CIVIC ORGANISATION SPILKA MOLODYH UHORSKYH PIDPRIEMTZIV ZAKARPATTA

The Association of Young Hungarian Entrepreneurs of Transcarpathia is a young non-governmental organization founded in 2017. The Association was founded by young people between 21 and 35 years old committed to enhance community engagement and participation while organising different activities. Our main focus is about bringing the local community consisting of Ukrainians and Hungarians closer together by establishing common platforms for social entrepreneurship and civic education. The country’s economic situation fell drastically after 2014 and since then, the political situation is very unstable especially in East regions and, in general, for the minorities along the borders. Moreover, the economic impact from the coronavirus pandemic is being felt across all regions of Ukraine, but most acutely in the western region of the country where the percentage of workers employed in the EU is much higher than in the other areas. Drawing conclusions from this situation, we believe that to take action and support the local economy and society with innovative measures would help the community to quickly recover from the crisis (or at least to feel less its effects). Our goal in this regard is aiming to create events in the field of entrepreneurship as a means to support the growth of our local community in these difficult times. Our main aims, in the long term perspective, are: - to enhance the community well-being initiating activities of social interest; - to increase the participation of the local community, in particular of young people; - to support the society especially giving support to young entrepreneurs and businesses; - to support the integration in the local, national and international market small businesses or young entrepreneurs, or in general those who have an interest in opening a business; - due to the closeness with the EU, integrate the region to the international and especially European community; - support economic and social development against the negative crises effects; Our objectives are: - support entrepreneurship development as a mean to bring communities closer together;; - offer people new opportunities to develop their own personal skills; - organise activities such as conferences, events for young entrepreneurs, youth exchanges in relevant topics, offering a platform to organise business meetings, training, etc; - increase youth participation; - use international cooperation as a means to enhance cohesion and peacebuilding. In order to achieve all these relevant goals, the association can count on a team of hard-working and skilled youth workers with different international experiences. Through their open-minded perspective and the use of their skills, they aim to bring more benefits for their community, put into practice their own ideas and expertise for the community well-being. The association main target are: - local youth - young entrepreneurs or in general people interested in opening a business/startup - local community of Hungarians in the region - entrepreneurs, startups willing to support/be supported by our initiatives