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Micro-Enterprise & Social Action international Partnership

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2014-2-UK01-KA205-012139
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for youth Funder Contribution: 47,149 EUR

Micro-Enterprise & Social Action international Partnership

Description

MESAP was designed to address the following issues:- Barriers to Youth Enterprise & Digital Skills- Barriers to Youth Social Action - High Youth unemployment- Low Skills amongst young people- Youth Workers attitudes & experience in Enterprise as an alternative to Employment- Long term partnership relationships- Limited free materials for Youth Organisations interested in implementing Enterprise, Digital, Social Action youth projectsThe main objectives were very wide and it became clear early on that this small strategic partnership was not going to change these issues as a standalone 2 year project. However, the project did work on these subjects and for those directly involved had a positive impact.OutputsCompleted Enterprise Skills training for young people: AchievedCompleted Digital Skills training for young people: AchievedCompleted Social Action Skills for young people: AchievedIncreased skills, awareness and experience of Youth Workers and partner organisations in the delivery of strategic partnerships, enterprise and social action projects: AchievedChange Youth Workers attitudes towards Enterprise & experience through training: Achieve – those directly involved.Intellectual Output X 3: Achieved6 Young people who participated in this programme establishing their own Enterprise: currently being monitored5 Young people who participated in this programme establish their own Social Action project and actively making a difference: currently being monitored – so far, most UK and Bulgarian participants have been involved in further social action and good citizen activities – more long term monitoring is required.10 Young people moving closer to Employment, Training, Apprenticeships or back into Education: Achieved. All young people are closer to moving towards EET (+Apprenticeships). Long term monitoring is required to see how sustainable this is. All Young people more prepared for their next step: Achieved.Changes and improvements:Young People:Young people will be more engaged and an aware of Enterprise and Self-employment as an alternative to Employment: Achieved.Young people will understand the international opportunities available to them: Achieved.Young people will increase their Skills, including: Enterprise; Digital; Communication, Inter-personal, Linguistic, Financial management, Leadership, Team, and Life Skills: Achieved.Young people will be job ready and have developed real work-based, enterprise and vocational skills, suitable across a wide range of sectors: Achieved.Young people will be more committed to giving back to their community and more aware of their social responsibilities and citizenship: Currently being monitored.Young people will be more committed to working in partnerships to develop, create positive change in their communities and actively take control of their future: Currently being monitored.Young people will be more culturally aware and intrigued by Europe, the EU and their EU Citizenship: Amongst those directly involved – Achieved, this will be further monitored.Young people will increase their Digital skills suitable for a work place environment: Achieved in relation to the training in the programme.Youth WorkersYouth Workers and staff participating in the programme will develop their Skills, Experiences and awareness of Enterprise, Social Action and international youth work methods & tools: AchievedYouth Workers and staff participating in the programme will understand how partnership work on an international level: Achieved.Youth Workers and staff participating in the programme will be aware of young peoples' needs: Achieved – short term, further monitoring required.Youth Workers and staff participating in the programme will have the skills required to engaged isolated young people especially those at risk of long term unemployment: Achieved – short term, further monitoring required.Youth Workers will gain experience of their sector in a different environment and new tools: Achieved.Youth Workers will be more aware on how to mobilise digital technology for youth work: Achieved.Partners & OrganisationsParticipating partners will understand the best project management approaches to strategic partnership programmes and the of Enterprise and Social Action projects – Achieved, however more work around this is necessary for some partners.Participating partners will develop and appreciate the benefit of Digital tools for learning, project management etc – Achieved.Partners will understand, develop and put into practice international best practices, robust risk assessments – Achieved in theory – long term monitoring required to see the overall impact.Partners will develop and put in place more Online and Social Media tools to support young people – To some extent. Turkish partner was not able to work on all areas due to the repercussions of the attempted coup in Turkey.Partners will capacity building themselves to be strong partners,

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