Deadline: 14 July 2014
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAC) in collaboration with the Fondazione CRT and the Italian Government invites youth from the Euro-Mediterranean region to participate in a 7-day training program entitled ‘Entrepreneurship Training for Social Change’ to be held from 16-22 October 2014 in Torino, Italy. The training is aimed at enhancing the skills needed to boost a business idea with a social mission, and be a powerful motor of economic development and social inclusion.
This opportunity is open for youth between 18-35 years from the Euro-Med region who already have a social enterprise or have taken steps to start a social enterprise. The program targets young people from communities struggling with tensions or marginalization linked to cultural and/or religious differences and at the start-up phase of their social enterprise which seeks to address these challenges.
Total 20 youth will be selected to participate in the training. Round-trip international airfare, accommodations, meals and visa support will be the additional benefits to the training. Also, they will receive some more technical support:
- Successful peers (other young social entrepreneurs from the region) who would make themselves regularly available – via email – to help address challenges related to day-to-day implementation of their social enterprise.
- International mentors from the corporate sector that would brainstorm with the participants helping them to follow the strategic plan, matching them with potential investors and following the development of their ideas.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must have a social enterprise (or be in the process of establishing a social enterprise) which is either leveraging cultural and religious diversity or promoting broader social change and can potentially create economic opportunities and social inclusion for a specific community or across communities. The social enterprise can be already in existence or it can be at the initial stage as far as the applicant will be able to demonstrate how its idea is grounded and sustainable.
- Applicant must have born between 15 October 1978 and 15 October 1996.
- Applicants must hold a valid passport at least until 30 April 2015.
- Applicant must live in and be the nationality of a Euro-Med country.
- Applicant must be fluent in spoken English.
Note: The application form must be accompanied with a scan of the identification page of the current valid international passport, and resume/curriculum vitae in English language.
For more details about this youth opportunity visit here.
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