About Project:

The social economy is an alternative form of equitable, responsible and democratic economical development, also called the third sector. In the context of the current global crisis, the social economy seems to be one of the viable solutions with a significant potential for job creation and employment. The social entrepreneurship comes primarily to help the social inclusion of marginalized or disabled people, to encourage the employment, to harness the local potential or to support the social activity of some NGOs.

The objectives of the project are:

– The acquisition by 60 young people with fewer opportunities, during 11 days of non-formal

education activities, of social entrepreneurship skills.

– The recognition and comprehension by the 60 participants of social and environmental issues in their communities and identification of possible solutions to these issues.

– The acquisition of knowledge by participants about the foundation of a business with social impact in their own community (start-up).

– The inspiration and motivation of the participants to actively engage in the life of the local

community and to make changes within the community.

– The establishment of a consortium of youth organizations whose purpose is to promote the social entrepreneurship and social innovation.

Youth on the Move” project aims to promote the social entrepreneurship among young people from 6 European countries and to contribute to the transfer of good practices in the field of social entrepreneurship from countries where it is more developed (Italy, Portugal) to countries where it is less developed (Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Slovakia). Through the implementation of this project, we will contribute to the acquisition of social entrepreneurship skills among 60 young people with fewer opportunities (marginalized youth) and at the same time to set up a consortium of youth organizations and public authorities that will promote the social entrepreneurship and social innovation in their own communities.

The project activities took place in Caciulata, Romania, August – September 2019.