Training Opportunities for Youths in Euro-Mediterranean Region- Be an Entrepreneur for Social Change!

Last date : July 22, 2015

 
Do you  want to create social and economic opportunities for you and for others around you? Do you want to improve intercultural relations in your community and across the Mediterranean? Do you have the courage to challenge yourself? If yes then apply for E4SC!
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and Fondazione CRT are currently accepting applications for its Entrepreneur for Social Change (E4SC) Programme. E4SC is a one-year programme which aims to support young social entrepreneurs in the Euro-Med region. Young adults between 18 and 35 years old from the Euro-Med region, who either already have a social enterprise and need to learn how to develop it or who have taken steps to start a social enterprise and  want to learn how to build their business forward can apply.
The programme consists of 8- day training which will bring together 20 young people from the Euro Mediterranean region to enhance the skills needed to boost a business idea with a social mission, and be a powerful motor of economic development and social inclusion.
The 2015 edition of the program will start with training, held from the 18th to the 25th October 2015 in Torino, Italy.
Eligible Countries: Euro-Mediterranean Region
The 28 European Union member states: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom.
15 Mediterranean member states: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon,Mauritania, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Palestinian Authority, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible, the applicant must:

• Have a social enterprise (or be in the process of establishing a social enterprise) which is either leveraging cultural and religious diversity or promoting broader social change and can potentially create economic opportunities and social inclusion for a specific community or across communities. The social enterprise can already be established or be in its initial stages, the applicant must demonstrate how its idea is grounded and sustainable.
• Has a date of birth between 15th October 1979 and 15th October 1997.
• Holds a passport valid until at least 30th April 2016 (for a visa to be issued, a passport needs to be valid for at least 6 months after the expected date of entry into the country issuing the visa).
• Lives in and be of nationality from a Euro-Med country.
• Is fluent in spoken English.

Note: Please note that university-level education is not mandatory.
Application Process
Applicants need to submit an application package which must include the following documents:

• The application form
• A scan of the identification page of your current valid international passport
• Your resume/curriculum vitae, in English, with a maximum of 3 pages

Applicants will be informed about final results of the selection process by 15 August 2015.
For more details : https://e4sc.org/

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