Global OWC plan 2017-2030 1.1 by ONE WORLDcitizens

Nothing is impossible, everything is possible but we must grow together!

1 YOUth for the Global Goals Click on the picture to the left or HERE to watch the video report of the International OWC EVENT 2016.

We will achieve the Global Goals by working together from the grass roots.

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Policy plan 2017-2020-2030

WITH entrepreneurial youth MORE future!

2 We are 1 world. Together we create a better world & future for everyone, including our earth.

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Content o

Welcome

Why ONE WORLDcitizens (OWC)

Vision, mission & objectives

A new mindset & Living Legends

OWC 15-year plan

Structure & focus 2017-2020-2030

OWC Pop Up School: by & for young people!

OWC Concept

Sub-projects

Global coproduction

OWC Finance 2013-2017

Board & Team

Cooperation & Communication

More about the Sub-projects

Welcome In 2013-2016 we have worked hard to develop and recognition of our concept and show/give the experience that young people aged 10-30 years have to offer an essential contribution to our society. We have done this with young people from the Netherlands, Nepal, Mauritania, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ireland, Hungary, Kenya, Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Morocco. In this period we have managed a complete OWC concept and 15-year development plan, which enables us to support structural and global transition to a sustainable society and circular economy. At the same time young people have started the first subprojects of the OWC concept, supported by social capital from local communities and financial investment of the City of Utrecht, Den Bosch, Eindhoven, Erasmus + and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment. The 15-year plan will start on January 1st, 2017 and runs until the end of 2030. This plan starts from the 17 Global Goals, signed by 193 countries and offers young people the knowledge, entrepreneurial skills, collaboration with policy makers and support within the international community, that are necessary to actually achieve the 17 Global Goals with each other. We are committed to this 15-year plan with passion and pleasure. In this documents we share all current information on OWC and the policy plan 2017-2020-2030. For anyone who wants to join, welcome and let us know! With entrepreneurial greetings, Monique van Dam Founder & Director

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Why ONE WORLDcitizens (OWC) Where we stand for OWC stands for "With entrepreneurial youth MORE future!": It is important that all young people (aged 10-30 years) are equivalent and actively involved in sustainable and social development, because especially WITH youth1 we can deal with all challenges and opportunities for a sustainable society and future in a much better way. What we are ONE WORLDcitzens Foundation is a Nonprofit Organization, founded in 2012, which connects young people worldwide to create the society and future they envision together. OWC consists of an international network of entrepreneurial young people aged 10-30 years, who are working together for quality education on social and sustainability issues, social entrepreneurship, employment and future perspective domestically and globally. For & with each other, locally and internationally. Connected to an international network of partners who are willing to invest in social entrepreneurship and sustainable initiatives of youth with their own efforts, knowledge, resources and money. What we believe in We are 1 world. We need each other to really have future and to leave the future generations a livable world. The younger generations, young people aged 10 to 30 years, look different to interact with each other, the earth, work, power and money. They see new, practical solutions to improve the society and sustainable behavior. It is important that they are heard, seen. And seriously given the chance to undertake their ideas for change. To the benefit of everyone! Young people aged 10-30 years are perfectly able to create quality education, social entrepreneurship and employment with and for each other and thus make an important contribution to the Global Goals 15-year plan. If all generations and countries are willing to work together, we can reach the 17 Global Goals in 2030!

The youngest generations are born to shape a new society and economy. They see practical, sustainable solutions to current social problems and thus have a vital contribution to global sustainable development!

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Vision, mission & objectives Vision It is important that all young people get the chance to prepare themselves for the societal challenges that are playing now and in their future. So that they are able to contribute to solutions and innovation that are needed in their own environment now and in the future. Social and environmental change, but also circular economy and a new youth employment in these areas2 are priority in this. It is therefore essential that all youth have access to education on sustainability issues, circular economy and social entrepreneurship to create new employment/jobs. Mission The current education system does not have enough time/attention and money to provide this necessary education within school/study to youth. Therefore, young people create this education according social, sustainable, circular, economic and financial innovation at OWC themselves. Education they organize and perform for and with each other, thus contributing to 24/7, open source, quality education for all youth. Quality education, which prepares them for the future and challenges they are facing today or have to face in their future. Objectives 1. Young People create and share online quality education on current, sustainable issues on an international platform with free access to all youth. 2. Young people inspire each other with innovative ideas for change / innovation and help each other to work out the ideas into a social project or enterprise. 3. Socially involved young people are taken seriously and collaborate with local policymakers on future-oriented development of policy.

