Review of the Project Start-Up LightHouse

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Project number: 619386-EPP-1-2020-1-FR-EPPKA2-CBY-ACPALA
Programme: CooperaBon for innovaBon and the exchange of good pracBces- Capacity
Building for youth in ACP countries, LaBn America, and Asia
DuraBon:
• Start date 01-12-2020
• End date 31-12-2022
Partners:
• Au Carrefour de L`Europe (France),
• Men and Boys for Gender Equality (Botswana),
• Society for the Improvement of Rural People (Nigeria),
• Paralel-Silistra (Bulgaria),
• Mine VaganB NGO (Italy)
• Monomyths AssociaBon (Romania)
• ONG CRAFTERS FOR CORPORATES-TOERA- Madagascar
Overview
According to the European report released last year called “Participatory Governance of Cultural Heritage”, “In the era when the selfie, troll or mainstream overturn language barriers, the digital generation is slowly losing contact with its roots,
identy and making efforts to discover its place in today’s society.

They are connected to what’s new, however, disconnected from the past. Even if the online posBngs disappear acer a few seconds, the cultural heritage remains the foundation which any society is built and can represent an engine for growth and business opportunities.

Objective
The main aim is to create 1 active network of 28 youth workers, educators and creative change-makers from European and African youth non-profits, interested in cultural heritage and rural development, NFE, social innovation and entrepreneurship and to design 3 sets of
playing card activities for youth workers: 1. The explorer; 2. The incubator; 3. The accelerator with step-by-step learning processes for future youth entrepreneurs.

Results
7 non-profit NGOs develop 1 international network dedicated to cultural entrepreneurship
28 youth workers enter in a 3-phases cerBfied training to expand their know-how in entrepreneurship educaBon, develop their skills and propose min 5 cultural start-ups prototypes
3 pocket sets with acBviBes cards
140 youth propose prototypes for cultural start-ups in a 2-day simultaneous “The cultural challenge”
7 digital and 700 printed maps with entrepreneurship hotspots distributed in youth centres, campuses, universities, working hubs, labour force authoriBes, career orientation centres (7 languages)
7 DEOR workshops for 20 youth workers & educators /per country to introduce them the tools.
Activities
A1: Kick-off meeting – Gaborone, Botswana
A2: TC 1 “The Explorer” – Bucharest Romania
A3: TC 2 “The incubator” – Étang-Salé, Reunion
A4: TC 3 “The accelerator” – Antananarivo, Madagascar
A5 Evaluation meeting – Sassari, Italy
The results of the project
Digital Maps – Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Nigeria, Romania, France, Botswana,
Italy, Madagascar, and Bulgaria – Explore the hotspots here.

BG translation Start-up Lighthouse_Cards for Maps – translated to Bg

BG translation START-UP LIGHTHOUSE_Entrepreneurial hotspots Maps in BG

Pocket card activities: The Explorer – the Incubator – The Accelerator here

Копие на Bulgaria FINAL Pocket Cards Activities_Start-up Lighthouse (15 × 8 cm)Project name: Start-up Lighthouse