SPEED-You-UP: Motivating early school leavers and NEETs to become entrepreneurs

The overall objective of this project is to reduce the number of school dropouts and NEETs (Not in Education, Employment or Training) by sharpening their motivation and entrepreneurial skills.

Onderzoeksthema: Samen leren en school ontwikkelen; Entrepreneurial empowerment

Interessegebied: Business and Management

Looptijd: 1/02/2020 - 31/03/2023

Financing: PWO; Interreg

Youth entrepreneurship in hubs

In entrepreneur hubs, young people work in small groups on their own business idea that can grow into a pop-up or a real enterprise. Schools or local authorities set up the entrepeneur hubs. Teachers, entrepreneurs and other professionals coach and guide young people working on a business idea.

Response to local need

Characteristic of this project is that young people develop a business idea that meets the needs in their own neighbourhood. In this way, they learn for themselves and contribute to the quality of life in the neighbourhood where they live or go to school.

Partners

13 project partners from four countries are working together on this project. Arteveldehogeschool coordinates the project. The project partners are: the city of Amiens, Centre Social Salengro (Armentières) and Association de Centres Sociaux de Wattrelos from France; Jong Ondernemen and Stichting PRO WORK from the Netherlands; education centre of the city of Ghent, Economic House of the city of Ostend and cluster welfare within city and OCMW Sint-Niklaas from Flanders; Bournemouth University, WSX Enteprirse, Digital Peninsula Network and Devon Mind from England.

Stad Gent

SPEED-You-UP is een sociaal-innovatieproject binnen het INTERREG 2 Zeeën programma.

Het project wordt aan Arteveldehogeschool gefinancierd met middelen van het Interreg 2 Zeeën programma en PWO-middelen.

SPEED-You-UP in a nutshell

What impact do we want the project to have?

How do we measure impact in a quantitative way?

How do we measure impact in a qualitative way?

How best to support young entrepreneurs?

Are you an organisation, policymaker or teacher and want to know how best to engage with young entrepreneurs? Are you a student looking for entrepreneurial tips? Then surf to our website!

The SPEED-You-UP project resulted in a series of free teaching resources and structured lesson plans designed to help young people, whether in education or not, develop entrepreneurial skills.