Green Entrepreneurship for the Future

"<< Background >>GreenEnter4Future project combined two of the most important challenges in 2st century. Activated, involved youth in solving environmental issues, which have harmful effects of human activities as the next generation will basically design our future and the future of the whole planet and empowered Youth Workers to help counter the dramatic increase of unemployment situations among young people – with the mission to generate educational value and green employment horizons for long-term capacity building, from the dynamic interaction between these two groups.As stated by the European Commission, social innovation is not something you do to citizens but with citizens.As EU citizens, we all have the duty to protect and improve the environment because it means living better. Numerous aspects of daily life are directly related to the environment: children's asthma, floods, traffic congestion, the dream of a clean beach, etc. The environment and climate change is a priority therefore, youth must be aware of the negative impacts climate change (DG CLIMA) has for individual and community health as they are the generation who will suffer the greater consequences (Arjen Wals) & entrepreneurial mind-set helps transform ideas into actions.<< Objectives >>Becoming the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 is the greatest challenge and opportunity of our times. To achieve this, the EU Commission presented the EU Green Deal, the most ambitious package of measures to enable EU citizens and businesses to benefit from the sustainable green transition. The project aimed at improving global environmental standards, stressed the need to empower youth workers who in turn empower youth in eco-friendly entrepreneurship & fast track to transition in the green economy to restore after the pandemic & provide new opportunities to younger generations, with collaborative business models. The untapped potential was to take a path that creates other green jobs. Green companies needed qualified personnel, the project has:-developed sustainable training panorama for green business, circularity and employment;-created tools to empower youth with key green, new media, digital skills applied in green economy for youth entrepreneurial spirit;-trained YW to empower youth with green skills & eco friendly entrepreneurship as crucial factors for the development of cohesive, healthy societies;-promoted EU climate legislation;-created synergies to restore youth's financial health.<< Implementation >>The activities of the project were multidimensional and vital for creating ""smart, sustainable and inclusive growth"". They have introduced practical innovations in the area green economy for sustainable tourism, cultural and creative industries and urban revitalisation, important economic sub-sectors capable of generating employment, stimulating local development and promoting creativity.We have developed and implemented 2 innovative IOs, a Green online Game and an Interactive content game:IOs1. Toolkit - Be the Climate Change Ambassador - mobilised youth to fight the climate crisis with impact on their daily lives and digital green skills for employment, start green business ideas and anticipate changes in workplaces of the future. The toolkit is a valid support tool for Youth Workers from all over Europe who work with youth, in particular with NEETs and from diverse background to ensure that all feel the impact of the climate change.It also includes:A. the Green Online Game & B. the Interactive Content Game.It is translated in GR, IT, FR, PT, NLThe toolkit was designed to provide basic knowledge, practical gamification tools, with a particular focus on green entrepreneurship education. It describes how to introduce youth in a fun way to European policies, to environmental issues, and to the mechanisms that lead to their training, to understand climate change, develop an entrepreneurial idea, and use the existing tools into practice.2. MOOC - Build your Green Future- a key tool and instrument for youth workers to lead youth in green market to seize job opportunities and to create synergies and collaboration in green sector. It facilitated knowledge and transnational cooperation to empower involved territories to learn from others, created solutions to be applied elsewhere at National, European and international level. It is the sustainable development of approaches in a training panorama for green business, circularity and employment.All project results were developed in english and were translated in 5 national languages GR, IT, FR, PT, NLOther:Pilot testings for both IOs.Green peer committees, SM key messages campaign, videos, gamification.Multiplier Events spread project results, facilitated dialogue, and created a learning experience between target groups with the support of innovative tools to 150 attendees from difference sectors.WEBSITE OF THE PROJECT served as an open education digital space for the material developed, was easily traced for overcoming physical and time limitations with equal access to good quality education.C1 ""Green Your Future"":The training was an extremely EU demonstrated network with initiative plans for forming a transnational community of youth workers as an important infrastructure;Youth Workers were trained on how to educate youth, NEET & developed activities for key skills applied to green economy;The training offered a unique educative experience for participants to become familiar eco youth friendly approaches, gained competence in using projects’ outputs, exchanged, shared valuable experiences and got certification.Green Your Future training was addressed to Youth Workers and other professionals who work with and empower youth.The training activities were delivered primarily by the experts/youth workers of the knowledge partners IDL & Lidi who are experienced in green startups in sustainable tourism, cultural and creative industries and urban revitalisation based on heritage, important economic sub-sectors capable of generating employment, stimulating local development and promoting green job opportunities.Local Territorial Training:Two local territorial training were organised/partner to multiply the practice and knowledge gained in C1, in partners' local communities to empower more YW and youth with sustainable development approaches through the comprehensive educational panorama of the project.