The rural regions of Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Italy have problems associated with the economy – high unemployment, long-term unemployment, brain drain, depopulation. The ELDORA project targets young people who are at risk of unemployment (especially in rural areas). The unemployment rate of young people (under 25) in December 2016 in ELDORA partner countries was as follows: Italy 40.1%, Slovakia 20.4%, Poland 17.5%, Hungary 11.9%. The brain drain is also caused by insufficient job creation, a problem that is painful in Slovakia, Poland and Hungary. The situation and experiences of the countries are very different:

Slovakia is a country in which the social enterprise sector is still in its infancy and the operational framework, whether in terms of legal framework, financial support or theoretical definition, is still not well established.

The only statistics on social enterprises are in relation to entities registered under the Employment Services Act, which only recognizes socially integrated social enterprises. Until March 2014, only 44 social enterprises were active. The performed analyzes show that in 2014 there were 20,784 social enterprises in Poland. At that time, social enterprises employed 265,801 people. It is estimated that there are approximately 3,000 social enterprises in Hungary that meet the criteria of the EU operational definition. (Map of social enterprises and their ecosystems in Europe. Country report Hungary). Hungary has introduced training and financial support for young entrepreneurs as part of the Youth Guarantee and for social enterprises (including temporary wage subsidies for disadvantaged workers). In Italy, ordinary businesses lost almost 500,000 employees between 2008 and 2014, while the total number of employees in social enterprises increased from 340,000 to 407,000, an increase of 20.1%.

The current situation in youth unemployment, the state of the social enterprise sector, but also in more general indicators such as economic level, employment, long-term unemployment, effective projects and examples of local use, functioning cooperation between public, private and non-profit sectors are different.

Existing (very different) experiences of partner countries will be used to create good project outputs. The participating organizations and their collaborators in the region have extensive experience in promoting knowledge in the field of social entrepreneurship.

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• young people in their final year at school
• local leaders, mayors, other local government employees
• small and medium entrepreneurs
• nongovernmental organizations
• organizations (schools) involved in training and dissemination of information in the field of local and regional
• development in rural regions
• groups operating in municipalities and micro-regions

The most important indirect target group is the unemployed from risk groups, especially the young unemployed.

Intellectual outputs:
IO1 Handbook – How to set up and manage social enterprises and a collection of best practices
The aim of this output is to create a publication on social entrepreneurship, in which the main goal is not profit but the creation of social value. The collection of best practices as a partial output is designed to give examples and motivate users active in the field. Good management of social enterprises in municipalities would partially solve the problems associated with youth unemployment and long-term unemployment. All participating regions would benefit from such guides. The regions also face a major problem of “brain drain”, resulting in more and more abandoned homes, older people and less skilled labor in the rural area. The output will include (as a final part) a collection of best practices from all participating European countries with inspiration as to develop rural communities using local / internal resources. The handbook, together with a collection of best practices, will be used by managers and (potential) social entrepreneurs who do not want or cannot participate in educational series organized by a vocational education and training institution. The handbook (as not very extensive material) will provide the necessary information on what to “not forget” when running a social business. The publication will provide an information base for better governance and indirectly create the potential for higher job creation in the regions concerned.

The output will be developed in close cooperation with project partners, communicated by e-mail, during project meetings and teleconferencing calls. to manage a social enterprise “and Collection of examples of good practice for download: Handbook + Collection

IO2 Curriculum and teaching material for training series and e-learning videos
Development of curricula for the training series ” Social entrepreneurship – local development driven by the use of local resources “together with teaching materials and e -learning videos.

Participating regions are usually underdeveloped and local governments are not aware of their local / internal sources of potential development. The project partners will develop curricula for the training series “Social Entrepreneurship – Local Development Driven by the Use of Local Resources”. The project partners will develop curricula for the training series “Social Entrepreneurship – Local Development Driven by the Use of Local Resources”. The development of this output will be coordinated by a Slovak partner – Technical University in Košice, but will be made up of all partners who will provide information respecting their national and local specifics.

The project partners will also prepare educational and motivational videos on local resources and their impact on the economy of the communities that will be used for education and counseling. The videos will include good examples from all partner countries and show that some things are difficult but possible – a series of interviews (5 from each country) with entrepreneurs who have succeeded in the social economy and will be used in schools as video lessons. Curriculum and e-learning videos to download: Curriculum + e-learning videos

IO3 Game
Mobile application: Game about social entrepreneurshipMobile application: Game about social entrepreneurship – app store

Creating games is an innovative activity aimed at increasing motivation but also simplifying the process of educating young people. Gamification is defined so that game elements can be used in a real environment. By developing a game on social entrepreneurship and its use in schools, young people will be supported in acquiring skills and attitudes to set up and run a social enterprise.

In the field of education, there is a certain similarity between game and school (marks, points, reaching higher levels). Schools (unlike games) face negative phenomena such as passivity, dropping out of school, cheating. Properly used game elements can motivate students. Entrepreneurship is an area in which gamification is widely used. The newly created game for computers, tablets or smartphones will be adapted to the conditions related to the identified problems of social enterprises in Southern and Eastern Europe.

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