"Project GreenY aims to foster cooperation between countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia, promoting youth-led entrepreneurship for the development of the inclusive green economy. The project will train women youth workers with key competencies and practical skills that promote their entrepreneurial spirit and increase their employment opportunities within the various sectors related to the green economy model. The project will also promote the use of innovative methodologies such as the Lean Startup methodology, as an instrument for the development of dynamic companies within the field of green economy, characterized by greater added value, innovation and growth potential.The development of these capacities will allow women youth workers to be empowered in the face of the challenges of the global context and can be considered as active agents of change within the framework of emerging sustainable development models. In addition, the project will focus on the training of young people belonging to vulnerable contexts and it is expected that as a result of the project the young participants can develop entrepreneurship initiatives within the scope of the green economy in their local contexts that contribute to the development and improvement of living conditions in their communities.The project will be structured in:1. Project management and coordination2. Research, analysis and data collection3. Transnational training meetings for youth workers and staff members in Greece, Mexico and India.4. Local workshops in all participant countries.5. Development of intellectual outputs (guidelines for “gender inclusion in the field of green economy”, handbook ""how to develop entrepreneurship initiatives through the Lean Startup methodology in the field of green economy” and e-learning course).6. Development of digital tools (GreenY platform)7. Activities of dissemination, quality assurance and monitoring and sustainability.It is expected that at least 60 Women Youth Workers participate directly in the project, that more than 160 young people take part in one of their activities (E-learning course, local workshop, research, etc.) and that more than 1000 people will indirectly benefit from the results and products of GreenY (New enterprises, guidelines, handbook, platform GreenY), among which are members of the community, stakeholders, professionals, companies, organizations and institution.The project meets the priorities of the Erasmus+ program for the youth field. It promotes the reduction of youth unemployment, aims at the development of business skills, supports the use of innovative methodologies for the development of youth work, promotes non-formal learning and encourages cooperation and exchanges.. It is also in line with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the European Commission Action Plan for a greener and cleaner economy and the “European Green Deal”."

The objective of the project CYRCLE is to encourage cooperation between Europe, Latin America and Africa, promoting youth initiatives in the field of responsible tourism, through the implementation of circular economy principles in the craft sector, as a strategy for sustainable development and economic growth in vulnerable communities. CYRCLE project will incentive to youth-led responsible tourism initiatives in order to contribute to the maintenance and protection of the heritage, cultural and natural assets of the destinations, and allow the young people to contribute to the strengthening of the local economy, to create collaborations between the different parties involved of the local community which can become an alternative recipient of tourism. The project activities will be based on the identification and valorization of local community assets, especially in the field of handicraft, that could be used in order to achieve sustainable tourism that will benefit local communities. In order to promote this objective, CYRCLE project will organize some main activity clusters: a) research on the principles and best practices related with responsible tourism with local youth. This research will also include the identification of important local assets that could be valorized for a tourism related product in each of the local communities, the analysis of circular economy strategies which can be applied to the responsible tourism and the research about the local handicraft sector.b) the enhancement of skills and competencies of youth workers in the field of responsible tourism and youth entrepreneurship within the framework of three international Meetings in Italy, Mexico and Kenya. c) the creation of networks and information for entrepreneurial training, and responsible tourism offer through the youth-led initiatives. It will include the development of material for an eLearning course offered for youth and the creation of innovative CYRCLE platform for the circulation of best-practices, studies, responsible and alternative tourism offers, sharing of experience, circulation of human resources for the local promotion.It is expected that more than 100 youth workers (also with fewer opportunities) from all the partner countries will be involved in the activities both through the participation in the transnational events and the participation in the e-learning course. The project is going to be implemented by a consortium that includes 5 partners from 2 EU (Italy, Greece), 1 Africa (Kenya) and 1 Latin American (Mexico). The project consortium includes NGOs, SMEs, and foundations which have diverse and complementary skills.