Results

A result from a need research which involved 203 young people from 4 partner countries (Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Poland), as well as on the views expressed by 40 entrepreneurs on the basic requirements useful to deal with such a shadowing experience. This research helped to ensure comprehensive understanding of all the issues related to young people with interest in entrepreneurship and especially of those concerning their potential engagement in Enterprise Shadowing practices. The present Report presents and discusses the total results of all the surveys undertaken by each country.

The following educational materials have been prepared jointly based on the results of the Mapping and Assessment Activities (IO1). The main objective is to support young people’s employability by providing them supportive tools and structuring a methodology to help them to participate in the best way to a “shadowing week” hosted by an enterprise. Developed training materials were used during the piloting training by all partners, in order to provide participants knowledge, skills and abilities. For the implementation of activities, 80 young people (18-30 years old) and 17 “Host enterprises” were selected in 4 partner countries. Together with guidelines about methodology and targets’ involvement in the project, there’s a general report presenting the results of such experiences in all the partnership, introducing the phases, developed materials & tools and main gathered feedbacks by participants during the IO2 implementation.

An open-source learning platform based on Moodle, which ensures a distance learning for the young people during the pilot phase of the Enterprise Shadowing programmes in each YESS partner country, enabling all other users to exploit the materials developed during the project. The platform is open for everyone who is interested in entrepreneurship and especially of those concerning their potential engagement in Enterprise Shadowing practices.