Free entrepreneurship training for young people from vulnerable groups from Varna and the region

Trust for a Social Achievement Foundation organizes free entrepreneurship training within Earning by Learning project, funded by the European Economic Area under the “Youth Employment” program.

What is training aimed at?

We offer a comprehensive program that will give you the necessary foundation to take the first steps towards starting a business. Practical training, case studies and real examples, functional forms – practice and efficiency, quality consultations and mentoring support. If you want to open a shop or cafe, start your own online project or any other idea – the training will give you the necessary knowledge and tools to realize it.

All participants will receive a certificate for the completed training, and those who have prepared the best business plans, after the end of the training, will receive free mentoring support and additional services to help their realization!

The program
The training is organized in sessions in which you will participate in person and online, depending on the session:

1. Introduction to entrepreneurship

2. Entrepreneurial skills
3. Motivation and assessment of entrepreneurial potential
4. Business idea
5. Legal aspects and human resources
6. Marketing and digital marketing
7. Financial planning and accounting
8. Financing and Investments
9. Business plan and business start-up
10. Electronic Business
11. Intellectual Property
12. Green entrepreneurship
13. Final test and certification

The training will end with a final attended event Pitching Days – Competition of entrepreneurial ideas, where all prepared business plans will compete and will be evaluated and ranked according to pre-developed criteria, and the best will receive prizes!

The training is expected to last for 4 weeks (one month), including face-to-face and online sessions, and will be held in the month of March 2023. The specific dates will be specified further after the group is formed.

Register to participate in the registration form by 03/02/2023 to get more details!
Who is it aimed at?

With the Earning by Learning project we aim to address young people in a disadvantaged situation, as the target group of the project consists of young people between the ages of 18 and 29, with completed secondary education, from the Varna region, living in difficult conditions, but with desire and ideas to develop own business.

Requirements for participation

In order to fall into the target group of the project and to be able to participate in the training, you must:

  1. Be between the ages of 18 and 29;
  2. To have access to a computer/tablet/smartphone and internet to join the online sessions;
  3. Be based in a populated place from the Varna region;
  4. You have completed your secondary education (incl. you may be a student at the moment, without a higher education degree);
  5. Being a disadvantaged youth.

Within the framework of the project, under “disadvantaged groups” are perceived youth who are at higher risk of poverty, social exclusion, discrimination and violence compared to the rest of the population, including but not limited to ethnic minorities, migrants , people with disabilities, abandoned persons, etc.

How to get involved?
Please read the Terms carefully above.

Fill out the registration form at the link below and give us a short answer to the two questions Why am I interested in entrepreneurship? and What business idea would I implement?

We will make a selection of the applicants and form a group.

As soon as we get a group together, we’ll contact you to let you know when we’re starting (soon!).

Come to a course and take a step towards realizing your ideas!

Registration form
How much does it cost?
Training is completely free.

For all participants with a place of residence outside the venue of the present sessions (the city of Varna), travel expenses by public transport are covered, as follows:

when traveling by bus or train to the city of Varna and back, travel expenses are paid in the amount of double the price of a one-way ticket for arrival by bus or train to the relevant town. The funds are paid to the trainees upon provision of a one-way ticket on the route;
the same applies to public transport within the city of Varna to reach the training hall.

For participants residing outside of Varna who need accommodation, the organizers will cover overnight expenses up to BGN 30/day.

Have additional questions? Contact us at:

elena.kamenova@civitta.com     | 0898 394 223 – Elena Kamenova, Coordinator “Expert Pool – Civitta Bulgaria” DZZD (contractor)

The training is organized and conducted by the association “Expert Pool – Civitta Bulgaria” DZZD in fulfillment of contract No. 4/ 28.10.2022 – Conducting entrepreneurship training under Earning by Learning project financed by the Financial Mechanism of EEA within the framework of the Youth Employment Program commissioned by Trust for Social Achievement Foundation.