PARTNER SEARCH: Erasmus+, KA2, Strategic partnerships in the

PARTNER SEARCH: Erasmus+, KA2, Strategic
partnerships in the field of youth
NAME OF THE INSTITUTION
Bjelovar-Bilogora County
TYPE OF INSTITUTION
Regional administration
CONTACT
Bjelovar-Bilogora County
Dr. Ante Starčevića 8
43000 Bjelovar
Croatia
www.bbz.hr
CONTACT PERSON
Stjepan Kos, civil society referent
+385 43 221 923
stjepan.kos@bbz.hr
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
KA2: Strategic partnerships in the field of youth
(decentralised call)
DEADLINE
April 30th
INTERESTS
Bjelovar-Bilogora County has established an intersectoral
team and plans to involve the County's Youth Council to
prepare a project for the above mentioned call with
special focus on:
 Promoting empowerment, participation and the
active citizenship of young people, through
projects that aim to: broaden and deepen
political and social participation of young people
at local, regional, national, European or global
level; enable young people to connect with,
express their opinions to and influence elected
policy-makers, public administrations, interest
groups, civil society organisations, or individual
citizens within any of the political or social
processes affecting their lives.
 Promoting entrepreneurship education and social
entrepreneurship among young people. Priority
will be placed on projects that allow groups of
young people to put entrepreneurial ideas into
practice with a view to tackling challenges and
problems identified within their communities.
The County is interested in either leading or being a
project partner.
PROJECT TITLE
Youth for knowledge and cooperation
PROJECT IDEA
Bjelovar-Bilogora County would like to work on a project
proposal based on their interests stated above with other
project partners.
The project will have focus on active citizenship, civil
education, youth participation in politics, youth thinking
about unemployment, social entrepreneurship, social
inovations and implication of new technologies on
employement and society.
Bjelovar-Bilogora county will be included as well as Youth
Council of Bjelovar-Bilogora County, secondary schools
and youth associations.
Short description of activities:
1. Preparatory activities and the first meeting of all
partners. Understanding the situation of young people in
connection with active citizenship, civic education in
schools, participation in social, political and economic life
at local, regional and national levels, social
entrepreneurship and youth employment, ...
2. Preparation and setting up a web platform for sharing
information, knowledge and cooperation.
3. Organizing 3-4 conference in the partner’s countries
on topics agreed at the preparatory meeting answering
the questions: how to get better position for young
people and more involvement of young people in social,
political and economic processes in order to contribute to
local community and European Union.
4. Organization of mobility or exchange of youth between
partner organizations and countries so they get familiar
with the work of schools, school cooperatives, youth
organizations, youth clubs and local and regional forms of
participation in the administration.
5. Drafting and publication of a joint charter with the
analysis of problems and solutions developed through
our project.
6. Closing conference in Brussels.
TYPE OF PARTNER SOUGHT
Schools, associations, local and regional governments,
institutes and other organizations.
DEADLINE FOR THE EXPRESSION
OF INTEREST
April 10th