How it works
Dimitra Tsambazi was disappointed by the lack of opportunities to specialise in educational fields that interested her. When she got older, she dreamed of giving other children a chance to become entrepreneurs, making use of their unique skills and interests. Now, Tsambazi has realised this dream, and runs a learning centre called ‘Know Thyself’ in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Thanks to support from the European Social Fund (ESF), children from the local area were empowered, given the chance to develop the skills they needed to be successful in their specific fields of interest.
In the long-term, the Know Thyself centre aims to strengthen self-employment and improve the competitiveness of the local economy by training students in the skills they need to work in their chosen field, as well as focusing on reducing local unemployment through developing participants’ entrepreneurial skills.
What is the practice?
Entrepreneurship skills and attitude training.
Where was the Best Practice applied
GREECE
Criteria for the selection of the Best Practice
Transferability
Level of Implementation
Local
Reasons for Success
Strong link with territory needs
Activation of the target population, the improvement of the competitiveness of the local economy, the proven strengthening of entrepreneurship, the creation / maintenance of quality jobs and the operation of the company as a model for similar actions in another geographical area/organizational environment.
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