| Summary of the project: | Action:
4.3 - study visit (Youth in Action programme, http://ec.europa.eu/youth/youth-in-action-programme/doc74_en.htm)
Date:
6 days during the second half of October 2011 (exact days still to be decided)
Partners:
Raise It Now Associação + 7 or 8 organizations based in programme countries (27 EU countries, Croatia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey)
Teams:
16 to 18 participants in total, 2 participants (no age limits) per partner
Financial conditions:
- Board, lodging and activities during activity days (as well as visa costs, if applicable and requested by the partner) are fully covered by Raise It Now – Associação.
- 70% of total travel costs for the exchange will be reimbursed (up to available budget) after the end of the activity, via bank transfer and only when all airline / travel agency invoices, e-tickets, boarding passes and other tickets are delivered to Raise It Now – Associação.
Summary:
This study visit will take place in October 2011 with young people, youth workers and youth leaders from different programme countries. The goal is to explore various ways of promoting job opportunities and to develop entrepreneurship projects for future international cooperation.
Family firms are important not only because they make an essential contribution to the economy but also because of the long-term stability they bring, the specific commitment they show to local communities, the responsibility they feel as owners and the values they stand for. These are precious factors against the backdrop of the current financial crisis.
Family businesses make up more than 60 % of all European companies, encompassing a vast range of firms of different sizes and from different sectors.
Entrepreneurship is hugely relevant to family businesses. Most start-ups begin as a family business and are faced with the question as to whether they want to continue the business beyond the founders. Therefore, promoting entrepreneurship is directly linked to promoting family businesses. As most start-ups begin as a family business, education should also include specific family business issues such as ownership, succession and family governance to better prepare future entrepreneurs to successfully run their businesses. Against the current backdrop of the financial crisis, these are precious characteristics. The crisis may be a good moment for family firms to prove the importance of the values they have always stood for.
So, it\'s time for youngsters from Europe to learn new strategies with specialists, representatives of companies and universities, and successful entrepreneurs in order to tackle the current economic situation and to look ahead to the evolution of the dynamics of employment and entrepreneurship.
Some of the planned activities:
- Workshops about youth employment and family businesses;
- Information about youth mobility programmes and entrepreneurship;
- Testimonials about successful examples of youth employment in family businesses;
- Visits to local family businesses in Portugal with a national and international impact;
- Development of new projects;
- Sharing of information about entrepreneurship and family businesses in the partner\'s home countries;
- Workshops about economic crisis and sustainability;
- Workshops about human resources and family businesses.
More info about European family businesses: http://www.efb-geef.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=70
How to apply to be a partner:
Send an email to raiseitnow.associacao@gmail.com with the following contents:
- A brief description of your organization and how you can contribute to this project (activities, ideas, similar past experiences, etc.);
- Name of project coordinator / contact person, direct email address and phone number;
- If you will include people with fewer opportunities in your team, how many and what are their backgrounds;
- Extra costs that might be associated with participants with fewer opportunities (e. g. support persons);
- What is your nearest airport and the cost (per person) to reach it from where you live (round trip);
- Cost estimation for a round trip ticket between your nearest airport and Lisbon airport (IATA code: LIS);
- Cost of a visa to come to Portugal (if applicable);
- Associated costs to get the visa (e. g. travel costs to embassy) (if applicable);
- A scan of your fully filled part 3 (you can find the template enclosed, DO NOT USE OUTDATED FORMS) (alternatively, part 3 can also be sent by fax to +351 214 757 661, please mention that in your reply). To be sure your part 3 is correctly filled, please check the attached document.
Then, AFTER BEING SURE YOUR DIGITAL PART 3 IS CORRECT (CHECK THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT) AND HAVING SENT ALL THE INFORMATION REQUESTED ABOVE, send 2 ORIGINAL COPIES by post to:
Attn: Ana Rita Seirôco
Raise It Now - Associação
Estrada Militar, 23A
Damaia
2720-192 Amadora
Portugal
Replies after this deadline and / or not containing all requested information will not be considered.
Selected partners will be contacted afterwards. |
