INVATION CENTRE for YOUTH
Project Name: Youth Innovation Center
Project Partners: Business Incubator Gotse Delchev – Center for Entrepreneurship Promotion, Gotse Delchev, Republic of Bulgaria
Implementation Period: 19/12/2013 to 18/05/2015
Programme: Cross-Border Cooperation Programme 2007–2013, Bulgaria – Macedonia, CCI Number: 2007CB16IPO007
Project Objective: Through innovative measures and the establishment of a Youth Innovation Center in Gevgelija, contribute to increased economic development in the Gotse Delchev – Gevgelija cross-border region.
Target Group:
Students from the cross-border region interested in innovation and new technologies; final-year secondary school students; unemployed and socially vulnerable youth (minorities, youth at risk of social exclusion, single mothers, etc.); young entrepreneurs from the cross-border region; and young employees in innovation-oriented companies.
Activities:
- Selection of youth participants in the project
- Creation of a joint Bulgarian–Macedonian Youth Innovation Center
- ICT trainings
- Innovation trainings
- Online team meetings to discuss ideas
- Cross-border innovation camp in Gotse Delchev
- Mentoring and networking in the cross-border region
- Closing conference
- Publicity and information
Results Achieved:
- A joint Bulgarian–Macedonian Youth Innovation Center established
- 40 socially vulnerable and unemployed youth trained with ICT skills
- 40 youth trained in ICT
- 8 business plans developed by the innovation teams
- Capacity building, networking, and joint events for Bulgarian and Macedonian stakeholders in the field of innovation
- Increased capacity of partner teams to provide innovative services
- Promotional materials produced to showcase young people’s innovative ideas
- Stimulated cross-border cooperation and local capacity building through networking and joint events with 120 participants (trainings, seminars, conferences)
- Web portal created: http://icy-project.eu/index.php/en/
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