This document outlines an initiative called "Empowering Entrepreneurship" which aims to improve entrepreneurial skills and provide training for starting a business. The project involves participants from 8 countries undertaking workshops on leadership, idea generation, public speaking, and the business model canvas. The target group includes bachelor's students and others with business ideas. Results will be disseminated through mentoring, blogging, and high school lectures on entrepreneurship.

1. T.C. ISTANBUL VALILIGI
Provincial Directorate of Social Studies and Projects
EMPOWERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Brave skills: building resilience to achieve valuable employability skills
Ineta Žičkutė
Lukas Haliotis
Istanbul, 2018

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Summary...................................................................................................................................3
Objectives..................................................................................................................................3
Learning objectives..................................................................................................................3
Target group.............................................................................................................................3
Activities....................................................................................................................................4
Tools for dissemination of results...........................................................................................4

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SUMMARY
"Empowering entrepreneurship" is an initiative seeking to improve the sense of initiative of
entrepreneurship, increasing the motivation and providing the skills needed to create a
successful business. In order to achieve the purpose, the two main leaning objectives were
formulated - to improve soft skills and to understand the business process creation. The
project is transnational and multi-measure, consisting of participants from 8 countries
(Lithuania as a hosting country, Greece, Poland, Estonia, Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary and
Turkey) and activities as workshops of the role of leadership, practising techniques of ideas
generation (brainstorming, mind mapping, de Bono’s six thinking hats), exercises practising
public speaking, workshop of CANVAS, knowing the funding opportunities and writing
business plan. The results will be disseminated through mentoring, writing a BLOG and
providing lectures in a high school in the country of origin.
OBJECTIVES
The main objective of the project - to improve the sense of initiative of
entrepreneurship, increasing the motivation and providing the skills needed to create a
successful business.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The main two learning objectives were formulated as provided below:
 To improve soft skills, i.e. creativity, public speaking, business etiquette, leadership,
intercultural awareness, etc.
 To understand the business process creation
TARGET GROUP
It is the multi-measure project, consisting of two parts. First part of the project
involves bachelor degree students. The second part of the project - no limitation in age but
the applicants must have a business idea.
It is a transnational project and the applicants will be selected by the following
countries:

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Countries Number of participants
Lithuania (host country) 6
Greece 2
Poland 2
Estonia 2
Italy 2
Bulgaria 2
Hungary 2
Turkey 2
ACTIVITIES
For the first objective "To improve soft skills, i.e. creativity, public speaking, business
etiquette, leadership, intercultural awareness, etc." the following activities were
distinguished:
 Workshop of the role of leadership
 Knowing the differences of the different markets
 Practising techniques on generating ideas (brainstorming, mind mapping, de Bono’s
six thinking hats)
 Exercises practising public speaking by pitching business ideas in 2-5 minutes
For the second objective "To understand the business process creation" the following
activities were identified:
 Workshop of CANVAS
 Presentation by mentors on the aspects of business plan
 Lecture of presenting the possibilities to get investments and the workshop of
presentation of ideas by pitching, proving potential investors of idea's success
TOOLS FOR DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS
Participants of the first part of the project:
 Those who will be selected to the second part of the project will be mentoring the next
year's first part participants

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 Write of BLOG of experience gained in the program
 Provide a lecture in the high school back in their home country on entrepreneurship
Participants of the second part of the project:
 Participate actively presenting ideas in the pitching-events
 Become as mentors in the events where the CANVAS instrument is applied,
supporting the professional development of youngsters for aspiring entrepreneurship