Focus Groups

Focus Groups

The Leaders4Future consortium successfully hosted a series of dynamic Focus Group sessions across our seven partner countries: Norway, Albania, Greece, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Kosovo. This core activity was designed to identify the real-world psychological and skill-based obstacles that young women encounter when contemplating entrepreneurship.

Our Objectives

The primary goal of these sessions was to deepen our understanding of the specific needs, challenges, and barriers hindering young women from launching their own businesses. Furthermore, the focus groups served as a vital hands-on platform to pilot the project’s newly developed Self-Assessment Tool. By testing the tool directly with its intended users, we gathered crucial feedback to ensure it is clear, relevant, and culturally adaptable before its final public release.

The Participants

We engaged a total of 70 young women (10 per country), aged between 18 and 30. To ensure a rich, inclusive, and highly representative dialogue, the selection process strongly prioritised diversity. The groups brought together women with varying levels of entrepreneurial experience alongside individuals from priority backgrounds, including first-generation entrepreneurs, women from rural areas, NEETs and those with migrant backgrounds or disabilities.

Each two-hour session was carefully designed to provide a safe and collaborative space, unfolding in three main phases:

  • Tool Piloting: Participants individually completed the Self-Assessment Tool and provided direct feedback on its usability and relevance.
  • Open-Ended Discussion: Using storytelling techniques and a semi-structured format, facilitators guided an interactive conversation that encouraged participants to share their personal narratives and real-life experiences.
  • Reflection: A final wrap-up allowed participants to share closing thoughts and evaluate the overall session.

The engaging roundtable discussions allowed the young women to voice their concerns and needs across several critical topics:

  • Gender, cultural challenges, and societal expectations.
  • Access to the entrepreneurial ecosystem, funding, and support institutions.
  • The profound need for emotional support, community belonging, and inspiring female role models.
  • Practical and structural hurdles, such as navigating bureaucracy, marketing, and language barriers.

These focus groups are the foundation of our upcoming actions. The invaluable, qualitative insights gathered from these 70 young women have been synthesised into our comprehensive “Breaking Barriers” Report. Most importantly, their voices and specific needs will directly shape the practical training materials, workshops, and mentoring programmes that Leaders4Future will deploy in the coming months ensuring that our support mechanisms are genuinely grounded in their real-world experiences.

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CERTIFICATE TEST

1. How does the role of a youth worker in mindset empowerment differ from that of a technical advisor?
2. Which of the following progression levels is primarily characterised by the learner Taking Responsibility for making decisions and working with others?
3. Which of the following is not aligned with Gender-Responsive Design principles?
4. The entrepreneurial ecosystem is limited to business investors
5. What is the primary reason for the “confidence gap” observed among young women entrepreneurs?
6. Is intersectionality concerned with how multiple identities—such as gender, class, and disability—combine to shape an individual’s experience?
7. When coaching young female entrepreneurs, youth workers should generally advise separating business and personal social media accounts to manage digital risk
8. What is a key benefit of ecosystem mapping for youth workers?
9. During the “Cultivation” phase of a mentoring relationship, what is the main goal?
10. Which of the following best describes the main purpose of Module 1?
11. Can youth workers act as advocates for gender-inclusive entrepreneurship policies?
12. Which competence is focused on reflecting on individual strengths and weaknesses and believing in one's ability to influence the course of events, despite setbacks?
13. The module describes “Imposter Syndrome” as a specific obstacle for women entrepreneurs. What does this term refer to?
14. Which method helps youth workers build confidence and resilience in young women?
15. Communication for empowerment primarily aims to
16. According to the training material, what is the primary purpose of taxation for a country's government activities?
17. Empathy is a key component of Emotional Intelligence. In a business context, what does empathy enable an entrepreneur to do?
18. Gender-Responsive Design focuses only on women’s access to finance, not on social or psychological barriers
19. Policy awareness has little relevance for youth work
20. How many core competence areas does the EntreComp framework identify?
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