On October 12 and 13, 2024, in the city of Borjomi, in the Borjomi Palace Hotel, within the framework of the project “Construction through social entrepreneurship” , a two-day preparatory meeting of social enterprise mentors was held.
The meeting was attended by 20 interested persons representing different fields, who in the future, “Accelerator X | Social entrepreneurship” will provide mentorship to youth social enterprises created by graduates.
On the first day of the meeting, they received information about Junior Achievement Georgia projects and programs, as well as participated in familiarization activities. On the second day, they worked on the topic “Entrepreneurship as a competence” and got acquainted with “Accelerator X | Social Entrepreneurship Program” and performed its main activities.
Within the framework of the mentoring component, the selected experts, based on their competence and experience, will contact the youth social enterprises created in the relevant direction, together with them, for 4 months , they will work on refining the idea and establishing it in its final form.
About the project
The project “Construction through social entrepreneurship” is implemented within the framework of the #EU4Youth program and its goal is to contribute to the strengthening of the civil society of the beneficiary countries, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. At the same time, young leaders were given the opportunity to be active pillars of democracy, in community building and political dialogue.
The project “Building Back Better Through Social Entrepreneurship” is implemented within the framework of the #EU4Youth program and its goal is to contribute to strengthening civil society in the implementing countries and to enable young leaders to be active pillars in democracy, community building and policy dialogue.
This Project will equip young people in The Republic of Moldova, in Ukraine and in Georgia with the necessary skills and knowledge to set up sustainable social enterprises. In addition, participants will strengthen their employability and develop versatile entrepreneurial skills such as creativity, perseverance, teamwork, and resourcefulness. The project will support the development of a favourable ecosystem for social enterprises by preparing the youth to found/join social businesses and become proactive change-makers who will inspire and mobilize their peers. All the social enterprises will be mentored by business volunteers/social entrepreneurs and the most promising ones will receive further support, seed funding, visibility, and networking opportunities to develop and grow. More information about the project.
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About us
“Junior Achievement Georgia” Since 2002, he has been promoting the teaching of entrepreneurial education programs in Georgia. He is the representative of JA world in the country. Also, the JA Europe model organization and its programs are recognized by the European Training Foundation (ETF), the European Commission and various international organizations as best practices in entrepreneurship education. Since 2018, Junior Achievement Georgia has been a member of the Financial Education Committee of the National Bank of Georgia. Also, in 2022, it became a partner member of the International Network of Financial Education (INFE) of the OECD.
JA Worldwide was founded in 1919 and has been nominated for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. It is ranked 5th among the world’s most influential non-profit organizations and its programs are based on developing youth employment readiness, financial literacy and entrepreneurial skills.
