Projects

South Africa: STEP Sustainability

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Client: German Comission for UNESCO

Donor: BASF Foundation

Duration: 04/2022 tp 05/2024

Description of the Project:

STEP’s overarching goal of effectively reducing youth unemployment shall contribute to the achievement of the UN Agenda 2030. To do so effectively, the project comprises the following components: Development, implementation, and evaluation of a new STEP variant (STEP Sustainability, focusing on social / sustainable entrepreneurship) at an additional partner university in South Africa; as well as mentoring and coaching project partners from previous project phases in continuing and scaling the training program. Furthermore, the institutionalization of STEP in the South African education system and the transfer of the approach to South Africa’s neighboring countries shall be initiated.

Doorways co-founder Carina Bohlayer was responsible for the implementation of the project as a member of Leuphana University.