CORE IDEAThis youth initiative was established in order to promote entrepreneurship education and social entrepreneurship among young people in one of the region with highest unemployment rate (34%) in south Slovakia, putting entrepreneurship ideas into practice with a view to tackling challenges and problems identified within their communities.OBJECTIVES1. To encourage active social entrepreneurship in excluded regions and rural areas.2. To include young people in the region /specially rural areas/ into the labor market – targeting the NEET by boosting their entrepreneurial skills (digital, managerial and language skills)3. To build a strategic collaboration with regional authorities and entrepreneurs by developing social enterprise business idea and by implementing the idea with the support of the strategic collaboration.4. Internationalization of youth work by exchanging good practice examples and by creating the network of young people and organizations with the same objective5. Build transnational cross - sectoral network of social enterprises to promote innovation, exchange of experience and know-how between different types of organizationsTARGET GROUPYoung people from excluded regions and rural areas with fewer opportunitiesACTIVITIES1. Activity – 1ST. INTERNATIONAL MEETING - Slovakia – August 2016 – 7 daysMain aim of this activity will be to introduce the project partners, local entrepreneurs and 5 young potential young entrepreneurs and to provide them good quality training using formal and non-formal learning tools.Partners will be responsible to introduce to the others the topics, within the are experts: • Social economy and SE in EU and project partner countries• Entrepreneurship skills• Digital skills and social media• Developing business idea & project management• Self – employment in rural areas (other than agriculture)• Marketing, fundraising and crowd funding2.Activity - LOCAL MEETINGS&REGIONAL MENTORING PROGRAMME - Sept 2016 -Dec. 2016 Local meeting with local municipalities, young people and local entrepreneursPreparation of pilot action social business ideas with the support from local municipalities and entrepreneursMentoring programme with an aim to motivate and inspire 5 young people to setting of new bussineses with social context in their regionPleNET SEON award - chosing of the best social entreprise ideas3. Activity – VIRTUAL MOBILITY & PHYSICAL MOBILITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE - Jan. 2017-MAy 2017Experts from partner countries prepare 6 international (3hours) webinars in english language.To give to 2 young potential entrepreneurs from excluded region chance for practical experience abroad (30 days practical experience in foreign social entreprise) in area of enterprise and social enterprise. To develop entrepreneurship behaviour through the activation of practical experience of learning of young people. To build a cross-sectorial network of social enterprises to promote innovation, exchange of experience and know-how between different types of organisations4. Activity –FINAL MEETING – July 2017 - Slovakia – 3 daysPresentation of social business ideas in the region,the outputs and sustainable networking activitiesPOLICY CONTEXTThe political context of the project, and the guidelines to which constant reference will be made during the training course, are:1. Erasmus+ programme with its objectives and priorities and values2. New skills for new jobs: Action now, A report by the Expert Group prepared for the European Commission3.Recommendation of the European parliament and of the council for key competences for lifelong learning 4. Slovak republic strategy for youth 2014-20205.Europe 2020 strategy6. Council recommendation on a Quality Framework for Traineeships 7. Inclusion and Diversity Strategy OUTCOMES1.) 5 TRAINED YOUNG PEOPLE-POTENTIAL ENTREPRENEURS2.) 35 EDUCATED YOUNG PEOPLE WITH FEWER OPPORTUNITIES3.) 5 IDENTIFIED SOCIAL ENTERPRISE IDEAS4.) 1 REGIONAL NETWORK 5.) 1 INTERNATIONAL NETWORK6.) Web page PlaNET SOEN & virtual space on FB7.) 1xkick off meeting, 6x webinars, 2x physical mobility, 2x regional meeting with the entrepreneurs and local municipalities, 1x PlaNET SOEN award, 1xfinal conference/presentation8.)10 THINGS TO DO TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY YOU LIVE IN – INTERNATIONAL BROCHURE9.) REGIONAL MENTORING PROGRAMME10.) Global definition of social enterprise and the manual of how to establish a social enterprise with webinars

Climate change is a global problem caused by several factors. Among them, deforestation and forest degradation generate 20% of total greenhouse gases emissions, responsible for climate change. For this reason, the Forestry sector plays an important role in the fight against this phenomenon. This is especially significant in the case of the European Union, whose consumption of wood and wood products is one of the highest in the world.Currently, activities focusing on Environmental Education address climate change and forest benefits in a separate way. As a result, society is hindered to understand the important role of forest in climate change. This project idea was born to meet this need.The «Educating on “Climate Forests”» project has counted with the participation of 5 different partners consisting of NGOs and higher education institutions that work with young people from environmental fields or with concerns on current environmental problems. These partner organizations are E-zavod (Slovenia), EURO (Italy), University of Usak (Turkey), Hnutí DUHA - Friends of the Earth (Czech Republic) and, as a coordinating organization, IROKO DFS (Spain).The overall objective of this project has been to broaden the approach of non-formal education to address climate change from the relevance that forests have in its mitigation.To do this, a group of youth workers from the non-formal education field has elaborated environmental education activities merging forests and climate change topics.Once training activities were developed, they were tested in local workshops with groups of at least 10 youngsters (18-30 years old). After these local workshops, results were shared and the best activities were selected to include them in a toolkit containing a) a guidebook with the 50 best activities (available in 6 languages), b) a guidebook annex with other 25 activities designed under the framework of this project and c) a handbook with a list of good practices to reduce the pressure we put on forests. The direct beneficiaries of this project have been the youth workers involved into the project and the participant youngsters in the local workshops.The main expected benefits have included: a) Firstly, for youth workers: to enhance their skills on planning and developing of environmental non-formal education workshops; to create new links and contacts that may generate in future collaborations.b) Secondly, for participant youngsters: to have the opportunity to participate in an active way in the process of evaluation and improvement of the training activities created by the project; to develop a stronger awareness on the relevance that forests have in fighting climate change; to increase their possibilities to get a job as an environmental educator. c) And last, for NGOs, youth organizations and other related entities applying the training material created by this project: to improve their results in design and implementation of environmental non formal education programs, address to sensitize youngsters about the role of forests in fighting climate change.

