PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES
Project management activities includes project management, communication, dissemination, and outreach, project monitoring, risks monitoring and project sustainability.
TRANSNATIONAL PROJECT MEETINGS
There were six transnatinal project meetings during the 36 months of implementation, three organised in person and three virtual meetings.
📌 M1 Kick-off meeting hosted in Bucharest, virtual
📌 M2 Transnational Meeting 2 in Sterna, Greece
📌 M3 Transnational Meeting hosted in Sofia, virtual
📌 M4 Transnational Meeting in Pignola, Italy
📌 M5 Transnational Meeting in Harja, Romania, virtual
📌 M6 Closing Meeting, in Pignola, Italy.
PROJECT RESULTS
Two digital training packs – one focused on vertical farming and the other on social entrepreneurship, were promised in the application.
However, the extensive experience gained over the three years led us to develop a third handbook, dedicated to lessons learned from working in complex consortia.
LEARNING, TEACHING, AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES
Six learning, teaching and training activities were organised, one for youth workers and trainers, four for youth and one mix seminar.
The C1 -Youth Workers & Trainers Mentoring Event, Bucharest, Romania took place from 20 to 24 March 2023, for 5 days, and its aim was to prepare the trainers working with youth during the youth training events.
The four training events for youth lasted for 13 days (11 days + 2 days travel) and had as aim to prepare the young people in both mastering vertical vegetable production and understanding the principle of social entrepreneurship. The four events were organised with 5 young people from each country, and additional local youth from the hosting organisation. The events were as follows:
C2 – RO- Youth Training on Vertical farming & entrepreneurship, Hârja, Romania, took place from 21 June to 2 July 2023.
C3 – BG – Youth Training on Vertical farming & entrepreneurship – Sofia, Bulgaria, actually took place in Lik, from 17 to 29 October 2023.
C4 – IT- Youth Training on Vertical farming & entrepreneurship – Tito, Italy, actually took place in Pignola, from 1 to 13 October 2023.
C5 – GR- Youth Training on Vertical entrepreneurship – Sterna, Greece took place in Hopeland premises from 3 to 15 September 2023.
The last event, C6 – IT- Good practices in HE, RDI & NGO collaboration in Youth programs – Italy, took place in Pignola, from 15 to 20 January2025.
MULTIPLIER EVENTS
Four multiplier events were organized in Romania, Italy, Greece and Bulgaria, presenting all the project results to different other institutions and NGOs.