CULTURE: CULTural entrepreneURship Education for

Background Since 2020, around the world, youth employment dropped by 8,7% and it illustrates the extent of the pandemic’s economic consequences. Not only have youth suffered more the COVID consequences but young women have been hit the hardest by unemployment (11.2% for young men & 13.9% for young women by second quarter of 2020 (ILO)), while the effects in middle-income economies is double. Also, many young people, faces education and training disruption due to COVID leaving them economically inactive. In this scenario young immigrants find it even more difficult to find employment. A possible win-win solution is to start a self-employment path and set up an entrepreneurship project. In this line, cultural entrepreneurship brings the best premises to capitalize on immigrants’ cultural background and be self-employed. “Culture” and “entrepreneurship” are to some extent a similar and both are drivers of dynamic growth. Cultural entrepreneurship practice promotes the dynamic development in cultural field and it has paved the way for building a marketplace for intangible cultural relics. In the digital time, this business approach can be a profitable and sustainable cultural preservation approach for immigrant communities. Culture is one of Europe’s greatest assets, it represents a source of values, identity and a sense of belonging; but it also can contribute towards society well-being, social cohesion and inclusion. The cultural and creative sectors may also provide a stimulus for economic growth, job creation and international trade, therefore, cultural entrepreneurship holds a big potential to bring a significant societal change. In this line, immigrants are per se agents of cultural change, introducing new ideas, expertise, customs, cuisines, art and bring with them different cultural traditions and forms of expression. Cultural entrepreneurship can provide access to employment for the most vulnerable groups, such as young immigrants, and helps to elevate them from the poverty and social exclusion trap, capitalizing on their cultural capital. Therefore, preparing young immigrants to engage into cultural entrepreneurship projects and overcome the specific obstacles they might face by exchange of best practices and developing innovative tools for youth workers is the main goal of the “CULTURE: CULTural entrepreneURship Education for young immigrants” project proposal. Objectives To make a positive contribution to the young immigrants employment problems the “CULTURE: CULTural entrepreneURship Education for young immigrants” project proposes the following objectives: PO1: Exchange the best practices and further strengthen the