AGROECO intends to empower rural youth by providing them AGRO ecological entrepreneurship skills, in Finland, Italy, Morocco, and Egypt through international cooperation.
Start:2023 End: 2025
Project Reference: ?
EU Grant: 152.904 EUR
Programme: Erasmus+
Key Action: CB in the field of youth
Action Type: Youth mobility
Project Partners:
PUNTLAND COMMUNITY RY – Finland
MINE VAGANTI NGO – Italy
CORDOBA ACADEMY FOR TRAINING EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT – Morocco
TRAINING WITHOUT BORDERS – Egypt
Project TOPICs:
Moving rural youth forward, in particular through ensuring that sustainable, high-quality jobs, accessible to young people are created in rural areas.
Sustainable Green Europe, in particular through empowering the entire society especially young people to act as agents of change for environmental and sustainable development, and through increasing international cooperation to eliminate environmentally harmful production and consumption
TARGET GROUPs
unemployed or NEET youngsters coming from Italy, Finland, Marocco and Egypt of 18-25 years old coming from rural areas and youth workers of 18-30 years old willing to learn about agroecology and share this knowledge with young people.
PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES
promote non-formal learning activities in Partner countries, especially targeting young people with fewer opportunities, with a view to improving the level of competences while ensuring the active participation of young people in society;
raise awareness about the different styles of agricultural in an ecological and healthier way for rural youth;
foster cooperation across different regions of the world through joint initiatives.
APPROACH / METHODOLOGY
NFE
Project ACTIVITIES
– Kick-off meeting – Helsinki (3 days)
– Mid-term meeting – El Cairo (3 days)
– Training course – El Cairo (5 days)
– Youth exchange – Marrakesh (7 days)
– Evaluation meeting – Sassari (3 days)
Kick-Off Meeting – 7th to 9th of February 2024
Helsinki, Finland