By recognition of the new employment thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hidden in local social and sustainable innovation/change, we create new jobs for young people and contribute to a huge impact they can make by working out their ideas for change into social enterprises. As soon as all countries see the need of this new employment and help young entrepreneurs to startup their social enterprises, more and more young people will be able to spend 40 hours or more per week to create huge impact!

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A new mindset & Living Legends ONE WORLD citizens is based on a new mindset to create a new togetherness and worldwide cooperation:  Every individual, every good idea / initiative for change counts  YOU - WE – EARTH – DIY&DIT YOU WE

EARTH DIY & DIT

You are important! You belong to the world/society 100%*. You have your own talents and ideas and thus your important contribution to society: Your idea for change counts! We all are different and that's for a good reason! Each of us has his/her own talents, ideas, personal contribution to society. Together we are complete. Together we have all the ideas and solutions that we need to create a good and sustainable society and future for all. People and Earth belong together. We need each other to survive, live and to have future. Earth matters in everything we do and think for 100%. Do It Yourself & Do It Together. We can learn with and from each other. By sharing and helping we achieve so much more!! Together we make a better world and future for everyone, including our earth.

OWC is online organized and facilitates Living Legends*, an international network and platform where young people aged 10-30 years share ideas for change and help each other to work out the ideas into a social project or startup, including a sustainable earning model and income. To contribute to long lasting change and a lot of impact. OWC also builds an international network of partners who are able and willing to invest in social initiatives, startups and new employment of young people and the next generations. Locally and globally. .

7 *You belong tot he world/society 100%! This applies to every human being. We all have the same 30 Human Rights! The same rights to live, to be happy and healthy and to contribute with your idea for change.

*The Living Legends concept is developed y young people themselves in 2013-2014. They see Living Legends as a network of Shared ID’s, because a better world starts WITH someone else. A Shared ID is a possible solution to a social problem, that you out into a social project or Startup with the help of young people / peers, including earning model, to create income too to be able to go for your solution/social startup 100%. You share your Shared ID with young people in other cities / countries. You help them to startup the project or enterprise independently in their own area / country. In this way we can encourage a lot of innovation caused by young people: connected online, simple, accessible and fast. In this way young people from all countries can participate and help each other to make change in their own country.

Click on the picture or HERE to watch the YOUth & Rights videoclip ’30 mensenrechten’ made by Jermain Brdgewater and youth from Utrecht, Netherlands

OWC 15-year plan OWC chooses for a 15-year plan 2017-2030 in which young people, aged 10 to 30 years, get & take the opportunity to contribute to achieving the 17 Global Goals, with their initiatives, directly & together. These 17 Goals are signed by 193 countries, which gives us the great opportunity to worldwide to make change! A 15-year plan based on the 17 Global Goals, with no one left behind!

8 A 15-year plan with no one left behind! Because â&#x20AC;Ś we cannot succeed if half of the world is held back!

Click on the picture or HERE to start the video

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Structure & Focus 2017-2020-2030 Not everything can be done at once! If you choose a lot of goals, you only can achieve a little of everything. If you choose to focus on a few goals, you can achieve them quickly and completely. That’s why OWC chooses to focus on the Global Goals: 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12 en 17 during the 15-year plan in 2017-2030

With these 7 Global Goals we contribute to: quality education & ICT (for boys ánd girls); renewable energy to have access to 100% electricity/access to good internet; Youth employment; sustainable cities and villages; circular economy and global partnerships which strengthen these 7 Goals. A 15-year plan with 2 lines of action: 1.

