From November 8 to 12, 2021, the first joint training titled “Opportunities for Starting Social Entrepreneurship” was held within the project

“INCLUSIVE BUBBLES: YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ACTION” / INCLUSIVE BUBBLES: YOUNGTREPRENEURSHIP IN ACTION 2020-3-BG01-KA205-094819 under the Erasmus+ program.

The host of the training was the Regional Directorate of National Education in Iğdır, Turkey.

During the 5-day training, 10 youth workers from the National Association of Resource Teachers, Bulgaria – the project coordinator, Backslash, Spain; Igdir İl Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü, Turkey; Regionalne Centrum Wolontariatu, Poland; PiNa, Slovenia, improved their competences in working with young people with intellectual disabilities in the field of entrepreneurship.

The training program included: seminars and visits; cultural program; steps to start a social enterprise; inclusion of young people with intellectual disabilities in social enterprises; conducting social entrepreneurship training; methods and tools for delivering local trainings for youth workers and young people with intellectual disabilities; visits to schools for children/students with special educational needs, a science and creativity center for gifted children/students, and a local social enterprise producing carpets.

Upon returning home, participants will continue with local trainings and preparatory work to create training modules for work in social enterprises.

The second international joint training is planned to be held in Bulgaria in 2022.