<< Results >>IO1 Toolkit ""Be the Climate Change Ambassador"" translated in 5 GR,FR,IT,NL,PTYW and experts of partnership have created:-the Green Online Game;-the Interactive Content Game to mobilise youth to fight the climate crisis with impact on their daily lives;-digital educational activities for green skills, employment, business ideas to anticipate changes in workplaces of the future;-a comprehensive educational panorama with practical digital tools for green entrepreneurship education;-introduced to youth the European policies about environmental issues in a fun way;-youth understood climate change and developed entrepreneurial ideas;IO2 ""Build your Green Future"" translated in 5 GR,FR,IT,NL,PT-increased the impact at European level;-empowered YW to deliver innovative training and practical education for youth's future career opportunities;-YW empowered youth to develop sustainable business models, use their full potential to successfully enter the job market;-provided key skills applied in green economy;-provided guidelines through existing assessment and certification to increase their employability via non-formal and informal learning;C1 training, extremely EU demonstrated, formed a transnational community of YW as an important infrastructure. YW were trained on how to educate youth, NEET, developed activities for key skills applied to green economy.WEBSITE:-served as open education digital space for the material developed throughout the project;-was easily traced for overcoming physical and time limitations;-provided equal accessed to good quality education, everyone has access to the training material and resources;-addressed to large audiences;Other:-Guidelines, templates, 1 dissemination Plan, 100 leaflet&brochures, 5 newsletters, several social media key messages;-Educational recommendations for policy makers;-Exploitation strategy;-Evaluation/Quality control/Monitoring activities and products;-1 Workplan/Handbook 15 reports;-Five GREEN peer committees were structured;-Videos&testimonials.The project was addressed to a wide range of end-users who were involved in all phases of implementation, specifically:- 150 unemployed youth, with limited opportunities, NEET;- 100 youth workers, trainers and staff from different EU organisations;- 20 Experts in educational fields related to youth;- Mooc 37 registrations, 20p completed the course and had certificates issuedThe indirect beneficiaries were more than 1000 end users of IOs that were free online.Furthermore- 500 Visitors of website;- 6 reports for Local Pilot Test on IOs;- 1 report summarised International Pilot Tests;- 60 p in the local pilot testing activities;- 28 p in the international pilot testing activities;- 150 physical attendees and 75 online in the 5 ME;- 80 p in Territorial training for YW;-250 p in Territorial training for YP;Social Media:CCIF Cy - 1.3Kp reachedIDL - Linkedin 1000 new followersLSS - 2465 reachedPP - 1898p reachedSCOSME - 1556p reached & 1286 interactionsSM of the project: -500 followers on Facebook, Linkedin 1668 impressionsQualitative indicators achieved:1) 80% degree of appreciation of the IOs, detected through the evaluation questionnaires administered to all the participants of the local pilot tests.2) 85% degree of appreciation of the IOs, detected through the evaluation questionnaires administered to all participants of the international pilot test.3) 80% level of skills acquired by youth workers and youth detected through tests administered to all participants of the Territorial training.-95 publications on social networks and webpages from project partners with news from the project like transnational meetings, dissemination of project results, conclusions from multiplier events, training activities etc.-40 publications on the webpage of the project & partners: news from the project, project results and articles and news related to the topic of the project.-80 publications on Facebook and LinkedIn with news from the project, dissemination of project results etc.-5 Newsletters were mailed to at least 50 people per countryPartners presented the project in national & international events:-LSS- Reus, Spain, September 2023 - 60p-CCIF & LSS Nicosia, June 2023 - 80p-CCIF Cy Paphos, August 2022 - 120p-PP IT, Trani, March 2023 - 70p-Scosme, Condomar, January 2023 - 360p stakeholders/local network-National event with international students, The Hague, June 2023 - 24-IDL Université Côte d'Azur May 2022 50 studentsPolicy-Makers - Educational recommendations:Despite it was not on the short term goals of the project GreenEnter4Future, partners had the potential to influence policy development. It was done by providing policy-makers with a collection of training materials, program and an online platform on how to provide a high quality learning opportunities tailored to the needs of individual youth by making available flexible learning offers adapted to their learning needs."