IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD 2019 - 2021

OBJECTIVE: to reduce the level of unemployment and promote the development of the entrepreneurial potential of rural youth in the countries of the Eastern Partnership.

MAIN RESULTS:

Project activities helped 300 rural residents aged 18-35 from three countries improve their skills in business modeling and resource mobilization tools for self-employment. 50% of the event participants, that is 155 young people, were from Vinnytsia region.

According to the division of partnership responsibilities, the Agency ensured that:

- the work of the consultative and advisory body: the Stakeholder Committee, whose participants developed recommendations for the development of youth entrepreneurship and submitted proposals to the Vinnytsia Regional State Administration and Regional Council to introduce a set of measures to increase the capacity of 63 communities in the development of policy concerning the support of micro-entrepreneurship was organized;

- 7 clubs of young entrepreneurs, 5 of them on the basis of territorial communities of the region (Bratslav, Dashiv, Illintsi, Studena, Tulchyn), one club on the basis of the Agency and one club on the basis of Vinnytsia Regional Association of Local Self-Government Bodies (VRALSGB) were established;

- the youth of Vinnytsia region were prepared for participation in the international youth exchange, a competitive selection was held for which еру regulatory and methodological support was developed and an online seminar to prepare the youth for the exchange was held;

- a virtual tour for the exchange of experience to the Polish and Italian enterprises was organized and conducted along with the Vinnytsia Regional Association of Local Self-Government Bodies. 7 participants from the Vinnytsia region took part in it, according to the results of the project, the participants received international certificates of Poland and Italy (youth pass (Poland/ Italy) which will help young people on the path to personal development in future.

PROJECT BUDGET: EUR 163,000, Agency budget: UAH 203,3 thousand

The project was introduced with the support of the Erasmus+ program of the European Union, which was implemented by a consortium of organizations from 6 partner countries of the Eastern Partnership - Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and the countries of the European Union - Italy, Poland and France. In Vinnytsia region, the project was implemented by partner organizations: Vinnytsia Region Association of Local Self-Governing Bodies and the Vinnytsia Regional Development Agency.