The Youth Start Entrepreneurial Challenges Project is seeking Associate Partners to help scale their program. The goal of scaling is to produce effective and replicable outcomes by implementing the learning program, training teachers, and following the evaluation protocol with public and private organizations. There are two types of scaling: project-level engagement with entities responsible for education and policy, and school-level engagement through individual schools partnering with the project. The project will provide all learning materials and research protocols to Associate Partners under an open license. Training teachers is a core aspect of scaling the program to other areas. The project partners will assist Associate Partners with planning, proposal writing, and budget development, though there is no direct financial support for scaling.

1.
Call
for
Associate
Partners:
Youth
Start
Entrepreneurial
Challenges
Project
Goal
of
Scaling:
The
scaling
of
the
Youth
Start
Entrepreneurial
Challenges
Project
is
to
produce
robust,
effective
and
replicable
outcome
with
public
authorities
and
private
organizations
that
wish
to
integrate
with
the
Project
via
implementing
the
learning
program,
train
teachers
and
follow
the
evaluation
protocol.
Types
of
Scaling:
Project-­‐Level
Engagement:
Including
a
Local,
Regional
or
National
Entity
responsible
for
education
and
education
policy
it
is
suggested
that
one
of
the
following
be
involved:
Not-­‐for-­‐profit
entity;
higher
education
institution;
and/or
research
body.
This
requires
the
implementation
of
the
learning
program
and
the
utilization
of
the
evaluation
protocol.
School-­‐Level
Engagement:
a
School
or
Schools
can
participate
linking
with
one
or
more
of
the
project
partners.
This
bottom-­‐up
approach
can
be
a
small
pilot
project
aimed
at
introducing
the
learning
program
and
evaluation
methods
into
a
new
school.
Learning
Program
&
Evaluation
Protocol
The
Youth
Start
Entrepreneurial
Challenges
Project
will
provide
all
learning
program
materials
and
research
protocol
on
an
open-­‐source,
creative
commons
license
for
all
Associate
Partners
in
the
project
languages
(which
include
English,
French,
German,
Portuguese
and
Slovenia).
If
the
scaling
partner
requires
translation
to
another
language,
the
project’s
quality
assurance
plan
must
be
referenced
to
assure
translation
is
complete
and
accurate.
Teacher
Training
Training
teachers
is
one
of
the
core
aspects
of
the
Youth
Start
Entrepreneurial
Challenges
Project
and
is
required
to
scale
to
other
geographies.
Training
the
trainers
program/assistance
can
be
given
by
one
or
several
of
the
project
partners
and
can
be
arranged
on
a
bilateral
basis.
Project
Management,
Proposal
Writing
Assistance
&
Budgets
Associate
Partners
need
to
connect
with
the
project
and
develop
their
own
budget
to
scale
the
program
in
their
geography.
For
Project-­‐Level
Engagement
budget
provisions
should
be
made
to
connect
the
local
program
with
the
project
management,
teacher
training
and
implementation
of
the
research
protocol
in
the
core
project.
The
project
partners
will
offer
assist
with
planning,
proposal
writing
and
budget
elaboration.
The
Project
Grant
does
not
have
any
financial
support
for
scaling
beyond
the
sharing
of
program
materials,
however,
individual
arrangements
can
be
made
so
that
members
of
the
project
can
provide
logistical,
development
and
other
support.
Associate
Partners
at
the
Project-­‐Level
will
also
be
invited
to
participate
in
Project
meetings
and
all
Associate
Partners
will
be
integrated
into
the
country-­‐level
events
of
the
Project.
For
more
information
contact:
Dana
T.
Redford,
PhD
International
Project
Coordinator
dana.redford@peep.pt