2017-2020 -> access for all youth to:  eQuality Education  Social entrepreneurship and New Employment  Colaboration of Youth and Policymakers For good management of quality and further development of the OWC concept we chose that all sub-projects in 2017 have to do with education, entrepreneurship and employment focused on these themes:  ICT and renewable energy  (Re)use resources, circular society & economy.  Future Roots: projects that contribute to a better life and future perspective (basic needs, education, entrepreneurship and employment) of migrants and refugees.

2017-2030 -> access for all youth to essential requirements for personal and joint development:  24/7 elektricity by renewable energy  Good internet & ICT  Smartphone and/or laptop  Employment & basic income

9 Focus makes strong provides direction and enables you to achiev important goals more quickly and completely.

OWC Pop Up School: by & for young people! In addition to the education young people aged 10-25 years receive in school and established research institutions, young people from OWC are working on additional education about current social and sustainability issues, about which they need to know everything to be able to design and perform solutions to the challenges in society and future.

In 2013-2016 an international team of young people devised how they would like to shape education with sharing knowledge, social entrepreneurship training and tools for cooperation with policymakers in OWC and within the combination of online and offline cooperation. This has led to the concept of the international OWC Pop Up School. The digital platform that supports the OWC Pop Up School will be built and tested with young people from Europe, Nepal, Kurdistan and Africa in a four-year project from January 2017 to 2020, based on the 7 Global Goals and key issues described on page 9. This is what we can share already about it: 

eQuality education starts from innovative sustainable examples of projects, experiments / inventions and enterprises/ startups. It provides all the knowledge that you as a young person need to understand the example and answer the following questions: Why is this project, experiment / invention or the company / startup important? How does it work? What is needed to make this project, experiment / invention or to apply this enterprise / startup in my own environment / lifestyle? The e in eQuality education stands for: online education, BY & for boys ánd girls.

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Social entrepreneurship training makes young people aware of the entrepreneurial skills they already have in themselves and the extra skills they can develop. It gives them the faith and confidence in the (important) ideas for change they have. And teaches them how to develop their ideas for change into a social project or startup, including sustainable revenue model. So that they can undertake their own job and income with the startup.

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Cooperation of youth and policymakers in OWC is based on the dialogue. As soon as you are undertaking your idea for change you are an important dialogue partners for policymakers who want to create future oriented policy. To participate in this cooperation you only need some tools, online training to conduct the dialogue!

Young people aged 10-30 years inspire each other Learn from and with each other and work in co-creation for solutions to social problems.

Click on the picture or HERE to see (‘unfortunately’ in Dutch) that co-creation by & for young people works very well!

OWC Concept eQuality education, social entrepreneurship, job creation and collaboration between youth and policymakers we achieve with the local and international OWC concept:

11 Social Capital, the gold of today and tomorrow!

Explanation of the concept 17 Global Goals are the starting point, these 17 goals we want to achieve together in 2030! That's why we build the OWC Pop Up School: online, 24/7, open source, accessible for all youth, with basic knowledge about the Global Goals, current issues and solutions, with entrepreneurship training to undertake ideas for change yourself and with all tools and training you need to work together with policymakers. At the Circular Innovation and Startup Hub young people monthly get the stage to present their ideas, projects and startups and meet local partners ‘in real life’ to start their projects or startups and to develop a sustainable business model. Projects and startups that they present online on the Living Legends website to find new partners and investors. In this way we are working on new youth employment, that at the same time contributes to social and sustainable innovation, the circular economy and the achievement of the 17 Global Goals.

For more information about ‘the new gold’ click on the picture above or HERE.

Sub-projects In OWC young people take the lead to make change. Therefore the OWC concept is developed by young people to a whole concept. These are the sub-projects that they undertake to make up the whole: 1.

