Project name: Entrepreneurial Citizenship for Social Change – EPIC
Project Partners :
CARDET (Cyprus, lead partner)
KMOP EIH (Greece)
PIF (Albania)
Innovade (Cyprus)
SMOC (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
PEN (Kosova)
Country of Implementation: Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Project number: 101131326 — EPIC — ERASMUS-YOUTH-2023-CB
Project Overview
The EPIC project was structured in recognition of the transformative role Active Citizenship can play in society, laying the ground for citizen-led actions and initiatives to address social issues and challenges operating as a driver of change. Moreover, it perceives Social Entrepreneurship as a form of business operation that is interrelated with and an expression of Active citizenship.
Objectives
- Develop a full-suite of catered educational and capacity-building resources and tools to build up the capacity of youth organizations in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo, in the field of social entrepreneurship
- Educate and empower young people to develop and manage social enterprises.
- Build up the conception and capacity of youth workers and youth organisations to promote active participation and social entrepreneurship.
- Raise awareness on key social issues (e.g. environment, inclusion) and the contribution social enterprises can have at a local, national, and transnational level
- Lay the ground for the development of a support structure for youth to become actively involved in the field of social entrepreneurship.
- Develop a social entrepreneurship ecosystem in the implementing countries
Expected results
- Foster cooperation across different regions of the world through joint initiatives;
- Raise the capacity of organisations working with young people outside formal learning
- Support the development of youth work;
- Promote non-formal learning activities, with a view to improving the level of competencies while ensuring the active participation of young people in society
- National & Transnational Report on Youth & Social Entrepreneurship in Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosovo.
- Train the Trainers Manual – Curriculum on Social Entrepreneurship
Duration: 24 months 2023-2025
