materials, Webinars sessions and Evaluation reports will be presented in full scale. We expect to raise awareness of the youth community and social enterprises ecosystem for alternative ways to maintain our culture, arts, traditions and social cohesion during the COVID-19 pandemic. -Increase the awareness of best practices, new approaches and methodologies in the field of youth education and culture - Achieve greater confidence and cultural entrepreneurial awareness of citizens as well as decision makers in order to prevent exclusion - Contribution to European Cohesion through the forming of European partnerships in order to overcome COVID-19 consequences. - On a European level the project will promote the modern skills and knowledge (critical thinking, problem solving, design thinking etc.) required for young professionals of cultural, creative and social sectors. - Material in 5 oral languages (Italian, Greek, Spanish, Bulgarian and English) and in International Signs ready to be adapted into other languages. - Share of knowledge, good practices and innovation between training centers, companies and educational professional impacted by common issue - - Promote the recognition of the potential and benefits that cross-sector dialogue, cooperation and international networking has towards the improvement of professional practises of individuals and organisations. - Promote social entrepreneurship as a means of inclusion for all - Encourage institutions and companies to implement similar projects and activities related to the topic and promote EU values and cooperation between institutions from different EU Members states.