People with disabilities face the same national challenges, including high poverty rates and youth unemployment. Disabled youths, often marginalized and impoverished, encounter obstacles like negative attitudes and limited access to education. However, research shows economically active disabled individuals in rural areas can escape poverty. The 24-month ARABLE project involves 10 partner organizations in EU Member states and associated third countries. It empowers disabled youths with entrepreneurship skills for sustainable agricultural ventures, utilizing a tailored curriculum. ARABLE proposes youth worker learning experiences, research on best practices, and transnational meetings. This leads to the ARABLE Database & e-Guide, and an Online Learning Environment. ARABLE highlights the potential for cultivating arable lands, seizing opportunities, and showcasing abilities.

Project Objectives:

The ARABLE project proposes international cooperation on multilateral partnerships between organizations active in the field of youth in order:

• To encourage an open & respectful exchange of views between individuals & groups involved in project who come from different culture and promote the high quality of non-formal learning tools as a means of inclusive learning settings
• To build up the capacities of European and South-Mediterranean youth organizations, to better support young people with disability, through non-formal education
• To promote European values and fight discrimination worldwide, and foster awareness about equal participation, cohesion & respect to the others and to the environment as well.
• To boost cooperation among youth workers across Europe and beyond towards quality youth work, that supports target groups through innovative and corresponding educational tools.
• To reach the general youth audience that will be influenced by ARABLE, interested in agricultural entrepreneurship & European projects like Erasmus+ through the development of efficient dissemination & communication ARABLE plans.
• To conduct research on best practices, training techniques, youth beliefs & countries’ guidelines
• regarding agricultural and rural entrepreneurship for young people with disabilities.
• To build the skills-sets & raise the state-of-art educational material for Agricultural Entrepreneurship suitable for young people with disabilities (e-Guide & Educational Platform)
• To empower people with disabilities to become active members of society and generate income through the development of small businesses in the agricultural sector (Up to 2000 young people with disabilities in whole, to be reached, through the dissemination activities)

Kick-off meeting

On 8th & 9th of June, we conducted our Kick-off transnational meeting for ARABLE. It aims to foster Agricultural Entrepreneurship among Young People with Disabilities. All partners from Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Greece, North Macedonia, Croatia, and Liechtenstein were present face to face and virtually to ensure the agreement and the success of the project. We have covered the project’s deliverables, budget, activities, trainings, reports, and the project’s following stages.

Tools Inventory Meeting

ARABLE Team Gathers in Nabeul, Tunisia for Tool Inventory Workshop! From November 22-24, 30 individuals, including 20 ARABLE staff and 10 youth workers, convened in Nabeul, Tunisia, for the Tool Inventory Workshop. The focus was on creating essential ARABLE tools—the Data Base Handbook and the Methodological Guide. Brainstorming sessions fueled creative ideas, bringing us closer to crafting guides that empower sustainable agriculture practices. The ARABLE team extends gratitude for contributing to tools shaping the future of sustainable agriculture and entrepreneurship for young people with disabilities. Stay tuned for updates on our journey toward a greener, more sustainable world!