Mentoring for youth entrepreneurship support (BONUS LT-LV)

 

Project no.: LLI-147

Project description:

The overall objective of the project is to foster entrepreneurship and youth businesses creation in theLithuania and Latvia border region.

Project funding:

2014-2020 Interreg V-A Latvia-Lithuania Cooperation Programme


Project results:

During the project, it is planned to set up a network of mentors, organize competitions for young business leaders and innovators, and create a model for promoting business and entrepreneurship in BONUS LT-LV. Creativity, courage, openness to innovation are one of the competences that stimulate young peoples entrepreneurship. However, this is not enough; therefore, during the project, pupils teams, innovative products made from secondary raw materials are developed with the help of experienced mentors. Students innovative products will be featured in exhibitions in Lithuania and Latvia. During the project, developing innovative entrepreneurship competences, experience of experienced mentors and pupils creativity, innovative products are being developed and the problems of promoting the entrepreneurship of young people in Lithuania and Latvia border regions are addressed.

Period of project implementation: 2017-03-01 - 2018-08-31

Project coordinator: Kaunas University of Technology

Project partners: Daugavpils University, Public institution "PVC"

Head:
Rūta Čiutienė

Duration:
2017 - 2018

Department:
Academic Centre of Economics, Business and Management, School of Economics and Business