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The aim of this project is to develop a complete training program for entrepreneurship training for the unemployed. The target group for our project is teachers and trainers already working with jobseekers. We want to investigate how entrepreneurship training can help unemployed participants in a best possible way to develop new business ideas and providing them with the skills and confidence to convert them into action.

Entrepreneurship training as a path towards sustainable labor market integration has become a growing policy priority for the European Commission the last years. For instance, Principle 1 of the European Pillar of Social Rights emphasizes the importance of training and lifelong learning for the acquisition of skills necessary for labor market participation and social inclusion. This policy priority is also linked to Principle 5 of the Pillar on guaranteeing secure and adaptable employment while encouraging innovative forms of work.

All over Europe a great deal of attention is paid to the work of the advisers in three groups of employees in the labour market: young people aged 18 to 25 years old, employees in the 55 plus age group and employees who have to deal with limitations in their taxability. These vulnerable groups are a “challenge” to mediate. Especially if the group is unemployed and has ideas for establishing itself on the labour market as a self-employed person.
Our aim is that the results of this project will have large impact on the personal and substantive development of organization – both public and private – who works with guidance of unemployed, coaches/trainers and other stakeholders.

In short, the potential impact of this project will be great for the various stakeholders, participants / jobseekers, and partners / clients. For example, changes will be visible in various areas, such as: – improved conversation skills of the advisers – more confidence among participants to enter the labour market as a self-employed person – improved and increased supply of training curriculum – improved conceptual framework and being able to apply it in practice.

By promoting entrepreneurship training, we can help to open and disseminate the knowledge held by different stakeholders regarding jobseekers who wants to start and succeed in their own business.