Unlock IT

Unlock IT

At the turn of February and March, I found myself in a small town in the Athens region, called Nea Makri. Together with 19 other participants from more than 10 countries, we were accommodated in a hotel a few meters from the beach, where despite the colder months, we could spend most of our free time. But what did we do when we didn't have that free time? The training course called UnlockIT was focused on supporting entrepreneurship, mainly through the design thinking method. In the first days, we explained with theory and various activities what it actually is, why it is necessary to master this method nowadays, and how to implement it into our business, as well as everyday life.

After such an introduction, we were divided into four groups, each of which had the task of developing a business plan on a specific topic. This already required a lot of energy, which had to be devoted to group work, frequent brainstorming, presenting partial results to others, as well as strong nerves when we sometimes didn't know how to proceed. But precisely because of such situations, we had experienced lecturers there who always knew how to guide and encourage us so that we could bring our business plan to fruition. And after a whole week, these projects were concluded, and we all left a little more experienced and motivated to use everything we had learned during this week. But like every project, this one was not just about the formal part, which is mainly about education.

The amazing group of people ensured new friendships, many indescribable experiences, memories, and who knows, maybe even new partners for our future projects. That's why I want to thank the organization Youthfully Yours SK for such an opportunity, that I could represent both them and myself in such an interesting project, which was organized by a group of people from Coconutwork. They did a great job and that's why I firmly believe that their great projects will be a motivation for other young people to learn and move forward in this relatively new form - the form of non-formal education.