YE: Business Skills for a Better Life

Business Skills for a Better Life brought together 33 young people and youth workers from 6 countries to explore the power of entrepreneurship, leadership, and creative thinking.

📍 For 8 days, Vyhlídka Blansko became a space for building business ideas, practicing public speaking, diving into AI tools, discussing sustainability, and – most importantly – shifting perspectives.

🔥 From Ikigai workshops to a full 24h business hackathon and our own version of Shark Tank, every participant walked away with new skills, confidence, and purpose.

🌍 With action plans ready to be implemented in their local communities, this project doesn’t end here.

Final video from the project:

https://youtube.com/shorts/1d1yjSKqI8E?si=htk-PVdJrBwcyNXl

Key information:

• Erasmus+ Key action 1: Youth Exchange (with a quality level of a training course)
• Topic of the exchange: Entrepreneurship
• Venue: Blansko, Czech Republic
• Dates:  4.12 – 13.12.2024 including 2 travel days
• Hosting organization: Proactive Network z.s. (formerly Proactive Mind)
• Partner organizations: Ethos (Estonia), AYES (Croatia), Future in Our Hands (Armenia),Caucasus Youth Nexus (Georgia), League of Youth Voluntary Service (Belarus)
• Number of countries: 6
• Number of participants: 33

Target groups:

• aspiring entrepreneurs
• youth leaders

between 18 and 30 years old.

Purpose of the project:

• Discovering your  work life’s purpose
• Development of your entrepreneurial skills
• Professional development of youth workers

Key activities:

• Teambuilding and city games
• Self-discovery sessions through Ikigai and Ikiland
• Business Idea Generation: Make it work
• Business Model canvas
• Project management: Track the way
• Field trip to an innovation center Kumst
• Marketing: Get it out there
• Creativity workshop
• Finance: Fund it
• Presentation skills
• 24hours business Hackathon
• Shark tank
• Reflections on the project design
• Design of new business projects

The project is funded by the European Union fund Erasmus+

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Gallery of photos from the project: