<< Objectives >>The aim of the project is to create innovative multilingual content and study materials of theoretical and practical exercises focused on gastronomy and food, with the added goal of integrating Ukrainian speaking students into the educational process at individual universities by creating teaching materials and video instructional videos in the Ukrainian language to simplify their education.<< Implementation >>As part of the project activities, study materials will be prepared in two areas, namely food and gastronomy. The preparation of high-quality online materials supplemented by practical video instructional videos in various language versions will help the rapid adaptation of Ukrainian students as well as a better preparation process at the individual partnership institutions.<< Results >>The result of individual activities will be a comprehensive, e-learning, multilingual study material in the field of gastronomy and food. With the free accessibility of this material, we will ensure the attractiveness of studies at partner institutions and improve the quality of student training. The result will also be a faster adaptation of Ukrainian-speaking students, an increased number of which we expect at all partner institutions in connection with the ongoing military conflict.

"According to the International Labor Organization (ILO) report, 38% of young people are not very hopeful about their career futures, as the crisis will create even more obstacles in the labour market and prolong the transition from school to work. 50% of teens are likely to experience anxiety or depression, with an additional 17% likely to be affected. In this context, urgent measures are needed to support the mental health of young people, among the others. Artistic work is one of the most effective ways to improve people's mental health. Performing art helps a person to express himself and provides physical, mental and emotional well-being. Digitized artistic works are an important tool to support young people in the global epidemic crisis. Unfortunately, youth work has not been able to keep up with the digital transformation and not sufficiently include young people.When the mental effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on young people are taken at the centre of the project, the focus will be on Digital Storytelling. As an innovative and artistic approach to teaching and learning that integrates human creativity and technology, it enables the creation of learner-centred and technologically rich interactive teaching and learning environments. Digital Storytelling includes all artistic elements such as scriptwriting, music, literature, photography, animation making. Digital storytelling allows individuals to tell their own stories, learn digital media skills, build confidence and self-esteem, develop language and literacy skills, foster higher-order thinking skills. In addition, digital storytelling supports non-formal education method with C-L-A-SS (Communication-Language-Art-Social Science) approach and perfectly fits as a solution of the impacts of Covid-19 in youth work.In order to achieve these goals, the various activities will be carried out such as the development of intellectual outputs, transnational meetings, virtual LTT activity, the online festival and various dissemination activities. The project will offer two intellectual outputs which are The Non-Formal Training Set of Creation Digital Storytelling and ""xPress Yourself"" e-platform.The training set will be a tool for youth workers in order to support their work in the Covid-19 process. This output will enable online non-formal activities through Digital Storytelling. This will also contain the basics of photography art.“XPress Yourself” focuses on digitalized artistic works and strengthening the mental health of young people. It will provide users with the opportunity of self-learning in photography and digital storytelling. The aim of the platform is to bring young people together with creative remote activities in the Covid-19 period, to increase their dialogue with their peers, to enable them to develop transversal skills and to show new ways for them to express themselves. While showing this way, it is to expose creativity through photography and digital storytelling.These intellectual outputs will support youth work not only in Covid-19 period but also the digital transition of youth work which will be widespread next years. These outputs perfectly fit e-mobility/virtual mobility aspects which encourage by Erasmus+.The online festival which will bring together young people and youth workers from all corners of Europe will be carried out. The theme of this festival will be culture. Participants will prepare digital storytelling videos for this festival where they will tell their local stories, heroes, histories, lifestyles, etc. These digital storytellings will be published in a certain order at the festival. Young people will get to know their peers' cultures while promoting their culture. This cultural transfer will strengthen EU Awareness and common values. It will also strengthen the EU identity among young people.Some of the expected impacts of the project as follows;- Young people in our main target group will discover and develop their creativity through photography and digital storytelling. While engaging these activities, they will strengthen their mental health affected in the Covid-19 period.- Young people will gain the ability to express themselves through photography and digital storytelling. Producing digital storytelling will enable them to discover much more different artistic talents. In addition, they will develop many soft skills and transversal skills as their communication and dialogue with their peers will strengthen.- Youth workers will gain alternative tools to support their work which affected during the Covid-19 period by using the project outputs. In addition, they will be inspired by the project and bring innovative ideas to your career.- The project will have long-term impacts on those who conduct training activities in different disciplines and branches. For example, digital storytelling can be used in various training such as mathematics, science, foreign language, etc."

