YOUTH CROWD

Erasmus Plus KA2 – Strategic Partnerships
Project n° 2016-2-BG01-KA205-024063

General description

In the frame of Erasmus+ KA2 program, Associazione Artistica Culturale “A Rocca”, in partnership with, Association “Expert Pool – Bulgaria” initiates the project “Youth Crowd” – a platform for collective (crowd) funding for young entrepreneurs. This project was funded by Erasmus+ and the duration of the project is 10 months, starting from 01^st of Oct 2016 to 30^th Jul 2017.

Main objective

The project main aim is to create a transnational instrument for promoting entrepreneurial attitudes and implementation of entrepreneurial projects of the youth from the partnering countries.

Key principles

• Create a platform for crowd funding of non-financial return (crowd sponsoring) youth projects,
• Raise public awareness about crowd financing, promoting information and organizing training and confidence building,
• Elaboration of training modules for youth-project promoters to develop their entrepreneurial skills and attitudes.

Main contributions of the project

• Elaborate a platform for crowd funding that supports young people for their own projects
• Do entrepreneurship training course (2 Blended mobilities) that involves young people from Bulgaria and Italy;
• Prepare 2 intellectual out-puts
  • Analysis of the awareness, attitudes of stakeholders, regulatory framework and the impact of collective funding on youth in 2 partner countries; and
  • A comprehensive guide for entrepreneurship through collective financing
• Organize and implement 2 multiplier events in each partner country

Please follow our project by below meetings

Meetings schedule

• The kick-off meeting (18^th – 19^th Nov 2016, Sofia Bulgaria)
• The 2^nd meeting (24^th – 25^th Feb 2017, Sicily, Italy)
• The 3^rd meeting (19^th – 21^st May 2017, Sofia Bulgaria)
• Multiplier events
  • 1^st multiplier event (May 2017, Sofia Bulgaria)
  • 2^nd multiplier event (3th Jun 2017, Sicily, Italy)
• Blended Mobility (entrepreneur training sessions)
  • 1^st training session (10^th -15^th Jul 2017, Sofia Bulgaria)
  • 2^nd training session (17th – 22nd July 2017, Barcellona P.G., Italy)
• The 4^th meeting (Sofia, Bulgaria) // updating