Crochet workshops consist of two cycles: basic and intermediate. The basic cycle of 3 meetings of 3 hours each is intended for beginners who want to start their adventure with Crocheting – the process of making a knitted fabric using a crochet hook.
This action aims to present and familiarize with practical examples of creating a business, taking into account the aspect of strengthening social capital, raising the knowledge of the local community in the field of environmental protection and climate change, based on the local brand.
During the workshops, participants can talk about topics related to the creation of communities, communities, group activities. During the classes, dolls are made from recycled materials, which can later be given to another woman with a selected intention.
The activity was created for women who mainly deal with domestic duties, to create an opportunity for them to learn new things and give them a space where they can spend time pleasantly and have fun. Purpose of the activity: changing the involvement of women 25+ who deal with household chores and raising children on a daily basis.
The point’s offer includes local products from a specific region, promoting and branding quality and tradition, e.g. handicrafts, honey, beekeeping products, beeswax candles, decorated wooden haberdashery, key chains, wooden figurines, Christmas decorations, decorations, etc. as well as books and albums on topics related to the region, its traditions, history, language and landscapes.
At the beginning, the participants had a meeting with a manufacturer of local products. Then all the participants got involved in the activities, dividing into teams.
During the walk, young people collected edible flowers and herbs and then created amazing pictures… which they consumed with taste while drinking a herbal drink.
Meeting beetwen young women and people living in the same town. After the classes, participants will analyze the meeting from the perspective of their small homeland and the opportunities it offers, opportunities for developing entrepreneurship in rural areas and raising the competences of young women in terms of contributing to their entrepreneurial skills, rural business and ecological practices.
The young women participated in the creation of ornamental plants using the Japanese Kokedama cultivation technique. Kokedama is the practice of taking the root ball of a plant and suspending it in a mud ball, which is then coated with soft green moss.
The Legambiente young women visited a farm and tried out some cultivation techniques.
The Legambiente young women visited a farm and learnt how to create an irrigation system.
The young women of Legambiente visited La Semente, a social farm involving young adults with autism.
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During the EPALE Edu Hack 2022 held in Rome, the team from CPIA Udine realized a game called «MasterSalad». The competition consists of making salads judged on nutritional sustainability and environmental impact.
The activity took place at Umbraflor, the largest nursery company in the Umbria region and one of the most important in Italy in the service of economic development, environmental promotion and biodiversity protection. During the workshop, organised on the occasion of National Tree Day, the young women discussed the importance of trees and the different types found in the local area.
The young women visited a farm that still uses traditional cultivation techniques.
This training was designed to support young women to create a social action project. This training has been designed in a way that allows trainers to deliver it to both big groups as well as individuals. The course was based on the Social Action Toolkit created for The Careers & Enterprise Company, in partnership with the #iwill campaign. It was created in 2019 by the ‘think and action’ tank The Centre for Education and Youth, a Community Interest Company (CiC), and built by Marmelo. IARS International Institute modified this toolkit to make it fill the specific needs of the You_Ween project and those of our young women.
A group of young women came together to raise their voices and talk about issues that are currently affecting them through a magazine.
This workshop was developed to support young women in becoming ethical social entrepreneurs.
This activity has dual characteristics. On the one hand it aims at highlighting the impossibility of choice and on the other it aims at strengthening the already decisive.
This activity is designed to provide a platform for young women to speak up about the issues that are currently affecting them
This activity was designed to help young people gain confidence, identify their skills and understand how they are displayed by their behaviour, build skills in verbal and non-verbal communication and understand how this can support them towards their future goals.
The community workshop opens up discussion on what community means and what value and benefits community offers. Young women explore how both shared and diverse values can enhance a community through encouraging sharing and learning.
These activities can help young women realise what is important when making decisions and how they can use their decision-making power. This topic helps young people reflect on the impact of their decisions both on themselves and others. It also demonstrates how important forming and believing in your own opinion is.
The young women visited a homestead and tasted the local products.
Lina, the owner of the homestead, asked young women questions about agriculture, crops, planting and harvesting by showing the real products from the farm.
The young women tried to produce oil by using oil making machine. Lina explained the waste management and benefits of using local products for sustainability.
The young women tried to make daily life tools by using natural materials.
The young women tried local and innovative methods of food drying and food packaging.
The young women used natural products to make toys for different purposes. They used their creativity to shape the materials.
This activity is designed to create awareness about prevention of water pollution. On a 100-meter long section of a beach in Palanga, our team and volunteers found more than 700 pieces of garbage (more photos on Facebook).
