| Project funding | EU |
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| Project website | N/A |
| Programme website | Serbia – North Macedonia |
| Contribution to the Programme’s specific objective | Skills improvement and creation of employment opportunities in perspective sectors |
| Project start date | 01.06.2021 |
| Project end date | 31.08.2022 |
| Project total budget | EUR 188.713,65 |
| Project EU funding | EUR 160.406,60 |
| Description | Overall Objective- Greater involvement of young people in starting their own entrepreneurship through a sustainable social program in border area between Serbia and North Macedonia Specific Objective- Supporting young people to develop their own potentials to start social entrepreneurship by educating and testing ideas in practice Activity 1.1 Equipping Centers for development of professional capacities of young people in Serbia and North Macedonia Activity 2.1: Developing Handbook on social entrepreneurship for young people and future entrepreneur Activity 3.1: Organization and implementation of training for teachers Activity 3.2: Organization and implementation of training on social entrepreneurship for youth 15-24 age Activity 4.1:Organizing a competition/visits in order to exchange experiences, ideas, test knowledge social entrepreneurship and getting to know region Activity 5.1: Development and launch two social enterprises in Vranje and Kumanovo in order to create condition that students have opportunity to engage practice and solve social problems Activity 6.1: Organization and implementation of Round tables in Vranje and Kumanovo Activity 6.2: Organization and implementation of Panel about social entrepreneurship in Vranje and Kumanovo Activity 7.1:Creating a common WEB education and market portal to enable promotion and increase cooperation between CB region Activity 8.1: Conducting market research on current situation of social entrepreneurship in CB region, CB region, analyze the impact of social attitudes and existing legal policies Activity 9.: Project visibility activities (development of promotional material) Activity 3.2.2: Development of interactive interpretation system via QR codes and equipping tourist attractions with QR codes Activity 3.2.3: Development of common multilingual touristic guidebook Activity 3.2.4: Purchase of visibility material Activity 3.3.1: Collaborative workshop for tour operators/touristic agencies Activity 3.3.2: Exchange and dissemination workshop |
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| Expected results | – Educational material is used by relevant professionals and civil society organization who would like to take similar course of the action – Teachers and young people are using knowledge and skills developed during the project – Cooperation between project partners and networking of stakeholders remains to function – Social enterprises established during the project continues to produce services /goods with the Social value – Centers for Innovative Development of Social entrepreneurship provides services and are well used in cities in Vranje and Kumanovo – young people are equipped with the skills and knowledge for self-employment and continues to seek for the opportunities |
| Expected outputs | 1: Two Centers for Innovation development of social entrepreneurship established and equipped 2: Handbook “Fundamentals of social entrepreneurship” developed and disseminated to all target group and interested parties 3:Training for teachers and young people (15-24 age) for raising capacity of social entrepreneurship organized and delivered 4: Two cross-border competition/visits organized 5:Two social enterprises established 6: A model of social entrepreneurship presented to all stakeholders through public debates 7:A common on-line web portal for social entrepreneurship developed and launched 8:Analysis of environment for development of social entrepreneurship conducted 9:Visibility activities properly implemented |
| Lead partner | Institution name: School of Economics and Commerce Country: Serbia Address: Esperanto bb, Vranje Website: www.ekonomskavranje.edu.rs Legal status: Public |
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| Partner | Institution name: Center for Regional Cooperation and sustainable development “Eko Balkan” Country: Serbia Address: Zivkovci bb, Zivkovci Website: N/A Legal status: Private |
| Partner | Institution name: Pero Nakov Secondary Municipal School Country: North Macedonia Address: Mosa Pijade bb, Kumanovo Website: www.souperonakov.edu.mk Legal status: Public |