Through yourKITE project (The initiative to enhance Young people Knowledge and skills on IT and Entrepreneurship and increase their Employability) we developed communication and digital media skills and entrepreneurship knowledge and competences of young people, while promoting volunteering and professional orientation among youth, in order to increase their employability.

In 2016, we developed several educational tools that can be used by young trainers in delivering workshops on topics, such as entrepreneurship, communication, digital media and volunteering.

Check here the YourKITE toolkit for young trainers and the online learning platform.

During a short-term joint staff training organized in Cluj-Napoca in January 2016, we trained 12 NGO workers from Norway, Poland and Romania on how to use entrepreneurship education tools when working with youth.

In september 2016, we organized, in Romania, a transnational training for 18 young youth workers from Norway, Poland and Romania. During the training, the youth workers learned how to provide workshops on entrepreneurship, media and communication, volunteering and career counselling for young people. After the training, the six Romanian participants delivered workshops for other 106 young people from Romania.

Here is Andrei, one of the participants in the training, talking about his yourKITE experience through the training:

The project is co-funded by the European Union through Erasmus+ Programme. Fundatia Danis’ partners in the project are: Norsensus Mediaforum (Oslo, Norway), Fundacja Rozwoju Wolontariatu (Lublin, Poland), Fundacja Rozwoju Spoleczenstwa Informacyjnego (Warsaw, Poland).

Internship Cluj is organized twice per year, during spring and autumn, being adapted to the academic year structure. These are six-week or 12-week internships, during which students work 20 hours per week, testing the knowledge they acquired in school, and developing their work skills for future jobs.

Some of the students that enrolled in the Internship Cluj contest for selfies with colleagues and mentors.

„This internship was the most beautiful thing that could happen to me. It was my first working place; at the beginning, I was anxious, being afraid of all the unknown things I had to do and people I had to meet, but I learned that any obstacle can be overcome if beautiful, helpful and sincere people are there to help you… and the only thing I could provide in return to them was the time spent in the company, a job well done and the most honest smile as a thank you!” (Andreea, one of the students participating in Internship Cluj, Autumn 2016 edition)

Our 2016 partners were Business Students Association (co-organizer), Cluj-Napoca Municipality, Danis Consulting, “Babeș-Bolyai” University, Technical University from Cluj-Napoca, The College of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, and The College of Business.

The internships were provided by the following 18 companies:

In 2016, we provided to young people from Romania the I SEE YOU online entrepreneurship training and the I SEE YOU computer business game – Unlock Social Enterprise, both focused on developing entrepreneurship competencies, such as critical thinking, willingness to explore, ability to prioritize, ability to take initiative, and ability to take decisions.

49 young people enrolled for the online training courses and 11 of them received the I SEE YOU certificates for completing the course. All the materials are open and free to use by other organizations, institutions or youth workers.

The I SEE YOU project received the local support of valuable partners: “A Warm Meal” project, Civitas Foundation for Civil Society, Cluj Community Foundation, Foundation for Youth Involvement, LADO Cluj, Media Partners, New Horizons Foundation, Phoenix Post-secondary Studies Institute, Simplon, The Business Students Association, and The College of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences. The partners participated in a stakeholder event to learn more about the I SEE YOU resources, in Cluj-Napoca, in May 2016.

I SEE YOU project ended with a final conference in Bratislava, in October 2016, in which relevant stakeholders – youth organizations, business angels, NGOs, public institutions and young people enrolled in the I SEE YOU online training – participated to share their experience in promoting entrepreneurship for youth.

The project was co-financed by European Commission, within Erasmus+ Programme and Fundatia Danis’ partners in this project were: FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences (Austria), WestBIC – Business and Innovation Centre (Ireland), Programma Integra (Italy), Italian-Slovak Chamber of Commerce (Slovakia), Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spain), Unión de Profesionales y Trabajadores Autónomos (Spain), Totem Learning Ltd (UK).