EcoBusiness vo.2 is a multilateral youth exchange financed through the Youth in Action Program – action 1.1
Countries involved: Spain, Italy, Poland, Bulgaria, Turkey, and
Romania
The dates of the Youth Exchange: 02nd – 10th of September 2013
Location: Iasi, Romania
Profile of the participants: 30 participants + 6 group leaders
The 36 participants will be involved during
the 9 days of the activity in sessions based on non-formal education in
order to raise awareness on the concept of up-cycling and to help them
develop creative, entreprenuershipal and civic competences.
The planned activities is structured to help them
acquire and share ideas on the topic of business and recycling, use
their creativity in producing objects from recycled materials, all captured in
a guide that will compile information about business and tips and
tricks about up-cycling plastic pets, paper, cans.
The
guide will be an instrument to
empower the young participants in becoming peer educators and multipliers of
the information acquired at the exchange to other youngsters, in the schools
and universities from their own community.