WINnovators training practices is capacity development approach for HEIs (Higher Education Institutions), OIEs (Open Innovation Ecosystems) and local communities, that targets young women in need in rural areas to collaborate, learn and further develop the innovative ideas for jobs in teamwork settings together with HEI students and experts from OIEs.
The challenges are team-based learning modules that are dedicated to the interest of the young rural women to develop an idea for their entrepreneurial activity with STEM/STEAM, sustainability innovation. The challenges offered in Estonia, Serbia and Slovenia are different, because of the interest of young women, students and local mentors’ competencies to guide the activities
SERBIA
Recruiting marginalized young women initially posed challenges. Check out how WINnovators faced and overcame those difficulties in Serbia
Pilot 1
progress report in teams (young women + students) related to the challenges and the core capabilities expressed/ developed in them
BADEN and ABW Serbia achieved high level cooperation from the very beginning of the project. Read Here
Cases Pilot 1
STEM and STEAM entrepreneurship in the communities – Challenges
In the first round, 15 young women from rural areas or underprivileged groups like Roma or returnees (rejected asylum seekers) participated as entrepreneurs or pre-entrepreneurs. Read Here
Three mentors, two from BADEN and one from ABW Serbia, worked individually with five teams each, guiding them to familiarize themselves with the WINnovators platform and aiding them in executing their tasks or challenges more effectively. Read Here
Pilot 2
WINnovators Pilot Activities 2 in Serbia will Bring Strong Positive Changeges and the core capabilities expressed/ developed in them
BADEN and ABW Serbia achieved high progress from second Pilot of the project. Read more
Cases Pilot 2
Team Different Green Quality Consulting (DGQC).
Team “Different Green Quality Consulting (DGQC)”, consisting of Aleksandra Gajović (a young female entrepreneur). Read More
Team Elite Event
Teams was “Elite Events”, consisting consisting of Dragana Čelar (a young female entrepreneur) and Jovana Kostić. Read More
ESTONIA
Join us in exploring sustainability, digital transformation, and youth empowerment tailored for the Estonian context. Discover how our pilot courses foster community leadership and project management skills and provide tools and skills to unlock the potential of young women to shape resilient communities in Estonia.
Pilot 1 Report
The formation of the cross-university and local ecosystem capacity development in the areas of sustainability, digital transformation, STEM/STEAM and entrepreneurship. Read Here
Case 1
Baby clothes flea market. Read Here
Case 2
Bumpy road to the reflexive realizations – “Food locker in small village”. Read Here
SLOVENIA
Read about the challenges faced by motivate young women in rural areas, and how WINnovators can provide a path to self-realisation
Pilot 1 Case 1
This case is about a young woman who was born on a high-altitude farm in the northern region of Koroška, where she grew up and familiarised herself with the hard work on a farm. Read Here
Case1
A young woman from a rural area who dropped out of Winnovators’ educational programme. Read Here
Case 2
Organizing an Exhibition on Sustainable Aspects of Connecting Humans and Nature. Read Here