Urban – Rural Divide: Enhancing Access for Disadvantaged Youth through Social Entrepreneurship

About the project

Urban – Rural Divide: Enhancing Access for Disadvantaged Youth through Social Entrepreneurship is an Erasmus+ Youth Exchange addressing Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education, Development of disadvantaged rural and urban areas and Tackling geographical remoteness and involving rural areas. It was developed to engaging the young people in these two distinctive settings Munich and Alcalá la Real; the project aims to create Generated on: Aug 4, 2026Booklet Page of 57 162 The content of this page is published for information purposes only. The project uses non-formal education and international cooperation to turn these themes into practical learning, organisational development and community-level action.

Objectives

* To strengthen youth agency and critical awareness of social, economic, and spatial challenges in their local (urban or rural) environments.
* To equip disadvantaged young people with social entrepreneurship skills, methodologies, and mindset to ideate and prototype context-sensitive solutions.
* To foster cross-context dialogue, mutual learning, and exchange between urban and rural youth.
* To develop a practical booklet or toolkit documenting the process, lessons learned, prototypes, and recommendations for replication.
* To promote sustainability and impact by connecting youth-led initiatives with local stakeholders, institutions, and networks.

Activities

* Implementation of an international learning activity involving the participating organisations.
* Non-formal workshops, collaborative tasks, practical exercises and structured reflection connected to the project themes.
* Local follow-up, dissemination and transfer activities led by participants and partner organisations.

Impact

The project is expected to generate a broad set of results and create lasting impact at the level of participants, partner organisations, and local communities. For the young people directly involved, the two youth exchanges combined with the mentoring phase will result in concrete personal and professional development. By engaging in workshops, debates, study visits, and prototype design, they will acquire competences in social entrepreneurship, teamwork, problem-solving, and intercultural communication. Beyond technical skills, the project will build their confidence and strengthen their sense of agency, as they will not only take part in activities but also design and present their own social entrepreneurship ideas in front of local stakeholders.

Project partners

• 🇩🇪 NextGen e.V.
  Germany
• 🇹🇷 21.YY Egitimciler Dernegi
  Türkiye
• 🇪🇸 ASOC SOCIO CULTURAL VERDESUR ALCALA
  Spain
• 🇵🇱 Spring Mindset
  Poland
• 🇪🇪 MTÜ ArtInspire
  Estonia