CONTEXTThe problem of the social exclusion of young people and disintegration in the labour market as a consequence of the absence of key competences for lifelong learning and of entrepreneurial thoughts and behaviour encompasses severe and limiting effects:Increase of:- Nº of young people in situation of exclusion and social disintegration;- Number of young NEETs;- No. of young unemployed.OBJECTIVESPromotion of:1. The empowerment of young people through the development of key competences for lifelong learning and the adoption of entrepreneurial thoughts and behaviour;2. Young entrepreneurship, through the transfer of knowledge and methodologies, methods and tools to start new work;3. The social inclusion of young people, including socially underrepresented groups (such as ethnic minorities and migrants), by creating opportunities and enabling them to integrate into the labour market;4. The empowerment of social agents (such as youth workers, trainers, teachers, etc.) for the work of social inclusion and youth entrepreneurship;5. The potential of the NFE methodology in the empowerment and personal, social and professional development of young people;6. Provide educational institutions with competencies for the incorporation of complementary actions to formal education for the personal, social and professional development of young people;7. Sharing existing good practices based on the intervention programme for the development of key competences for lifelong learning and the adoption of entrepreneurial thoughts and behaviour that will bridge the transition between education and the labour market.PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS1. Young people- Aged between 18-30;- Belonging to underrepresented social groups;- With fewer opportunities;- Attending higher education (preferably in transition to the labour market);- Motivated to participate in the project;- With the ability to disseminate the results with other young people.2. Social agents- Aged over 18 years;- Active at the youth field;- Capable of working and involving young people, incorporating methodologies such as NFE;- With knowledge in the thematic of the project;- Capable of leading and managing the process of direct work with young people in the development of key competences and entrepreneurial thoughts and behaviour;- Capable of disseminating results and influencing young people, social agents and stakeholders.ACTIVITIES AND NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS1. Design, planning and preparation activities10/2019 to 12/2020.Reference of 20 participants.2. Virtual mobility10/2019 to 12/2020.Reference of 20 participants.3. Transnational meetings11/2019; 05/2020 and 11/2020.2 participants per institution.4. TC01/2020.2 social agents per institution.5. Empowerment sessions01/2020 to 09/2020.Reference of 20 participants.6. BM09/2020.5 young people (representing local groups) per institution.7. Monitoring and evaluation and dissemination activities10/2019 to 12/2020.Reference of 20 participants.METHODOLOGY1. ENF: incorporation of dynamic characteristics that encourage personal and social development, such as get to know, ice breakers, group dynamics, reflection, sharing, debate, active construction of knowledge, personal and group evaluation, and development of competences and of entrepreneurial thoughts and behaviour adjusted to the rhythm, expectations and personal goals.2. EF: appropriation for the co-creation of materials that are understandable and based on real knowledge.3. IE: appropriation of the dynamics for recognition and transfer of European social values.RESULTS1. Tangibles- Dissemination materials;- EYE - Entrepreneurship & Youth Empowerment: Manual;- EYE - Entrepreneurship & Youth Empowerment: Manual for Youth Workers.2. Intangible- Competences of the reference framework of the Recommendations of the Council of the EU;- Personal, social, educational and emotional competences;- Inclusive and entrepreneurial thoughts and behaviour;- Experiences of personal, social and professional development.LONG TERM IMPACTS AND BENEFITS- Development of key competences for lifelong learning and adoption of entrepreneurial thoughts and behaviour;- Development of projects and ideas of personal forum, with personal, social and professional impact;- A greater spirit of initiative and entrepreneurship;- Recognition of practices, methods and tools aimed at empowerment young people in the field of social inclusion, entrepreneurship and employability;- Ability to work internationally in partnership and cooperation with other social agents and institutions;- Capacity for direct and reinforced work with young people with fewer opportunities and from underrepresented social groups;- Recognition and access to opportunities for the development of key competences and entrepreneurial thoughts and behaviour, either through the Erasmus+ programme.

“Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindset in Migrants through Education” (FEMME) will develop the entrepreneurial mindset and related hard/soft skills in first and second generation female youth migrants aged 18-25 potential entrepreneurs.Direct project target will be first and second generation youth female migrants aged 18-25 from partner countries suffering from socioeconomic marginalization, interested and motivated in becoming entrepreneurs, kick-starting and developing their entrepreneurial ideas. The project will also directly target youth workers from partners, interested in acquiring instruments of entrepreneurial support to youth female migrants. Indirect project target is the wider audience of disadvantaged migrant female youths in partner countries and Europe as well as the youth operators and organizations who work with the foregoing target either specifically or as a subset of the wider youth population. The project meets the challenge ofenhancing the entrepreneurial spirit and education of young people in the EU, in order to increase business creation rates and provide alternative pathways of employability and personal fulfilment to the youth, with a particular focus on female youngsters. According to the latest statistical evidence of the EC (see https://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/promoting-entrepreneurship/we-work for/women_en), the challenge of female entrepreneurial participation is substantial, with women representing 52% of the total European population, but only 34.4% of the EU self-employed and 30% of start-uppers. European societies are also at the center of migration and refugee flows dynamics as well as of the related challenge of integrating vast masses of refugees, many of whom are women. UNHCR data quantify in 350,000 individuals the number of third nationals who crossed the Mediterranean Sea in 2016 alone. The aforementioned trend is already at play, and will be ever more in the future, in orienting the evolution of European societies in a multicultural perspective. Nowadays, the overall population of Europe is composed of non-nationals for up to the 5%. Far from representing a hindrance to the development of the hosting societies, migrants have recurrently proven to provide an added value to socioeconomic