Global Goals YOUth & Rights Rap Challenge & Schools in Connection

eQuality education OWC Pop Up School

Social entrepreneurship YouthStart Nederland, We Grow Together & Friendwise Enterprise

Collaboration with policymakers OWC Youth Taskforce & OWC Reporter

With all sub-projects focused on:  ICT and renewalbe energy  (re)use resources, circular society & economy.  Future Roots: projects that contribute to a better life and future perspective (basic needs, education, entrepreneurship and employment) of migrants and refugees. Each sub-project is led by a project owner, a young social entrepreneur want to be committed for four years (2017-2020) to the OWC network, so that the whole OWC concept and quality can become very strong within 4 years. OWC facilitates project owners with social capital and the support of local partners to undertake their projects and committed local authorities and partners if possible (if they are willing to help) to create their basic income3, also for project owners abroad. With every project owner a 'partner agreement' will be compiled and signed, in which cooperation, mutual expectations and compensation are recorded. 3

The sustainable idea behind basic income for all project owners looks like this: Young people who undertake their ideas for change with passion and full commitment earn a basic income as long as their startup not yield sufficient income. For this basic income they work 20 hours per week in their OWC sub-project, but also carry out other assignments in addition to their OWC project. In this way the young entrepreneurs don’t become entirely depend on OWC and have to retain the challenge to keep on making their enterprise and income independent and stronger themselves.

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Global coproduction 2017-2020-2030 By connecting, encouraging and empowering young people all over the world online, they will be able to take initiative and create change in their own environment themselves. By helping them to develop social entrepreneurship and their own startups, they will be able to contribute to sustainable change and their own employment/income.

With the online OWC concept - in which young people has the lead - we can contribute to a low-budget grass root movement, international scale-up and long term cooperation of young people. Focus on online cooperation In 2017-2020 OWC focuses on online cooperation with young people and NGO’s from different countries. In 2017-2020 especially with European and African countries, Kurdistan (Region Iraq) and Nepal. Our main goal is to organize good examples of online quality education, social entrepreneurship and new social startups. Created within an online international community. In this way we think we can contribute to access to the OWC network for all youth in 2020-2030, in the best way. Meanwhile in 2017-2020 OWC will enlarge the network of local and international partners and policymakers and make them aware of the importance of young people’s contribution to innovation. Also to ask them to support a first basic income for all project owners, who are involved as key partners in the Global OWC concept 2017-2020. Youth Exchanges to empower the sub-project owners To empower and to train project owners who are involved as key partners in the Global OWC concept also offline/in real life, OWC will organize Youth Exchanges in the Netherlands or in the participating countries itself, as soon as we succeed in collecting the money we need to invite the project owners to the Netherlands or to travel to their countries in 2017-2020. Focus on basic income for sub-project-owners 2017-2020 2017-2020 is the period in which we will complete the OWC concept, as base of the 15-year plan in the countries as mentioned above (see first paragraph). To give quality to this process OWC chooses to focus on finding long term investors (instead of short time fundraising) who are willing to contribute to the basic income of the sub-project owners we need to complete the whole OWC concept in 2017-2020. Fundraising for materials and needs of the sub-projects The project owners are responsible to find a way to get the materials and first needs for their projects themselves. This can be done by help of youngsters of the OWC Network who organize a fundraising activity themselves, by OWC Network partners who are willing to share knowledge, expertise, resources (=social capital) or by writing (small) grant applications.

Focus helps s to create access for all youth & worldwide cooperation in 2020-2030.

Finding long term investors is the way to create a new infrastructure in which we provide equality education, social entrepreneurship, youth employment and future perspective within local communities for young people and the next generations in all countries.

Social Capital leads to independence more social startups and improvement of the local economy.

OWC Finance 2013 - 2017 Collaborating in OWC is based on sharing and helping. A process enabling access for all youth to the OWC concept, now and in the future. A process that also enables us to continue global scale-up of basic needs and sustainable development without large sums of money, no matter what happens.. Social Capital - valued by points for personal commitment - is in our approach an important tool to share knowledge, expertise and resources, while creating local inspiring examples of projects, startups and employment with young people. Employment, which in the near future (once partners, local authorities, national governments, companies and other organizations would contribute) will be paid in local money. In 2013-2017 OWC invested in good relationships with three Municipalities, a Ministry and the EU to organize development of the first OWC sub-projects and income for some of the project owners with financial support of them. And we succeeded! The Cities of Utrecht, ’s Hertogenbosch, Eindhoven, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment and the European Erasmus+ program invested and invest during 2013-2017 to OWC & initiative of young people in this way: Year

