YOUNG BLUE ENTREPRENEURS ACROSS THE WORLD

Project Summary

Young Blue Entrepreneurs across the world aims to inspire and motivate young with fewer opportunities, unemployed young people and students in coastal cities and islands through cooperation to acquire the skills to start a business or to get interested in job opportunities within the maritime industry through the creation of a network, capacity building and blue job‐shadowing activities. This partnership includes Gambia, Ghana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Bulgary, Greece and Spain. The project intends to benefit in total 25 young people (youth workers, ambassadors, multipliers) and 5 potential young entrepreneurs in the maritime industry. Besides it will empower 480 direct young people in their regions and indirectly will reach around 25,000 (social media marketing, in education centers and NGOs, associations, etc.) during 12 months. We are aware of the youth unemployment figures and the school dropouts of young people and how the geographical and economic obstacles reduce young people opportunities to obtain a job. Water sports/tourism has a great growth potential but local young people do not have the most basic skills and opportunities to be employed in this growing sector. Hence, Young Blue Entrepreneurs across the world aims to cooperate in this field and reduce this skills gap through non formal education and introductory courses to water sports.

Expected results:

• Establishment of a global network of coastal cities and islands
• Young people with fewer opportunities acquiring new competencies to improve their selfconfidence and employability
• 25 youth workers/multipliers trained
• 5 potentials entrepreneurs mentored to develop their ideas/business plan
• Dynamic web platform with the seminar materials, texts, video, etc.
• 50 entrepreneurial projects to be mentored
• Raise awareness campaigns to high schools/universities/local communities
• 10 events coinciding with the main regattas or international events in each partner country

Project duration: 2013 - 2014

Partnership:

• Cabildo de Gran Canaria España –COORDINATOR (SPAIN)
• ANAPTYXIAKO KENTRO THESSALIAS ‐ AKETH (GREECE)
• ASOCIACIÓN JUVENIL MOJO DE CAÑA (SPAIN)
• CENTRE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES PYXIDA (GREECE)
• Northern Caribbean University Morris Entrepreneurship Centre (JAMAICA)
• RISE (St. Lucia) Inc. (ST. LUCIA)
• SOCIEDAD DE PROMOCIÓN ECONÓMICA DE GRAN CANARIA España (SPAIN)
• SOLID AMBITIONS AFRICA (GHANA)
• THE GAMBIA YMCA COMPUTER TRAINING CENTRE AND DIGITAL STUDIO (GAMBIA)
• Varna Economic Development Agency (BULGARIA)