Seville, 6th – 9th February 2012

1. “Tackling Young People´s Welfare in Europe”TYPE ProjectFirst Transnational Exchange Workshop“Amadora Empreende” Project – Social and Youth Entrepreneurship Seville, 6th – 9th February 2012 Câmara Municipal da Amadora

2. PRESENTATION Amadora EMPREENDE Amadora Empreende is a Municipal Project of support to Entrepreneurship created in 2008, based on the recognition of personal skills and on the identification of the best solutions for each case: Entrepeneur Path: Creation of Enterprises/self employment Alternative solutions: Education-Qualification-Employment MainGoal: To identify viable ideas of business and to make easier the paths of Entrepeneurs to achieve success, having as a result the creation of enterprises or projects of productive character in Amadora

3. TARGET GROUPS Amadora EMPREENDE Individuals with age between the 16 and 65 years (including), with Portuguese citizenship or legal residents in Portugal, as well as profitable or non profitable organizations, since, in each entrepreneurship initiative, 50% of the beneficiaries are resident in Amadora. The enterprises or resultant business must be located in Amadora

4. AREAS OF INTERVENTION Amadora EMPREENDE I –EntrepeneurshipSupportCenter • Main goal: • - To give support to the all citizens who intend to implement business in Amadora • Phases of the process: • Motivation and contact – spread in mass of the project, realization of • Sessions of explanation / information; • 2. Reception of Applications – initial evaluation of business ideas and selection, taking into account the profile of the candidate and the relevance and exequibility of the business; • 3.Coaching – specialized consultancy support for the preparation of the Business Plan; • 4.Qualification– Qualification for management and development of the business, with thematic workshops and seminars directed do the necessities of the Promoters

5. AREAS OF INTERVENTION Amadora EMPREENDE 5.Implementation –Specialized consultancy for the concretization of Business, support in accessing financing sources, support in services of accountability, concession of Incubator; 6.Follow-up – Periodic contact with the business promoters, to check the situation point and the development of the business project; 7.Meeting – Annual realization of a public event to present the Projects supported by the Project

6. EIXOS DE INTERVENÇÃO Amadora EMPREENDE II – Sensibilization/InformationaboutEntrepreneurshipinSchools • Main Goals: • To promote sensibilization/information on Entrepreneurship next to teachers and students in schools of Amadora; • To contribute to the qualification of young people through pedagogic and Innovative proposals, that can turn basic skills into entrepeneur skills ACTIVITIES: Teachers’ qualification in the area of Entrepreneurship “Right Arm” – One day in your future (Action addressed to students)

7. AREAS OF INTERVENTION Amadora EMPREENDE III – PromotionofEntrepeneurshipinvulnerableterritories Main Goal: To promote the integration of discriminated publics in situation of social exclusion in entrepreneurship projects, with the objective of creating self-employment ACTIVITIES: Qualification in basic skills for the most appropriate development of an entrepreneur path or other, more suitable, such as education or employment Attendance of proximity to residents in vulnerable territories that intend to develop business ideas

8. SUPPORTS Amadora EMPREENDE Specialized support in the search of capitals and investors Concession of work spaces in the “Quick” Incubator (rooms equipped with autonomous islands of furnishings / equipments, attributing to the entrepreneurship initiatives) Concession of commercial spaces of municipal property(In areas of reaccommodation, by means of rules of temporary attribution, based on viability and effective results of the project) Financial Support (attributed by private partners who support the business ideas)

9. RESULTS Amadora EMPREENDE Amadora EMPREENDE *The third Edition started in April 2011. The 9 projects are still in process of Development and Coaching

10. RESULTS Amadora EMPREENDE General Evaluation STRENGTHS:involvement of diverse target groups (age group, level of schooling, etc); involvement of population groups living in vulnerable territories; qualification of the individuals withentrepreneurship skills; development, renovation and dinamization of the local business cloth and consequent creation of employment WEAKNESSES: Low rates of successin the implementation of the ideas of business, comparing to the number of final projects

11. FINAL PROJECTS 2008 Amadora EMPREENDE Computer Repairing Rissóis & Cia Caffee /Snack Bar Simulator of Real Loads in Means of transport of Shut Cabin Projecto . mínimo Architecture and Urbanism Gardening

12. ADER ENERGIAS RENOVÁVEIS Sábi Minimercado FINAL PROJECTS 2009 Amadora EMPREENDE VITRALÍSSIMO: O Renascer do Vitral nadia Lubiva Atelier de Costura Project Soluções Eficientes Propriedades Oliveira

13. FINAL PROJECTS 2010 Amadora EMPREENDE • Dotylandia – Party Spaces • Home care services • Education/Qualification (Special education for children and young people; sénior qualification) • Consultancy and services in the area of management (project analysis, accountancy, auditing) • Web Projectsand electronic commerce • Services of Plumbing • Photography of events • School of hairdressers and hairdresser • National tourism • website for sale / spread of national products • House of cakes, based on the excellence of the production and on the quality of the products • Craftwork Shop

14. PARTNERS Amadora EMPREENDE Promoter: Câmara Municipal Amadora (City of Amadora) Partners: ISCTE/ AUDAX (Consultive and Formative Entity) Fundação Gulbenkian Dolce Vita Tejo Escola Intercultural das Profissões e do Desporto da Amadora

15. CONTACTS Amadora EMPREENDE More informations: www.amadora-empreende.net Câmara Municipal da Amadora (City of Amadora) Divisão de Intervenção Social (Division of Social Intervention) T. 214 369 053 E-Mail: accao.social@cm-amadora.pt