OVERVIEW OF THE TRAINING
COURSE IN PORTUGAL
Let’s enjoy Greentrepreneurship!
From 7–14 April 2016, thirty young
people from six countries (Argentina,
Italy, Nepal, Portugal, Slovenia, Tanzania)
met in Beja, Portugal, to learn more about
green entrepreneurship and how it can
be used to tackle youth unemployment.
The training course was hosted by
Associação Check-In - Cooperação
e Desenvolvimento, one of the six
project partners that— together with the
leading partner, PiNA — are responsible
for developing the educational module
for youth workers who are tasked with
helping young people develop their skills,
knowledge, and competences in order
to increase their productivity and
employability in the green sector.
In the first part of the course, participants
gained some knowledge of and theoretical
background to the topic. The main focus
was given to the various aspects of
green/ethical entrepreneurship, and
the competences required of a successful
entrepreneur, e.g., innovation, strategic
planning, marketing, branding, etc.
The second part primarily focused on
practical activities. First, the participants
acquired some basic competences as
trainers. Afterwards, they tried out their
trainer skills by creating ideas in the
‘Green Lab’ follow-up activities, to be
implemented at the local level after the
course. The participants created six
workshops: Fallo verde (Italy), Green
Bikes (Argentina), Green Innovation
(Tanzania), Green Innovation Workshop
for Youth (Nepal), Think Inside of Green
(Portugal), and Do Not Follow, LEAD
(Slovenia).