growth by providing an additional pool of entrepreneurial motivationand potential. As highlighted by the EU “Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan”, if Europe is to make the most of the opportunities provided by an ever developing and challenging global environment, entrepreneurship is to be made the growth engine of the European economy, which “needs a thorough, far-reaching cultural change”. The Action Plan also points out that migrants represent a valuable component in the foregoing evolution, due to their higher rates of business creation as compared with nationals, yet “Notwithstanding that migrants have higher business creation ratesthan the rest of the population they fail more due to a lack of information, knowledge and language skills”. Female migrants are motivated to become entrepreneurs but face a set of barriers related to access to training, business support services, language barriers, inadequate management and marketing skills. They also represent particularly vulnerable targets in that they compound these barriers with gender disadvantage. The project aims at addressing the challenges identified above by means of providing young female migrants in possession of entrepreneurial motivation with the attitudes and skills needed to start-up and grow their own start-ups. FEMME will deliver on this aim through the following: - Research for the identification of the training needs of female youth migrant entrepreneurs and their connection with the existing educational offer, carried out by a combination of desk research and surveying. - Guide for female migrant entrepreneurs integrating methodologies of self-learning supporting them in giving shape to and developing their entrepreneurial ideas. The Guide will be tested and reviewed in a specific educational mobility with female migrant prospective entrepreneurs. A following local session of Piloting will allow participants to further test the Guide as a tool of concrete orientation in the establishment and development of their own businesses. - Training Toolkit for Trainers. The Toolkit will integrate guidelines and methods of NFE tailored to the needs of youth workers willing to implement educational programmes to empower prospective female migrant entrepreneurs. - Online modules and Web Platform. Partners will produce a specific Web Platform with integrated e-learning modules in multiple languages targeted at an audience of female youth migrants prospective entrepreneurs in Europe. The modules will provide the target with useful information and exercises supporting them in the design and development of their own entrepreneurial ideas.Testing of Toolkit and Manual will be delivered in a mobility of youth workers.

CONTEXTThe new “adult” generations face difficulties in shaping their future, especially with regard to the pursuit of personal and financial independence and the exploration of new professional directions.Indeed, the absence of “simple” key competences for lifelong learning and innovative and entrepreneurial thoughts and attitudes, based on empowerment and awareness-oriented financial education, is the motto for the emergence and/or perpetuity of phenomena of social exclusion.In this context, we identify the social problem of social exclusion arising from a set of fracturing socioeconomic problems in today's societies, related to the low level of financial literacy of families (especially young people) and the inability of systems (especially educational, social and family) in solving it.OBJECTIVESPromote:1. Financial literacy management, by transferring knowledge and practices, methodologies, methods and tools to initiate new ways of thinking and acting;2. The empowerment of young people through the development of key competences (especially economic and financial literacy) and the adoption of entrepreneurial thoughts and attitudes;3. The empowerment of youth workers through the transfer of new knowledge, practices, methodologies and tools for the work with and for young people in the financial literacy spectrum and the acquisition of key competences;4. The incorporation of participatory and inclusive methodologies in youth work (such as non-formal education) and their potential to complement other methodologies (such as informal and formal education);5. Social inclusion, including underrepresented groups, by creating capacity building opportunities.PARTICIPANTS PROFILE1. Young people- Age between 18-30;- With fewer opportunities and/or belonging to underrepresented social groups;- In transition to adulthood;- With motivation to participate in the project;- Able to share results with young people in local groups;- With peer influence ability.2. Social agents- Age over 18 years;- Active in working with youth;- With in-depth knowledge about the PRO(F)LITERACY project;- Able to intervene and involve young people in the empowerment process;- Capable of future implementation and/or transfer of acquired knowledge;- With knowledge of different methodologies.ACTIVITIES1. Phase 1: Management and Planning Meetings and Preparation - Supervisory and coordination meetings;- Partner-strategic meetings;- Preparation;- Transnational meetings (4).2. Phase 2: PRO(F)LITERACY - Empowerment and Key Competences Development Sessions- Content production;- TC;- Virtual mobility;- Local sessions;- Technical pitch;- Financial pitch;- BM;- Improvement of the programme;- Consolidation of the IO.3. Phase 3: Monitoring and Evaluation- Content production;- Monitoring;- Evaluation.4. Phase 4: Communication and Dissemination- Content production;- Communication;- Dissemination;- Multiplier events.METHODOLOGY- NFE: dynamic characteristics that encourage personal and social development;- IE: group dynamics to recognize and transfer European social values;- FE: development and scientific validation of content and materials.RESULTS1. Tangibles- PRO(F)LITERACY - Empower Youth at Financial Literacy and PRO(F)LITERACY - Empower Youth Workers at Financial Literacy for Youth;- PRO(F)LITERACY - Intervention Methodology for Financial Literacy;- Contents and materials for dissemination of results and the Erasmus+ programme.2. Intangibles- Compilation of knowledge, practices and methodologies that promote the resolution of the social problem;- Methods and tools for developing key competences for lifelong learning NFE-based;- Competences of the EU Council Recommendations reference framework;- EntreComp Competencies: The Entrepreneurship Competence Framework.IMPACTS- Development of key competences for lifelong learning and adoption of entrepreneurial thoughts and attitudes (including financial literacy competences);- Development of a more independent, conscious and critical attitude towards your life and your social context;- Development of a spirit of initiative and entrepreneurship, capable of promoting new ideas and solutions to solve personal and community problems and needs;- Development of key competences and tested and validated practices for youth intervention;- Ability to work internationally in partnership and cooperation with other social agents and institutions;- Capacity for direct and reinforced work with young people with fewer opportunities.