How can youth work support entre­pre­neu­ri­al thinking?

This study was com­mis­sio­ned by the European Commission and under­ta­ken by a con­sor­ti­um con­si­sting of Danish Technological Institute, The Young Foundation, Plataforma para a Educação do Empreendedorismo em Portugal and 3s .

The overall purpose of the study was to ‘explore how youth work and non-formal learning can help to foster entre­pre­neur­ship and so com­ple­ment initia­ti­ves under­ta­ken in other sectors such as formal education and training, enter­pri­ses and employment’. The study built upon com­pre­hen­si­ve desk research in all Erasmus+ countries, the United States, Canada and Australia. As part of the study, more than 100 examples of good practices linking youth work and entre­pre­neur­ship were iden­ti­fi­ed and 12 on-site case studies were carried out. Furthermore, a stake­hol­der seminar was arranged as part of the study.

The report for­mu­la­tes recom­men­da­ti­ons for further actions for policy makers and programme leaders within the cross-section between youth and education at EU-level and national level as well as recom­men­da­ti­ons for education and training providers and their cross-sectoral cooperation.