{"id":3783,"date":"2019-01-16T09:02:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T09:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/outwardbound.ro\/?p=3783"},"modified":"2019-01-16T09:02:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T09:02:43","slug":"outward-bound-entrepreneur-ship-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outwardbound.ro\/en\/outward-bound-entrepreneur-ship-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"OUTWARD BOUND ENTREPRENEUR-SHIP-2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n

Outward Bound Entrepreneur-Ship<\/h1>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The\u00a0main goal<\/strong>\u00a0of the project Outward Bound Entrepreneur-Ship was to stimulate young people’s spirit of initiative, creativity and entrepreneurship, employability with outdoor educational methods and activities while building lasting relationships with youth in China (Hong Kong).<\/p>\n

The\u00a0objectives<\/strong>\u00a0of the projects were the following: to share good practices among the partnering Outward Bound organizations from Programme countries and from other Partner countries, to exchange experience and to learn new methods and skills from each other in order to develop professional skill of Outward Bound instructors working with youth in the field of entrepreneurial development, to develop new water based programs, creativity and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>
\n

<\/span><\/span><\/div>
\n

We reached the objectives of the project through the following activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Water-based Training of trainers in Outdoor Leadership<\/strong>\u00a0(03-12 November, 2012, Location: Hong Kong, Outward Bound Hong Kong, Number of participants: 32).<\/p>\n

Photos on Facebook about the training.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Youtube video about the training.<\/a><\/p>\n

OBI Journal – article about the training on page 56-58.<\/a><\/p>\n

2. Local projects<\/strong>\u00a0in each participant country about development of creativity and entrepreneurship having participants with reduced possibilities benefiting from the new skills and methods of youth workers who participated in the 1st training.
\nVenues: Hong Kong-China, Romania, Ecuador, Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Croatia, Brasil, Hungary
\nPeriod: January- September, 2013.<\/p>\n

3. Youth exchange with the theme of creativity and entrepreneurship<\/strong>\u00a0– water based course.\u00a035 participants+ 6 experts and support staff from Romania and Hungary.\u00a0In the activity helped the youth workers who attended the training in Hong Kong too\u00a0(20-30 July, 2013, Location: Danube Delta, Romania).<\/p>\n

Photos on Facebook about the project.<\/a><\/p>\n

Official video about the project.<\/a><\/p>\n

We involved about 360 people in our project and about 50% of the participants of the project were young people with reduced possibilities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>
\n

Outputs of the project:
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

All participants, both youth workers and youth participants gained knowledge and developed their attitude referredinitiative, creativity and entrepreneurship, 29 of\u00a0the youth workers got trained in water based outdoor activities.Participants\u00a0completed\u00a0a CPR\/AED\u00a0session\u00a0and\u00a0passed\u00a0a\u00a0stated\u00a0water confidence\u00a0test,\u00a0they demonstratedsituational\u00a0awareness,\u00a0initiative\u00a0and\u00a0leadership\u00a0during\u00a0Instructor Judgement\u00a0Training\u00a0exercises.\u00a0Participantsdemonstrated\u00a0an ability\u00a0for\u00a0whole\u00a0group\u00a0management\u00a0as\u00a0a designated leader for a half-day sailing expedition.<\/p>\n

Participants\u00a0effectively\u00a0engaged\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0community\u00a0service\u00a0projects\u00a0that\u00a0addresses\u00a0the\u00a0issue\u00a0of\u00a0poverty\u00a0andmarginalisation, they organized local programs\u00a0incorporating\u00a0the theme of entreprenurship and creativity or water-based programs for about 240 disadvantaged youth.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0new water based programme type was created, and piloted in Romania which enables\u00a0us to organize more water based Outward Bound character develpment courses.<\/p>\n

We developed some course material about canoeing and made a learning journal which was dissemniated for the participants and the partner organizations too.<\/p>\n

A network was created which can communicate on a Facebook group.<\/p>\n

PARTNERS of the program were:<\/strong><\/p>\n

– THE OUTWARD BOUND TRUST OF HONG KONG LIMITED, HK
\n– HRVATSKA SKOLA OUTWARD BOUND OUTWARD BOUND CROATIA, HR
\n– FOUNDATION “EDUCATION THROUGH EXPERIENCE” OUTWARD BOUND – BULGARIA, BG
\n– \u00c9LM\u00c9NYAKAD\u00c9MIA K\u00d6ZHASZN\u00da EGYES\u00dcLET, HU
\n– OUTWARD BOUND DEUTSCHLAND E.V, DE
\n– OUTWARD BOUND SLOVAKIA – ST\u00daDIO Z\u00c1ZITKU, SK
\n– OUTWARD BOUND ECUADOR, EC
\n– OUTWARD BOUND BRASIL, BR<\/p>\n

PROJECT DURATION:<\/strong>\u00a012 months (September 2012 \u2013 August 2013)<\/p>\n

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.\u00a0The informations above reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained herein.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>