"Throughout the project young people from Poland🇵🇱, Serbia🇷🇸, Italy🇮🇹, Spain🇪🇸, Hungary🇭🇺 Romania🇷🇴 and Czech republic🇨🇿came together to share ideas, learn from inspiring entrepreneurs and explore how we can make rural areas more sustainable, creative and full of opportunities.
From workshops and team challanges to visit local entrepreneur and his small fish farm we put what we’ve learnt into practice by creating our own rural business plans. Based on votes, feedback and Q&A from other business companies and facilitators the winning team was WATTS UP SOLAR focused on renewable energy in rural areas.
But in reality we all won because we’ve learnt so much about business such as time management, teamwork and public speaking.
We are coming home with new friendships, unforgettable memories and ready to create real impact back home!🤝🇪🇺" - Czech Youth Association
"🌍 LevelUp: Rural Youth in Action - Vatra Dornei, Romania 🇷🇴
From September 18th to 28th, I had the privilege to join the Erasmus+ youth exchange LevelUp: Rural Youth in Action, an EU-funded project in Vatra Dornei. Together with participants from Italy, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, and the Czech Republic, we spent 10 days learning, sharing, and co-creating solutions for the challenges faced by rural areas across Europe.
✨ What we did:
-Explored the challenges and opportunities of rural communities. -Designed and presented innovative entrepreneurial ideas and business models to empower rural development. -Engaged in teamwork and leadership tasks, intercultural workshops, and creative problem-solving activities. -Strengthened our intercultural competence, communication skills, and adaptability while working in highly diverse international teams. 🤝 Impact: This experience showed how youth entrepreneurship can bring innovation, sustainability, and resilience to rural regions. Beyond the professional skills gained, it was also a powerful cultural exchange: we discovered traditions, shared perspectives, and built friendships that go beyond borders.
🌱 I return from this exchange with a stronger skill set, an expanded European network, and a renewed motivation to engage in projects that foster youth empowerment, rural development, and social impact." - Lukas
"🌍 LevelUp: Rural Youth in Action – Vatra Dornei, Romania 🇷🇴
This September, we had the amazing opportunity to take part in the Erasmus+ youth exchange LevelUp: Rural Youth in Action, an EU-funded project hosted in Vatra Dornei, Romania. Together with participants from across Europe, we spent 10 unforgettable days learning, sharing, and exploring how young people can bring innovation and entrepreneurship into rural areas.
💡 What we discovered:
• How to come up with meaningful entrepreneurship ideas and creative solutions that address real needs in local communities.
• That true impact comes from working on projects we genuinely care about — not just the ones that seem most profitable.
• The power of teamwork, open-mindedness, and collaboration between people with different perspectives and cultural backgrounds.
🤝 Our biggest takeaway:
Rural regions hold incredible potential. With the right mindset, passion, and cooperation, young people can create sustainable solutions that strengthen communities and inspire others to take action.
🌱 We return from this experience more motivated, connected, and inspired to pursue ideas that matter — projects driven by purpose, creativity, and heart." - Julie
"🌍✨ LevelUP: Rural Youth in Action – Romania This month I joined an Erasmus+ project focused on rural entrepreneurship and it turned out to be much more than just “another project.” We were in the heart of the Romanian Carpathians 🏔️ surrounded by nature, ideas, and people from across Europe. Together we explored how young people can bring life and business into rural areas, instead of watching them slowly empty out. Some takeaways that stayed with me: 💡 Rural communities aren’t “behind” they are untapped potential. 🤝 Collaboration between local traditions and new business models is where innovation happens. 🚀 Youth bring the energy rural places need to thrive. For me personally, it was a reminder that entrepreneurship isn’t only about tech and cities. Sometimes the most sustainable and meaningful businesses can start in a village, with a small idea, and then scale. Big thanks to the Erasmus+ programme 🇪🇺 and all the amazing people who shared this experience. I’m bringing the energy home – ready to keep building." - Matyas
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