The main aim of the project is to promote the social entrepreneurship of young women. Gender inequality continues to be a significant issue worldwide. The lack of role models and mentors, gender pay gap and unequal access to funding and venture capital are some of the main obstacles that women face. Cultural barriers appear to be part of the issue, with women not supported or encouraged into entrepreneurship in the same way as their male counterparts. In lots of cases, women faced stereotypes and had to overcome others’ expectations. Of course, women are not just missing from business. Although they account for up to half of the global population, their presence is lacking in entrepreneurship, government and higher levels of professions like STEM professions, medicine, politics and law. The motivation of this project is to facilitate, educate, intricate and reinforce women in social entrepreneurship in order to acquire business fundamentals, provide finance and cost management tools in order to face both systemic and personal barriers to accessing capital. The project aims to create an online business accelerator simulator to help them access information regarding social entrepreneurship and a space for idea sharing, brainstorming and access to possible investors.GEMINI focuses on three main target groups; firstly young women who want to become social entrepreneurs , secondly to Youth Workers (trainers, facilitators, consultants etc) who train, empower and support youth on entrepreneurial topics. The third group are the already successful women entrepreneurs, whose role must be heightened in order to provide an inspiration for the new generations. The Project, through its activities envisages to support Youth and Youth Workers on social entrepreneurship by equipping them with skills and knowledge on the topic. Youth Workers are the connection link with a wide network of youth as they work closely with them. Moreover, it expected the Youth Workers to have a wider dissemination of the projects aims, goals and results to youth as they come in contact with many and diverse youth groups. The project overall is expected to mobilize more than 30 young women and update the skills of 30 Youth Workers. Project partners are the Economic Intelligence Center from Albania, the Social Innovation and Cohesion Institute from Greece, the Nötárs Közhasznú Alapítvány from Hungary, the AUTOKREACJA FOUNDATION from Poland, the INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE - NGO A.s.b.l. form Luxembourg, the Kadın ve Genç Girişim Merkezi Derneği - Woman and Young Entrepreneurship Centre Association from Turkey, the ASOCIACION CULTURAL INTEGRA from Spain, the Drustvo za razvijanje prostovoljnega dela Novo mesto from Slovenia, the Bosnian Representative Association for Valuable Opportunities from Bosnia and the Center for Support of Local and Regional Development from Montenegro.

The level of youth unemployment is alarmingly high in the several EU Member States, with rates of over 50% recorded in many EU Member States from 2019 until today. Considering the potential of entrepreneurs to create employment and sustainable growth, promoting youth entrepreneurship, and making Europe more entrepreneur‑friendly has recently become a priority on the EU policy agenda. However, research has shown that among young people the wish to become an entrepreneur, and their assessment of its feasibility, is lower in EU Member States than in comparable and emerging economies. DiSPLAY is looking to introduce a new methodology for evaluating and testing youth business ideas; the use of digital LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®. These innovative means offers a series of methods & tools to help future youth entrepreneurs to evaluate and develop an idea. Using digital LEGO® bricks, CANVAS, design, critical thinking and other tools, youth will follow a procedure enabling them to better know themselves and their teams and to develop an entrepreneurship project. DiSPLAY aims at motivating youth to stimulate their social entrepreneurship, creativity, innovation & transversal skills. Through the promotion of intercultural dialogue, DiSPLAY encourage an open and respectful exchange of views on youth entrepreneurship between individuals and groups involved who come from different cultures and foresees a deeper understanding of the different perceptions. The overall aim of this project is to open employability opportunities and build up the entrepreneurial capacities of youth and youth workers from Europe, third countries associated with the Programme and Western Balkans that are required with innovative tools, resilient management & a solid sense of their ethical boundaries. With core element the digital transformation, the project supports the purposeful use of digital technologies and serious plays in youth business ideas development.