YouthNest.crea is a European project aimed at young people, which aims to develop a virtual as well as an on-site ecosystem of support, advice, encouragement, training, stimulation and opportunities to shape innovative ideas for the empowerment of young people in their professional development. The project will also foster an entrepreneurial culture leading to self-employment opportunities with a focus on entrepreneurship within the creative sector in rural areas of the EU. The project is promoted within the framework of ERASMUS+ 2014-2020 Programme (Key Action 2 – Strategic partnerships supporting innovation in the field of youth),The project start date was September 1st, 2017 with an end date of August 31st, 2019.
The project consists of the creation of a multi-disciplinary transnational network comprised of professionals based in entities located across six EU jurisdictions (Concello de Vedra – Lead Partner, Spain; Stichting Business Development Friesland, Netherlands; Comune di Capannori, Italy; Newry and Morne Co-Operative Ltd, United Kingdom; ObecZemplinskeHamre, Slovakia; and AssociaçãoJuvenil de Deão, Portugal). The network will work throughout the 24 months of the lifetime of the project in order to lay the foundations of a transnational incubator. It will jointly develop innovative, high quality methodologies, mechanisms, tools and content, as well implementing a programme of pilot actions.
The Project’s Main Objectives Are:
• To foster an entrepreneurial culture which will lead to opportunities for self-employment among young people.
• To improve the skills and competences of young entrepreneurs.
• To value the indigenous potential of rural areas and to help ensure the preservation and sustainability of their resources through creative and innovative entrepreneurship models.
The project website can be found at https://youthnestcrea.com/
