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The RAISE Youth initiative contributes to providing decent and productive work for youth through social innovation in rural areas of 4 EU countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, and Spain.

Main objective is to pilot and promote an innovative RAISE Model of (self) employment, for youth based on sustainable agri-business in 4 rural regions of EU with high unemployment rates and depopulation. 

Go Remote is an initiative designed to reduce youth unemployment by offering training, mentoring, and employment opportunities in remote and hybrid jobs. 

Social Innovators is a programme aimed at developing skills for young people in social innovation fields, enhancing their employability, and encouraging impactful projects within local communities.

The practice develops and implements an innovative and sustainable training model in green social entrepreneurship for NEETs (young people not in employment, education, or training) and other young people. Based on a 'learning by doing' approach, the trainings take place in eco-hubs – a natural environment for experiential learning. Partner organisations increase their capacity to deliver effective programmes specifically designed for NEETs, supporting the development of entrepreneurial, practical, personal, and social skills of participants. 

During this initiative, 100 young people were trained, mainly NEETs, in newly established eco-hubs of four educational eco-communities in Bulgaria, promoting their initiatives and interaction with local communities and authorities. Through practical activities, non-formal and informal training methods, the participants developed essential personal competences, practical skills, and social engagement, e.g., increased self-confidence, teamwork, competences in sustainable practices, improved mental and physical health. 

Back on Track aims to (re)integrate young NEETs (not in employment, education, or training) in rural areas into general and vocational education as well as the labour market. The goal is to improve their basic skills and resilience, while strengthening their digital competences, to enable sustainable employment and personal development.