Investor

Project

Thema

2015-2016 2016-2017 2016-2017 2014-2016 2017

Utrecht Utrecht ’s Hertogenbosch Eindhoven Eindhoven

2015 2015-2016 2016 2016-2017

Ministry I en M Ministry I en M Ministry I en M Ministry I en M

YOUth & Rights Rap Challenge YOUth & Rights Rap Challenge YouthStart Nederland Global Awareness Friendwise Enterprise with young people from Rwanda Pilot Dialogue project Youthparticiation MOOA School Network OWC Youth Taskforce

2013-2014 2016 2016

Erasmus+ Erasmus+ Summa College

Millennium Development Goals Global Goals eQuality Education & social entrepreneurship OWC event 2014, 2015, 2016 Education, Entrepreneurship, employment, (joint) social enterprises Dialogue youth & policymakers Collaboration with policymakers Dialogue youth & policymakers Structureel meedenken met beleidsmedewerkers binnen I en M Dialogue youth & policymakers Youth Exchange Social Entrepreneurship Workshops about the Global Goals, Entrepreneurship and Circular economy

2013-2016

Private investment

OWC Event 2014 We Grow Together World citizenship day by and for young people ONE WORLDcitizens Foundation

Investering

Management and International networking

2500,00 30.000,00 6.400,00 34.000,00 28.000,00 27.000,00 1.200,00

35.000,00 Totaal

2.000,00 4.000,00 39.000,00 5.000,00 30.000,00

€ 214.100,00

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Investing in youth and their future means: TRUST in what young people SEE where they really want to go for what they BELIEVE in. INVESTING in what they want to DO for a better society and future. HELPING them by sharing knowledge, expertise and resources.

Board & Team of project owners 2017-2020

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Global Coproduction team

Communicatie (samenwerken & organisatie)

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Each of us has his/her own talents, ideas and personal contribution to society. Together we are complete. Together we have all the ideas and solutions that we need to create a good and sustainable society and future for all.

Cooperation & Communication Online cooperation In OWC, we work together on projects, especially online. Both with young people and with partners. In this way (online) we save time, travel costs and energy. In this way we can also coordinate multiple projects by working them out parallel to each other.

These social media channels we use to cooperate in the sub-projects:     

Slack: to work together in project teams and for cooperation within the team of project owners. Hangouts en Skype: online consultation The OWC Facebook pagina en Facebook groups: to share report and progress of projects with the OWC network and other interested (young) people The ONE WORLDcitizens website: for Blogs about the OWC 15-year plan. The Living Legends website (online again in the 2nd half of 2017): for presentation, report and questions about the sub-projects and other Living Legends projects/startups.

To cooperate with partners we use:     

Email Phone Skype The ONE WORLDcitizens: for Blogs about the OWC 15-year plan. The Living Legends website (online again in the 2nd half of 2017): for presentation, report and questions about the sub-projects and other Living Legends projects/startups..

For general information and communication regarding ONE World Citizens, please contact Monique van Dam: moniquevandam1@gmail.com. For contact and information about the sub-projects, please contact the sub-project owners4

Contact details of the sub-project owners can be found on the next page.

OWC opt for online organizing and collaborating Online organized means: operating low budget, low fixed costs. By online collaboration We can cooperate 24/7, saving time, travel expenses and energy.

