Youth centers serve as safe spaces for young people, hubs for new ideas, and places where entrepreneurs with a social mission emerge. ISAR Ednannia, together with its partners, prepared a manual that compiles the experience of launching 12 social enterprises in communities across the west oblasts of Ukraine.
The authors of the manual present clear, step-by-step approaches to transforming a youth center into a social enterprise that creates jobs for young people, supports educational projects, and generates income for the center's development.
Among the featured examples are: a photo studio that creates visual stories about military families, a coffee shop and coworking space that invests in local initiatives, and a robotics workshop that enables young tech enthusiasts to stay and grow in home communities.
The manual will be useful for local communities, municipal authorities, civil society organizations, and anyone looking for ideas to implement a youth-focused project.
Explore the manual in our Analytical Library to learn which models work, which generate steady income, and what practical solutions help overcome legal and financial barriers.
The manual was developed by the School of ME with the support of ISAR Ednannia within the framework of the Ukraine Civil Society Sectoral Support Activity, in cooperation with the Youth Capacity Development in Western Regions of Ukraine Program, implemented with the support of UNICEF Ukraine.