The main aim of the training was to educate young and senior adult women and women farmers to start their business successfully and maintain it in late business development stages. The training allowed to acquire necessary knowledge for participants about starting business in the rural area (on the Lithuanian case-study). Participants also learned future potential venture handlings and how to implement innovative initiatives while being based in the rural/slightly populated areas.
The activity took place in a suitable location for carrying out the operations, in an Association of Rural Women “La Fragua”. Participants observed and learned about ingredients and materials (mushrooms, pasta, salt, oil, spices, kitchenware appropriate for the activity to be carried out such as pots, cutlery, plates, kitchen, stove, fire extinguishers, rags and napkins).
The activity took place outdoors during the permitted season for collecting wild species, with the participation of women in general and rural inhabitants/residents.
This activity is designed to develop green entrepreneurship skills in rural areas of young women in agriculture, in rural businesses, and in food quality and safety.
Activity designed to promote and rescue rural games so that they do not fall into oblivion while reinforcing the cultural heritage in tourism.
This activity is designed to develop sustainable green entrepreneurship skills of young women in food crafts in rural businesses and in food safety and quality.
Activity designed to develop cultural and artistic attitudes in green entrepreneurship and in semi-rural areas, close to urban areas, sparsely populated to regenerate degraded spaces and put them back in value for the enjoyment of people who love nature and outdoor spaces.
Activity designed to safeguard and rescue ancestral rural traditions and promote entrepreneurial livestock and food processing initiatives with respect for food safety and quality regulations.
The activities have been carried out in the winter ski resort of Cerler, province of Huesca, in Spain, in the mountains of the Pyrenees. Haute cuisine menu combined with nightly winter sports activities.
(Picture source: Association Meden Istok)
This training is designed for anyone who has interest and the desire to raise bees and apply biotechnical methods can apply for the training, and encourages especially the participation of young women from rural areas. The education programme, which lasts almost 4 months, comprises 7 thematic modules with 110 classes in total.
(Picture source: The Education Centre for Nature Conservation Negrevo)
The aim of the training was to distinguish linear and circular economy, how we can contribute to the transition from a linear to a circular economy and how to creatively extend the life cycle of old paper.
(Picture source: Association Meden Istok)
Activity: planting of honey trees and plants on the three developing apiaries owned by the Honey East association near the cities of Makedonska Kamenica, Pehcevo and Kocani, and planted in and around the members of the Honey East association apiaries situated in different locations throughout the Bregalnica region.
(Picture source: CEED Macedonia Foundation)
Two-day online training of 20 young women who are unemployed or employed in the agricultural sector; to have an idea for starting an agricultural business, their own business in the agricultural sector or co-owners of such a business.
(Picture source: CEED Macedonia Foundation)
The aim of this training is to improve access to the labor market and to increase the competitiveness of women in the labor market, by improving their skills in the field of digital marketing.
(Video source: The Rural Coalition)
Professional training aimed at young women from three municipalities in the country – Aerodrom, Centar and Mavrovo Rostuše. The trainings included 45 women who applied for the development of their skills for several occupations, in demand on the labor market.
(Picture source: CEED Macedonia Foundation)
The training was conducted by the CEED Macedonia Foundation to support 12 municipalities in implementing measures for the economic empowerment of women.
(Picture source: SWGRRD)
Two-day training on “Rural Business Development”. A total of seventeen participants from North Macedonia attending the trainings and they were representatives of MSMEs, guesthouses, small producers and processors, tourism and hospitality associations, providing services in rural tourism.
This activity is designed to encourage young women to begin devising a positive psychological strategy to improve care of themselves and the nature.
This activity is designed to develop and increase awareness of their motivation in daily life.
This activity concerns the planting of flower seeds or different types of trees, the pulling of weeds and the general cleaning of leaves.
This activity has dual characteristics. On the one hand it aims at highlighting the impossibility of choice and on the other it aims at strengthening the already decisive.
This activity is designed to encourage young women to begin devising a marketing strategy to improve awareness of the product or service they are selling.
This activity describes a relatively simple hut powerful experiential exercise which can be used as a group exercise. It is effective for demonstrating and practicing the following skills: decision making, creativity, strategic planning, communication, and group dynamics.
The aim of the activity is to help you raise awareness about yourself, your skills and how you can relate them with your career in the present, the future or even how you can change into a different job occupation.
Experiential group exercise for enhancing action planning and self-awareness.