"The COVID19 pandemic and the upcoming financial crisis make it difficult for young women to find jobs. Initiating an own project is a good option instead of ""waiting for the dream job"". Europe’s economy is depending on SMEs and will be even more so in the future. Entrepreneurship and business are traditionally a men’s domain, but there is a growing interest among women to learn how to establish and run their own business, especially in times of severe unemployment and social difficulties. Woman in entrepreneurship is a great source for growth in Europe; however women need different approaches than men. This is why we need specific entrepreneurial ecosystems, based on their own life experiences and value systems. In this context, the consortium of the project CHEER YOU @P is born, counting with project partners from Austria, Spain, Estonia, Poland and Greece. The objectives of the project are:- to innovate entrepreneurship education including coaching and mentoring skills of youth workers/trainers/teachers by fostering personal and technical resilience in a digital era- to foster educational skills of youth workers/trainers/teachers supporting them to overcome gender stereotypes in their working environments with youth- to identify, design and pilot entrepreneurial ecosystems supporting female entrepreneurs in the different partner countries- to improve digital literacy and entrepreneurial competences of both youth workers and young women with fewer opportunities to overcome additional obstacles in order to develop their professional career and skills- to create a postive impact & spread entrepreneurial spirit during COVID19 crisis through a sustainable (digital) network uniting changemakers all over EU The CHEER YOU @P addresses two main different target groups, the local and the European. At local and regional level, the target group are young women (between 18 and 30 years of age) who are searching for new professional perspectives in the entrepreneurial sector, or already in the phase of creation/ start-up situation (0-3 years) and in need of support measures (personal and digital) including local and virtual eco-systems; teachers in business schools/universities and youth workers, who are inspiring and guiding young talents towards the realization of their business ideas giving input on both personal and professional skills as well as bridging the gap from theory to practical useful guidance; and local eco-systems of support in the partner communities, including entrepreneurial drivers and enablers in the community. At European level, the target groups are female entrepreneurs and/or similar start-up groups of young women across EU; European audience of trainers and youth workers interested in entrepreneurial learning; and European policy-makers and funding programmers in the fields of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial learning.The project will results in concret outputs and activities aimed to reach the objectives of the project and address the needs of young female entrepreneurs. 1) ONLINE SURVEY on female entrepreneurship and supporting mechanisms in each country (500 participants)2) COLLECTION of PEDAGOGIC BEST PRACTICE MATERIALS (non-formal) for training entrepreneurial skills and basic BUSINESS KNOW-HOW for young entrepreneurs/ start-ups (at least 25 good practices in at least 6 languages) 3) MAPPING ENTREPRENEURIAL ECO-SYSTEMS with focus on support for female entrepreneurs in 5 countries 4) CREATION of interactive training modules @ our ONLINE-GUIDANCE-PLATFORM to support peer-to-peer transnational learning experiences and fostering of entrepreneurial skills and digital literacy (5 modules and at least 500 users)5) Transnational video compilation ""Best of CHEER YOU @P"" (at least 15 short videos) 6) Training course for 20 youth workers/teachers in Greece on DIGITAL LEARNING METHODS and INNOVATIVE ICT-TOOLS including ONLINE FACILITATION TECHNIQUES7) Training Course in Austria for 20 youth workers/teachers on innovative approaches to LEADERSHIP, MENTORING and COACHING SKILLS to support young women with fewer opportunities on their career path (from ""un-employed to self-employed"")8) 10 Multiplier events at local level with at least 200 external participants in total (Changemakers' events)CHEER YOU @P will create added value and raise awareness on the challenges of female entrepreneurship. It will increase awareness on European values for diversity, connect relevant stakeholders at local and regional level while offering innovative training solutions and it will improve the knowledge and visibility of EU priorities while enhancing a discussion on how entrepreneurship can help young women with fewer opportunities. The project will improve understanding of cultural diversity and social inclusion, developing of new collaborations, increase the range of individual learning and further education opportunities through the publication of our intellectual outputs."

