Global Pathways

The project “Global Pathways” aims to mainstreaming Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education in nonformal sector as a means to combat youth unemployment, while contributing at the sustainable development of our societies. A manual in “Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education” will be developed comprising of five parts:1. Global and Local Context: giving understanding on why sustainable entrepreneurship is needed in the current state of the world and local context, the local and global implications of unsustainable entrepreneurship; 2. Non-formal Education Methods: giving youth workers at least 15 non-formal education methods to develop amongst young people a sense of sustainable entrepreneurship and co-responsibility to attain Sustainable Development Goals. 3. Training Module: giving youth workers an example a five-day training programme to inspire and young people to start a sustainable business that respond to smaller or bigger challenges in the local society or beyond. The training module will explain training sessions step-by-step and give the trainer indication for further reading. As a point of departure, it shall cover the following subjects:a) Assessing smaller or bigger challenges in the local society or beyond;b) Generating ideas for responsible businesses;c) Models of responsible businesses;d) Business symbioses;e) Cradle to Cradle Businesses (C2C).4. Examples of Sustainable Businesses at least 12 examples of sustainable business started by young people. 5. A Reading List: a list of further reading resources to enhance the youth worker knowledge on the subjects covered by the training module.The project will train 93 youth workers in the partner countries to provide Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education to young people in their local communities. The project will furthermore train 140 young people in the partner countries to engage in sustainable entrepreneurship as way to combat unemployment and poverty, while contributing to sustainable development our societies. To project is hoped to mainstream sustainable entrepreneurship education in non-formal education, creating local, national and international synergies to promote sustainable entrepreneurship and development.