YESFestival! A Celebration of Youth Entrepreneurship

On March 2 2023, EARLALL organised the YESFestival! – the final conference to mark the end of the Youth Entrepreneurial Spirit (YES) Specialists project. It was coordinated by Vestland County Council (Norway) and co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. The project partners are the Tuscany Region (Italy), the Autonomous Province of TrentoContinue reading “YESFestival! A Celebration of Youth Entrepreneurship”

Tuscany Region exchanges with students of Santa Fiora

On 28 February 2023, the regional government of Tuscany organized a discussion seminar involving the young students of the Balducci High Technical Economic Institute of Santa Fiora and some entrepreneurs of the rural area of Amiata, who are part of the ASEA association. The seminar, organized as part of the Erasmus + Yespecialists project, wasContinue reading “Tuscany Region exchanges with students of Santa Fiora”

What do the youth involved in YESpecialists have to say about their experiences?

As YESpecialists draws to a close in 2023 and the YESFestival approaches, the partners wanted to learn about the experience of the young people directly involved throughout the two years of the project. The young people shared their testimonies in videos and quotes, highlighting particularly the international training workshop in Croatia and Trento, as wellContinue reading “What do the youth involved in YESpecialists have to say about their experiences?”

The steering committee met to discuss the progress of the local ecosystem project

The YESpecialist steering committee met online on the 20th of October to discuss the project’s progress and the further steps as the programme draws to a close in five months. The first item discussed was the evaluation of the international workshop in Varaždin, Croatia, that was carried out from the 4-6 October. The workshop brought togetherContinue reading “The steering committee met to discuss the progress of the local ecosystem project”

Future young entrepreneurs and VET teachers from Norway, Denmark and Italy joined an international workshop in Varaždin

YesSpecialist project brought together future young entrepreneurs and VET teachers to participate at the second international workshop on topics agriculture, tourism, creative industries from 4 to 6 October 2022 in Varaždin County (Croatia). Representatives of partner regions from Norway (Vestland), Italy (Trento and Tuscany) and Denmark (Ringkøbing-Skjern) visited Varaždin County that hosted Second Workshop onContinue reading “Future young entrepreneurs and VET teachers from Norway, Denmark and Italy joined an international workshop in Varaždin”

An international workshop in Trento as part of the YESpecialists project

Partners of the YESpecialists project organised an international workshop in Trento (Italy), from 11 to 13 May 2022, with the aim of learning and promoting successful experiences in the field of entrepreneurship education. In this context, project partners from Varaždin County, Vestland County, Tuscany Region, Autonomous Province of Trento, Principality of Asturias and Ringkøbing-Skjern MunicipalityContinue reading “An international workshop in Trento as part of the YESpecialists project”

YESpecialists partners met with their local ecosystems

YESpecialists project partners organised three online discussions in February and March to meet with their local ecosystems. Teachers, youth workers, students and young people had the opportunity to discuss, share best practices, and get to know what the other local ecosystems are doing. The first meeting was held on 9 February 2022 with teachers fromContinue reading “YESpecialists partners met with their local ecosystems”

Student involvement in strategic planning in rural Vestland

–Good collaboration between our school and enterprises is important. Show us better which opportunities does Ullensvang give us?–We need to utilise all resources we have in Ullensvang for development and innovation.-More variation in job offers, good work climate and gender equality.-Ullensvang needs more local meeting places for all citizens in all ages, not only sportContinue reading “Student involvement in strategic planning in rural Vestland”

3rd YESpecialists transnational partners meeting hosted by Ringkøbing-Skjern municipality

YESpecialists partners met in Ringkøbing-Skjern (Denmark) and online on 26 – 27 October 2021 for their third transnational partners meeting. The meeting was successfully held in a hybrid way as some partners’ organisations still have restrictions to travel in place. During these two days, partner representatives discussed the project: its work in progress and furtherContinue reading “3rd YESpecialists transnational partners meeting hosted by Ringkøbing-Skjern municipality”

Youth engagement discussed at the #EURegionsWeek 2021

On 12 October 2021, EARLALL co-organised with E40 Group, an international consultancy, and ZSInnovation, the Centre for Social Innovation in Vienna, a workshop on Smart recovery in rural communities through youth engagement and social innovation. This workshop took place in the framework of the European Week of Regions and Cities 2021. On 12 October 2021, EARLALL co-organisedContinue reading “Youth engagement discussed at the #EURegionsWeek 2021”