- Name of the project: ICE-CREAM for social entrepreneurship: Investigate, Collaborate, Elaborate, CREAte and Manage your project
- Date of Project: 18.07. – 30.07.2024.
- Sending Organization: “BRAVO”
- Hosting Organization: “Future in Our Hands” Youth NGO
- Place: Abovyan, Armenia
- Participants age: 18+
- The number of participants: 3
- Working language: English
- Deadline for applying: 05.04.2024.
This project is supported and co-funded by the Erasmus+ program. It means that your travel costs, accommodation, and food will be fully covered if you get selected for the project. The European Commission’s support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission nor EACEA can be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
“ICE-CREAM for social entrepreneurship” is a uniquely designed training for trainers and youth workers, aimed at development of entrepreneurship skills and competences, increasing the capacity of organizations and youth workers in social projects creation and implementation, raising quality and innovation in youth work and, therefore, bringing significant changes in the societies on the local, national and, where applicable, international levels.
ICE-CREAM is the innovative approach, model and algorithm of the efficient and logical step by step creation and implementation of a social project or entrepreneurial/business idea:
I – nvestigate: the need/problem;
C – ollaborate: with a team and stakeholders;
E – laborate: the concept and idea of the project (identify and specify the needs, service or product, target groups, impact and outcomes);
CREA – te: the details (the name of your project, program, activities, methods and tools, time frames, venue, other logistics);
M – anage: your project (plan, apply for a grant/fundraise, prepare, launch, implement, disseminate, follow-up and report);
(M – arket: your project (present, promote, develop PR and communication)).
The program of the training course is structured according to the ICE-CREAM model: we have separate days, each of them fully devoted respectively to Investigation, Collaboration, Elaboration, CREAtion, and Management/Marketing of the project (were we will also explore the dimension and tools of digital entrepreneurship). During another full day (24 hours), the youth workers in small teams or individually, using the ICE-CREAM algorithm, will be creating and preparing their projects (entrepreneurial ideas). And on the next day, in the format of Hackathon, they will present their projects (entrepreneurial ideas), making digital presentations and promotion pitches, will receive feedback from the experts, will analyze and improve their ideas to be able to bring them to life.
The learning by doing and participatory approaches ensures many interactive activities, a lot of experience exchange and inputs from the participants. We will have both practical and debrief sessions on all the elements of the ICE-CREAM model, ensuring a detailed understanding for all participants.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
- to provide the participants and organizations with innovative approach, model and algorithm (ICE-CREAM) of the efficient and logical step by step creation and implementation of a social project or entrepreneurial/business idea;
- to increase the capacity of organizations and youth workers in social projects creation and implementation;
- to develop collaboration and communication skills and competences;
- to develop creative and critical thinking;
- to develop sense of initiative, project creating, writing, management, marketing and implementation skills;
- to develop entrepreneurship competence;
- to explore the dimension and tools of digital entrepreneurship and to develop digital competence;
- to develop personal, social, learning to learn, literacy competences;
- to create and develop new social entrepreneurial projects’ ideas, aiming to bring them to life;
- in this way, to contribute to the community development in participating countries on the local level, and, where applicable, on the national and international levels.
PARTICIPANTS PROFILE
- 18+ years old youth/social workers/leaders/NGO key staff;
- responsible, motivated and open to the new experience and learning opportunities;
- open-minded and flexible towards new knowledge, viewpoints and perspectives;
- with knowledge and experience in working with NFL programs (desirable, but not mandatory);
- ready to contribute to the project implementation: share relevant knowledge and experience, organize a workshop, lead a session, etc.;
- ready to implement the project results in further work;
- with good command of English.
ACCOMMODATION, FOOD & TRAVELLING
Abovyan is a town and urban municipal community in Armenia within the Kotayk Province. It is located 16 kilometers northeast of Yerevan and is considered to be a satellite city of the Armenian capital. Therefore, Abovyan is generally known as the “Northern gate of Yerevan”.
During the project we will live in a Hin Parvana Hotel (check out the location). The rooms will be shared between 2-4 participants. The rooms have either twin or double beds, individual bathrooms. Bed linen and towels (one towel per person) are provided. We will be provided with breakfast, lunch, dinner and 2 coffee breaks. The water is drinkable from the tap.
TRAVEL AND COST LIMITS:
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Fully Covered
How to apply?
- Complete the BRAVO- APPLICATION FORM in English title as following ”name of the project you are applying for” until 23:59 on deadline day.
- Deadline for applying: 05.04.2024.
- Selection results: 08.04.2024.
- PARTICIPATION FEE: NO PARTICIPATION FEE
- If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact us at: office@bravo-bih.com