Trust for Social Achievement Foundation organizes free entrepreneurship training within the project “First Steps for Professional Development”, funded by the European Economic Area under the Youth Employment Programme.

What is the training for?

We offer a comprehensive programme to 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 advice 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 knowledge and tools you need to make it happen.

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

The program

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

1. Introduction to Entrepreneurship – 1.

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 Start-up

10. E-business

11. Intellectual Property

12. Green entrepreneurship

13. Final test and certification

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

The training is expected to last 4 weeks (one month), and will include in-person and online sessions between January and February 2023. Specific dates will be specified further once the group is formed.

Sign up to participate in the registration form to get more details!

Who is it aimed at?

With our project “First Steps for Professional Development” we aim to address disadvantaged young people, as the target group of the project consists of young people aged between 18 and 29, with completed secondary education, from the regions of Plovdiv, Pazardzhik and Stara Zagora, living in difficult conditions, but with the desire and ideas to develop their own business.

Conditions for participation

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

• You must be between 18 and 29 years old.
• Have access to a computer/tablet/smartphone and internet to join the online sessions.
• Be based in Plovdiv, Pazardzhik, Stara Zagora, or one of the localities in these areas.
• Have completed your secondary education (incl. you may be a current student without a university degree).
• You must be a disadvantaged youth*.

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

How to get involved?
Read the Terms and Conditions above carefully.

Complete 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 from those who apply and form a group.
As soon as we get a group together, we will contact you to let you know when we are starting (soon!).
Come to a course and take a step towards realizing your ideas!
Registration form (click)
How much does it cost?

The training is completely free.

For all participants residing outside the venue of the attendance sessions (Plovdiv), travel costs by public transport are covered as follows:
elena.kamenova@civitta.com, 0898 394 223 – Elena Kamenova, Coordinator Expert Pool – Civitta Bulgaria

The training is organized and carried out by the Expert Pool – Civitta Bulgaria in the framework of the contract No 4 / 28.10.2022 with the subject “Conducting training on entrepreneurship under Earning by Learning project funded by the EEA Financial Mechanism within the Youth Employment Programme, commissioned by the Trust for Social Achievement Foundation”.