Empowerment Women through Entrepreneurship

<< Background >>We applied for this project to address the need to empower girls and young women aged 16 to 30, who are underrepresented in the workforce and business sectors. As women ourselves, we noticed a lack of resources, events, networking opportunities, and simple, easy-to-read step-by-step guidance on how to start a business or initiatives, and particularly in the field of non-formal education. This inspired us to focus on creating practical solutions for young women to overcome these barriers with the help of non-formal education tools. It was also important to increase the capacities of organizations in the topic of entrepreneurship, of joint development of digital resources and strengthen connections with the local business, NGOs and educational institutions.The project addressed several key needs. For organizations, we focused on building their capacity to design and lead entrepreneurial programs effectively. For young people we created a practical toolkit offering step-by-step guidance and success stories both to teach and inspire them. For educators, we provided training and Digital resources to deliver impactful entrepreneurship education. A core goal was also to increase the visibility and popularity of female entrepreneurship.<< Objectives >>The main objective was to increase the capacities of participating organizations to effectively promote and support entrepreneurship for young people, with a particular focus on girls and women. We wanted to address the underrepresentation of girls and women in entrepreneurship and empower them through targeted initiatives in Turkey, Serbia, and Germany.Our other key objectives were to:1. Strengthen the capacities of organizations in Turkey, Serbia, and Germany to design and implement initiatives that build entrepreneurial competencies, focusing on creativity, teamwork, problem-solving, and innovation.2. Initiate collaboration between organizations and key sectors, such as business and education, to create sustainable, cross-sectoral solutions.3. Train youth workers and educators to develop and deliver activities that empower girls and women, providing them with practical tools and methods to address their unique challenges.4. Research the needs of the young females and educators, and based on that create a user-friendly and easy to read and implement Toolkit for female entrepreneurship.4. Build a strong consortium network to ensure continued collaboration and the development of new projects.<< Implementation >>1. Kick-off and Mid-term meetings to monitor project's progress and evaluation of done activities. 2. Training Youth Workers: a comprehensive training program, equipping 30 youth workers from Turkey, Serbia, and Germany with skills to empower young women through entrepreneurial education. 3. Toolkit Development: A practical toolkit was created, offering tools, methods, and resources for youth workers to support entrepreneurial skills development among young people. The toolkit was tested, refined through feedback, and published as an open-source resource.4. Focus groups (30 people) and in depths interviews with young women, youth workers etc (18 people) to research needs, test the Toolkit and make improvement.5. Local Workshops in Turkey: 3 workshops were organized in Turkey, reaching 50 participants, including youth workers, educators, and young women. 6. Local Female Founders Festival in Germany: 3-days event with over 4o people, including local speakers, workshops and networking for young current & future female entrepreneurs in Nuremberg.7. Local Workshops in Serbia, reaching 9 people in presence and 8 online8. Local Workshop in Germany with over 15 participants<< Results >>Output 1: A comprehensive toolkit to support entrepreneurial education, focusing on young women aged 16–30.Output 2: A five-day training course designed for youth workers and educators.Output 3: Conducted additional interactive workshops in Germany and Serbia to promote the toolkit, project results and foster local networking with over 30 participantsOutput 4: Conducted serie of local Workshops in Turkey with 50 participants. Output 5: Increased visibility of the topic of Women Entrepreneurship through Dissemination activities to share project outcomes and promote Erasmus+ opportunities through events promotions, social media reach and cooperations with local stakeholders.Output 6: Strengthened and contributed to the local female networks using WhatsApp group to support start-up beginners, share further opportunities and tools for entrepreneurial education.Output 7: Narrative report on Training course and local Workshops in Turkey.Output 8: Report on research on situation with entrepreneurial education and countries' realities.Output 9: Improved quality and skills of training activities in all partner organizations.