Our project

  Do you know interesting people who are self-employed?

    Or do you want to share your experience and thoughts about the situation in the EU work market?

If yes, let us know! Email us on webeatthecrisis@gmail.com. Help us inspire others!

Two years ago Marcelina got her MA degree in Journalism and Communication, specialising in PR and Advertising. She had been struggling to find a job in her profession for couple of months until she decided to bin all the job applications, cover letters and CVs and become her own boss. 

 

She started making bags in her little rented apartment and called her company "Mana Mana Handicraft". After a year and a half, she opened her first store and now has hands full of work. You can visit her online shop here.

What is it all about?

We want to make a video about people from EU countries who, like Marcelina (you can see her in the above teaser), run their own businesses. We want to meet them, ask them how they started, what was the most difficult thing in the beginning and why taking matters in your own hands is better than staying at home complaining about the crisis in EU. We want to inspire others to do the same!

Why?

When we look around us, we see so much great potential going to waste. Many of our friends, recent graduates, remain unemployed or do some random jobs which don't give them satisfaction. Many of them are stuck in never-ending internships and even more of them feel down and depressed. The statistics aren't optimistic either. In 2012 unemployment in EU countries rose up to 22,6%, with some countries, like Spain and Greece, reaching more than 50%* and is still growing. However, looking at some people, who against all odds became self-employed and therefore self-reliable, we believe that THERE IS A WAY to beat the crisis.

Who are we?

Ilona & Natalia met during a film workshop organised by The Pomeranian Film Foundation. Since then a couple of years have passed. Ilona got an MA in Psychology and Film and graduated from Film and TV Academy in Warsaw and now Ilona works as a psychologist in a hospital and has just produced a documentary "Mila, fall down!". She also continues her film education at Lodz Film School. 

Natalia got an MA in Journalism and Communication and co-produced a radio programme about film "Kinostrada". For two years she had worked as a cultural journalist and after she graduated, she decided to discover the world, starting with London, where she currently lives and works as a freelancer.
 

How can you get involved?

Do you run your own business and are you a EU citizen? Or perhaps your friend has just started this tiny creative company which has always been his dream? Have you had any good or bad experience finding a job in EU? Tell us your story! Drop us an email on webeatthecrisis@gmail.com and we'll get in touch with you!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!



*according to statistics published by Eurosat on July 2012