🌿 Smart-Social Rural Entrepreneurship Programme 🌿

📅 Date: 8-15 August 2024
📍 Location: Karlovac, Croatia 🇭🇷

Description:
S-SREP aims to increase the social entrepreneurship skills of young farmers from Turkey 🇹🇷, Lithuania 🇱🇹, and Croatia 🇭🇷 by supporting the capacity building of youth workers and developing cooperation between NGOs focused on rural development.

Objectives:

  1. Identify Needs: Determine the needs of young farmers for business start-ups and social entrepreneurship. Gather experiences on using technological tools in agriculture.
  2. Create Training Content: Equip young farmers with the knowledge, skills, and experience to establish technology-oriented and environmentally friendly social enterprises.
  3. Promote Technological Tools & Social Entrepreneurship: Develop inclusive support systems, enhance local youth workers’ capacity, and foster collaboration among youth organizations.

Training Focus:

  • 🌾 Technological tools in agriculture
  • 🌍 Rural social entrepreneurship
  • 🛠️ Facilitation skills
  • 📚 Educational methods
  • 🤝 Peer learning

Post-Training Role:

  • Support young farmers through face-to-face and online tools.
  • Manage 10 young farmers, conduct meetings, answer online questions, and report progress every three months.

About Karlovac:

  • Known as the town of four rivers: Kupa, Korana, Mrežnica, and Dobra 🌊
  • Historical significance with a star-shaped layout and Dubovac Castle 🏰
  • Home to the Karlovačka brewery, established in 1854, producing the famous Karlovačko pivo 🍺

Participants:

  • 14 participants from Croatia 🇭🇷, Lithuania 🇱🇹, and Turkey 🇹🇷
  • Recommended for youth workers, youth leaders, youth project managers, and volunteering mentors 🌟
  • Working language: English 🇬🇧

Organiser:

  • Institut za poticanje mladih (Youth NGO) 🤝

Important Dates:

  • Application deadline: 25 July 2024 🗓️
  • Date of selection: 26 July 2024 🗓️

More Info & Apply:

🔗 Smart-Social Rural Entrepreneurship Programme

Join us in Karlovac for an enriching and sustainable adventure! 🌟✨ #SustainableFarming #YouthOpportunities 🌍