MAIN AIM/PRIORITY OF THE PROJECTMost relevant priority of this project is to promote engaging, more inclusive education and social entrepreneurship among young people by empowering them through innovative and integrated approaches in order to take responsibility for the community they live in . All project activities are cross-sectoral ( school, municipality, local entrepreneurs) and are building grass-root approach. Main aim as well as commission of this project is to include, engage and empower as much young people into the region/community they live in as possible and to prevent brain drain and high youth unemployment rate in rural areas. Thanks to this project, the empowerment of youth will be done by high quality and innovative activities – such us international trainings, local internships , job shadowing & personal expertise developments, which will lead into youth engagement (and empowerment) in a form of specific socially innovative projects implemented in the region/community they live in. All activities will be done in a both - formal and no-formal ways, as well as by using online (virtual training course with certified EU project managers) and offline (social business, green economy & start-ups trainings) tools and methods. Associated partners (schools and NGOS) will provide necessary environment for implementation of school participatory budget, so that the students will be able thanks to gained expertise apply for a municipality participatory grant. Thanks to this project, the students will engage to the community also at the municipality level.The participants will not only gain valuable know-how regarding green economy and project development, but thanks to the participation at municipality/community level they will gain also skills including public speaking, negotiation, facilitation, confidence, communication skills, and leadership.INITIAL SITUATIONThis project is an upgraded and more innovative version of a previous project PlaNET SOEN2, which had been awarded by Iuventa and Slovak Ministry of Education as the best cross-sectoral project for the year 2019. We decided to continue with the activities in our region, because the demand and need of continuous youth work in the region is still very acute, as none of the municipalities do have a sustainable plans on how to prevent brain-drain and high youth unemployment rate. In this upgraded version we have new partners and we put more attention into fostering the development of social and civic competences at the high school and municipality level and our priority is also to reduce disparities in access and use of digital technologies by mixing non-formal and formal learning education in online training courses. We expect that these new approaches will support the dynamics of school life and community life and promote more responsible and caring autonomous youth, exercising permanently their citizenship in a nurturing and creative environment.PROJECT OUTPUTS& IMPACTAre following:NETWORKS & PARTNERSHIPS & VIRTUAL PLATFORMS1 x international network and partnership4 x official partnership between PPs and schools & NGOs4 x sustainable networks of local entrepreneurs & local small municipalities1 x web page1 x social media pageMEETINGS & TRAININGS & INTERNSHIPS & JOBSHADOWINGS3 x transnational meetings (1xkick-off meeting, 1xmidterm meeting, 1xfinal meeting)2 x transnational trainings ( 1x training about school participatory budget & social innovative project development, 1 x training about start-ups & green economy projects)6 x virtual online trainings ( 3x training about school participatory budget & social innovative project development, 3 x training about start-ups & green economy projects)20 x local trainings about project budgeting -SPB( 5xtrainings in each PP country)up to 20 x local trainings about project innovations & green economy ( 3xtrainings in each PP country)up to 20 x local internships/trainings ( 5xinternships/trainings in each PP country)4 X international job shadowing’s8 x multiplier events (2x conference)INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS1 x online training about SPB and MPB1 x interactive workshop/trainig material about social innovations, start-ups and green economy1x municipality participatory budget (MPB) toolkitPARTICIPANTSAt least 40 x trained young people – project development, social innovations, green economy & start-ups4 x trained teacher – in school & municipality budget implementation principles4 x trained youth workers– in school & municipality budget implementation principles4 x schools implementing SPB4 x youth NGOs educated in project development & SPB4x local municipalities included in the projectOTHERS4 x social entrepreneurship business ideas models10 x newsletters1 x communication manual1 x project evaluation plan10 x press releases2 x video20 x monthly reports from each partner8 x project ideas (for school participatory budget and municipality participatory budget)

Hubs of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for the Transformation of Historic Urban Areas HUB-IN aims to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in Historic Urban Areas (HUA), while preserving the unique identity of the historic sites regarding their natural, cultural and social values. HUB-IN adopts the innovation and entrepreneurship as the main drivers of urban regeneration in HUAs and it´s fully aligned with the International agendas for Cultural Sustainable Development (UNESCO) and Cultural Heritage Strategy (Council Europe). HUB-IN will have two main stages. In the first stage, a network of Hubs of innovation and entrepreneurship (Hubs) will be developed in the HUAs of eight city partners and in the second stage, the resulting methods and tools will be upscaled to a global network of HUAs of follower cities. The Hubs of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Hubs) will test, demonstrate and pilot activities of co-creation and co-design in three meaningful clusters with potential for sustainable transformation of HUA: i) Cultural and creative industries, ii) New lifestyles and iii) Endogenous Natural & Social Resources. HUB-IN defines 12 specific goals, that will be achieved by the following methodology: i) Building an ecosystem of interconnected Hubs to accelerate urban regeneration in eight HUAs, ii) Creating value in pilot Hubs, piloting social innovation and accelerating sustainable entrepreneurship in HUAs, iii) Packaging, upscaling and exploiting the results and create collaborative global network of Hubs of innovation and entrepreneurship in HUA, iv) Creating the HUB-IN digital space. HUB-IN expect to contribute to reverse trends of abandonment and neglect of historic heritage in a systemic way through the creation of networks of Hubs where innovation will be the main driver. HUB-IN will also have a direct impact on the creation of new sustainable opportunities for local traditional businesses and for the development of new creative skills and jobs.