More about the sub-projects Sub-project YOUth & Rights Rap Challenge Schools in Connection OWC Pop Up School YouthStart Netherlands We Grow Together Friendwise Enterprise OWC Youth Taskforce OWC Reporter

Project owner Jermain Bridgewater Izudin Karic Danny de Vries en Monique van Dam Arlon Den Teuling (management) Egbert Dahl (training) Andreea Duda (EU management) Alice Korsch (EU-project management) Pradeep Sapkota Marjolein van der Sterren Alice Korsch Tim Bertens

Email address jae@noslackin.com izudinkaric@gmail.com moniquevandam1@gmail.com arlondenteuling@gmail.com e.dahl@perfectpositiveworld.com youthspirit.info@gmail.com alicekorsch@gmail.com dell.sapkota07@gmail.com info@marjoleinvandersterren.nl alicekorsch@gmail.com contact@bertually.nl

YOUth & Rights Rap Challenge & Schools in Connection 2017 What are the aims of the project?  YOUth & Rights Rap Challenge: As many young people learn about 17 Global Goals by rapping and inspiring each other to launch projects that help ensure that the Goals are actually achieved.  Schools in Connection: youth, aged 10-18 years and from different towns/cities/countries start sharing knowledge, culture and customs with each other online and learn together about sustainability issues and development.

17 De 17 Global Goals leren kennen met de YOUth & Rights Rap Challenge Like during the Rap-workshop about the Global Goals in Bosnië-Herzegovina at FutureA 2016.

How does the project work? Young participants make a rap on the 17 Global Goals. During the match, they share their raps on Facebook with friends to gather likes to win a professional video clip. In this way their friends learn about the Goals too! After the match the youngsters from Utrecht and Srednje work out their project for quality education: the Green Classroom. Who are involved? Youngsters from Utrecht/Netherlands and Srednje & Sarajevo/Bosnia-Herzgovina Activity plan: January - Februari: Rap workshops & Challenge in Utrecht; March – 1e half April: Rap Challenge & Challenge in Srednje; 2e half April - May: Youngsters from Utrecht and Srednje cooperate for the Green Classroom in Srednje and conduct a dialogue worh policymakers in Utrecht and Srednje/Sarajevo about Global Goal 4: quality education; June August: Youngsters from Utrecht and Srednje/Sarajevo build the Green Classroom in Srednje, if possible  Project partners: City of Utrecht, UniC, Cultuurhuis Kanaleneiland, OS Srednje, Boris Divcovic Foundation.

Click on the picture or HERE to watch one of the 20 mini-video clips that were made during the Festival in June 2016.

OWC Pop Up School & Friendwise Enterprise (FE) 2017 What are the aims of the project?  OWC Pop Up School: Young people are 24/7 and globally connected to share knowledge and ideas on sustainability issues; to train & coach themselves/others in social entrepreneurship to be able to undertake ideas for change and find tools and training needed to work with local businesses, organizations and policy makers.  Friendwise Enterprise encourages and facilitates young people from Europe and Africa (2017-2020) to start joint social startups that contribute to social / sustainable change, employment and future prospects of young people in their own village / town and circular economic growth on both continents.  Friendwise Enterprise Project 1st phase, 2017: design and construction of an online community and platform for knowledge, empowerment and social entrepreneurship (training and support) of young people in Eindhoven / Netherlands and Kigali, Rubavu, Rusizi, Musanze, Nyagatare, Huye, Muhanga / Rwanda. How does the project work? In 2017 we start the 1sr phase: sharing knowledge, empowerment and social entrepreneurship with young people from the Netherlands and Rwanda. In this phase they design and build a digital platform from which the OWC Pop Up School can be further developed. The 1st phase starts with sharing knowledge about two innovative examples that contribute to basic conditions for access to quality education on the digital platform in Rwanda: 1. biogas system (renewable energy) and 2. ICT Centre (ICT). Combined with social entrepreneurship that enables young people to create business (jobs) from the biogas system and the ICT center in their own environment. Who are involved? In the FE-project team 2017 Young people from the Netherlands, Nepal and Rwanda, will participate to design anf build the digital platform, supported participants from Kenya, Mauritania, Morocco, Uganda and Kurdistan. Activity plan 2017: January - June: Research: What is happening in Rwanda now? How are young people organized in the two countries? On what themes? How are they connected in their own country? What topics they want to learn about? How do they want to learn and work together? Which knowledge partners are required? What has Eindhoven to offer? Design and verification concept screen design and features of the Living Legends online platform. July – August: Youth Exchange in Eindhoven to meet, to understand cultures, to be trained, to visit international entrepreneurs/ companies. Project partners: Gemeente Eindhoven, Africa in Motion, S2M Strijp S, Summa College opleiding Business en Centrum van Ondernemerschap, SLMM, Ondernemers Strijp S, Overheid Rwanda/Kigali en lokale partners van de steden Rubavu, Rusizi, Musanze, Nyagatare, Huye and Muhanga.

