Opening of the Youth Social Entrepreneurship Studio at the Center for Innovative Educational Technologies of the Educational and Scientific Institute “UIPA” of Karazin University with the financial support of House of Europe

3 september 2025 year

Education, International activities

As part of the cooperation between the NGO Innovative Generation and the Center for Innovative Educational Technologies of the Education and Research Institute “Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogics Academy” of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, the Youth Social Entrepreneurship Studio has been opened.

The Youth Social Entrepreneurship Studio consists of a training room and a mentoring room, which were equipped thanks to a grant obtained by Roman Nesterenko, Deputy Head of the Department of International Relations of Karazin University and activist of the NGO Innovative Generation, within the framework of the House of Europe Alumni Support Program.

To ensure the functioning of the Youth Social Entrepreneurship Studio, the NGO Innovative Generation, using the grant funds from House of Europe, purchased modern furniture, interior items, the business board game Cashflow, as well as various materials for creative workshops, prototyping of handmade products, and sublimation printing.

It is worth noting that the Youth Social Entrepreneurship Studio will become part of the Talent Hub, which is being prepared for opening at the Center for Innovative Educational Technologies of the Education and Research Institute “UIPA.”

The newly created studio will play an important role in implementing three major international projects at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, aimed at developing entrepreneurial skills among students and school youth, in particular:

• the Erasmus+ project UA-Talent-UP “Development of Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Intercultural Competences for Quality Teaching in Ukraine”;

• the Ukrainian-Estonian project Integration of Entrepreneurship Education into the Vocational Education System of Ukraine, coordinated by the Estonian Centre for International Development (ESTDEV);

• the STUDBIZ Ukraine project “Student Social Enterprises to Support Youth in (Post-)War Ukraine”, implemented by NGO Innovative Generation and the Center for Innovative Educational Technologies in cooperation with School of ME (NGO School of Conscious Entrepreneurship) with the support of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany (BMZ) and the organization ChildFund Deutschland e. V.

On the occasion of the opening of the Studio, certified trainers and mentors in social entrepreneurship, together with the staff of the Center for Innovative Educational Technologies, conducted for students of the Educational and Scientific Institute “Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogics Academy” a mentoring session, a training on youth social entrepreneurship, and a Cashflow tournament.

From now on, any Karazin student interested in starting their own social business, as well as school students of Kharkiv schools and gymnasiums, professional lyceums, and vocational colleges, will be able to register for mentoring sessions and take part in game sessions and trainings at the Center for Innovative Educational Technologies of the Education and Research Institute “UIPA” of Karazin University.