As part of the cooperation between the “Innovation Generation” NGO and the Centre for Innovative Educational Technologies of the Education and Research Institute “Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy” of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, the “Youth Social Entrepreneurship Studio” was opened.
The Youth Social Entrepreneurship Studio consists of training and mentoring rooms, which were equipped thanks to a grant received by Roman Nesterenko, Deputy Head of the International Relations Department at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University and activist of the “Innovation Generation” NGO, as part of the House of Europe graduate support programme.
To ensure the functioning of the Youth Social Entrepreneurship Studio, with House of Europe grant funds, “Innovation Generation” NGO purchased modern furniture, interior items, the Cashflow business board game, and various materials for creative workshops, prototyping handmade products, and sublimation printing.
It should be noted that the Youth Social Entrepreneurship Studio will become part of the Talent Hub, which is preparing to open at the Centre for Innovative Educational Technologies of the ERI “UEPA”.
The newly established youth social entrepreneurship studio will become an important component of the implementation of three important international projects at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University aimed at developing the entrepreneurial skills of students and pupils, namely: the ERASMUS+ UA-Talent-UP project “Stepping-Up Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Intercultural Competences for High Quality Teaching in Ukraine”; the Ukrainian-Estonian project “Integrating entrepreneurship education into vocational education in Ukraine”, coordinated by the Estonian Centre for International Development ESTDEV; the STUDBIZ Ukraine project "Student Social Enterprises to Support Youth in (Post)War Ukraine”, implemented by the “Innovation Generation” NGO and the Centre for Innovative Educational Technologies in cooperation with the School of ME (Public Organisation “School of Conscious Entrepreneurship”) with the support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and ChildFund Deutschland e.V.
On the occasion of the opening of the Studio, certified trainers and mentors in social entrepreneurship, employees of the Centre for Innovative Educational Technologies, held a session of mentoring consultations, training in social youth entrepreneurship, and a Cashflow game tournament for students of the Education and Research Institute “Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy”.
From now on, anyone interested in starting their own social business, including students of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, pupils from Kharkiv schools and gymnasiums, vocational lyceums and technical colleges can sign up for mentoring sessions and join the game sessions and training sessions of the Centre for Innovative Educational Technologies of the ERI “UEPA” of Karazin University.