YouthStart Netherlands, We Grow Together & Future Roots (with a connection to Friendwise Enterprise) What are the aims of the projects? YouthStart: basic training in social entrepreneurship for young people aged 10-18 years, in combination with a Train the Trainer program for young people aged 18-30, which enables young people to train each other in social entrepreneurship and to work out own ideas for change to a social project or startup, to undertake change in their local environment. We Grow Together: By international youth exchanges in which the Youthstart basic training and Train the Trainer program are provided, young people inspire each other and create international cooperation in the field of social and sustainable innovation / development. Future Roots: Young people encourage and facilitate each other to undertake projects that contribute to quality education, social entrepreneurship and employment of migrants / refugees.

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How does the projects work? YouthStart starts with a free homework guidance program for young people aged 10-25 years, to enable them to finish school/study in a better way. In return for the free homework assistance, they undertake a social/sustainable project in their district. This project they work out during the basic entrepreneurship training, which is given by young people from their city. The entrepreneurship training and the projects they undertake in the district give them practical experience to enable them learn more about their talents, but also help them to find out which study and professions suit them. And on the end: if necessary, they are able to start a startup after school/study and to create their own employment/income.

We Grow Together Youth Exchange 2016 With 30 youngsters from 5 countries.

We Grow Together starts (in 2017-2020) with inspiring examples of projects and basic training in social entrepreneurship for an international group of youngsters who want to contribute to projects and startups regarding "Future Roots". Followed by the Train the Trainer program for young people who want to train other young people in their local environment and help them to undertake take their Future Roots projects. Who are involved? YouthStart takes place in Den Bosch in 2017 with youngsters from the districts Kruiskamp, Boschveld, Maaspoort and Rosmalen. In the We Grow Together 2017 project young people from Romania, Ireland, Albania, Austria and the Netherlands will participate Activity plan: During YouthStart Den Bosch during January – June in 4 districts youngsters aged 10-18 years will be trained in social entrepreneurship to start their social projects in their district. To organise We Grow Together 2017, OWC will submit a grant application in February, with a project plan from May 2017 to May 2018. The activity plan is shared in April. Projectpartners: YouthStart: City of Den Bosch, BBS De Kruiskamp. BBS Boschveld, JC de Poort, Number One, S2M Den Bosch. We Grow Together: Erasmus+, S2M Strijp S, Youth Spirit, Foróige, IFTE and OWC.

Click on the picturenof HERE To watch and hear how the participants see social entrepreneurship.

OWC Jongeren Denktank & OWC Reporter What are the aims of the project? The OWC Youth Taskforce brings youth, young professionals and policy makers in the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment together to resolve/to work together on future-oriented issues in various areas of the Department and to incorporate social issues in society into new policy. How does the projects work? The OWC Youth Taskforce has a core team of young people aged 15 to 30 years who work offline and online on two projects in 2017: 1. The MIRT Research Eastside Amsterdam and 2. Education in the Circular Economy. During these projects the core team involves young people and policy makers in the project topics by organizing inspiration-, co-creation sessions and dialogues. With the OWC Reporter young people make a good visual evaluation of projects that play or have been completed, to improve that young people and policy makers / -employees are well informed to can make better decisions on the continuation of the project and policy making.

Activity plan & Project partners: The activity plan and project partners will be announced at the end of January. The OWC Youth Taskforce was created by successful participation of young people in the MIRT Project 2015-2016, in which young people and policy makers discovered that their cooperation is very important! The report videos that were made during this project, has led to the OWC Reporter!

To give an impression (unfortunately only in Dutch): the video ‘Verslag Jongeren aan het (be)stuur!’ Click on the picture below or HERE to watch the video.

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