ContextThe last decade, two unexpected things happened in Europe: a financial crisis and a significant rising of unemployment (especially in youth). In this context social entrepreneurship was risen as a sustainable solution for economy and an answer to the new needs that widely appeared. The SE+ED project, on one hand, draws on the social entrepreneurship tradition and at the same time offers a new perspective bringing together five different countries (Austria, Portugal, Poland, UK, Greece) with different cultures, needs and experiences of economic recession. On the other hand, fosters the exchange of educational practices, sharing ideas and know-how, active involvement of youth and raise awareness about social entrepreneurship.ObjectivesThe main objective is to promote entrepreneurship education and social entrepreneurship among young people focusing in innovation, creativity, active citizenship and use of digital media.More specific:- reinforcing cooperation of different institutes (Universitites, NGOs, SMEs)- training young people in application of innovative methodological tools of digital entrepreneurship - creating and applying original ideas by young participants in local social enterpises- disseminating the project’s results in an international conference with wide participation of young people and social enterprises across Europe- empowering the sense of community and sharing among European citizensPartnersFive partners from five different countries are participating in SE+ED project.1. Univeristy of Macedonia (Greece): a public higher education institution (tertiary level) located in Thessaloniki. UoM is focusing in lifelong learning and responsible entrepreneurship and empowering youth in entrepreneurship and innovation as well as support counseling schemes.2. MBM Training and Development Centre (UK): an international agent working on lifelong learning. The MBM TD Centre for Social Entrepreneurship acts as a network hub and fosters innovative social transformation through education, research, and collaboration.3. Gain & sustain: europe (Austria): a youth organisation that aims to support social, economic and ecological sustainability in Europe and developing countries worldwide.4. ECOS – Cooperativa de Educação Cooperação e Desenvolvimento (Portugal) is promoting non-formal education with expertise on participatory-based project development involving young people and decision makers on local or regional level.5. University of Rzeszów (Poland): a public higher education institution (tertiary level) that develops research projects and participates in various educational programmes important for South-Eastern Poland development.Main activities- Transnational Meeting: held in Klagenfurt, Austria (28/01/17), hosted by gain & sustain, 11 representatives participated. Main aims: discussion and clarification of the research project, planning the training and the conference.- Learning Activity: a 5 day Training Course held in Thessaloniki, Greece (20-24/03/17), hosted by University of Macedonia. 25 young participants, 5 partner countries. Lectures, workshops, methodological applications on Social Entrepreneurship, digital tools, research tools.- Multiplier Event: an International Conference held in Portimão, Portugal (11/09/17), hosted by ECOS in cooperation with DYPALL Network. Main aim: the Intellectual Outputs presentation and the final evaluation.Results- Web-Portal/Forum: website for documenting SE+ED activities, uploading educational and informative material, promoting interaction among all stakeholders. Keeping the material up-to-date is a long-term goal.- Webinars on Social Entrepreneurship: a series of online courses (educational videos) on SE. The content is based on the lectures and workshops of the training course. The supplementary material (EU documents, presentations or references) that accompanies the educational videos aims to help the young social entrepreneurs around Europe to benefit from the webinars even more.- e-Book: a digital book in two parts. The first part is based on the preliminary research of young participants in each partner-country about the SE context and legislation, practices of non-formal and formal education, resources and tools to support SE. The second part consists of various case studies conducted by the young participants at local social enterprises and showcases the young participants’ innovative action-plans implemented to improve the business model of the studied enterprise. The e-Book will be used as teaching material in academic modules by the participating Universities.