EUROPEAN LATIN AMERICAN NETWORK IN SUPPORT OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS Erasmus Project

Project Title

EUROPEAN LATIN AMERICAN NETWORK IN SUPPORT OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The European Latin American Network in Support of Social Entrepreneurs (ELANET) has the ambition to become a leading platform in support of social entrepreneurs (SEs). This project will lead partner universities to implement an IT-based platform that consolidates already existing tools, resources, and coaching material for SEs. Our consortium involves 17 project partners (among which 4 European Universities and 12 Latin American Universities) and 35 associated partners. Through ELANET they will: – Develop and implement an international platform in support of SEs (in English) with 7 modules with seven modules: 1. SE cases to inspire, 2. SEs in need of support, 3. Support Partners, 4. Volunteers, 5. Tools for mentors, 6. Tools for SEs, and 7. Library with relevant articles and books.;- Exchange best practices for the support of SEs;- Make an inventory of available materials and tools;- Intensify the (inter)national collaboration among SEs, and between SEs, HEIs and network partners to attract resources (funding, coaching, volunteers);- Stimulate the internationalization of SEs, and their solutions to social challenges. The consortium undertakes this project because of all partner HEIs commitment to support SEs from their local communities. We refer here to the third and fourth mission of universities, with their active contribution to society, in addition to teaching and research. In the context of this project, most HEIs lack of a consolidated network of partners and programs of extracurricular activities to support SEs due to their complex coordination. Five years after the project (by 2028), ELANET’s goal is to be adopted by at least 100 universities from 20 countries, engaging 3.000 professors and 20.000 students in support of 5.000 social entrepreneurs. It is our ambition, supported by the crowdsourcing and transdisciplinary methodology of the project, to sustain ELANET over time and reach far beyond those numbers in support of social entrepreneurs.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 999908 Eur

Project Coordinator

VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL & Country: BE

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITY OF NATIONAL AND WORLD ECONOMY
• UNIVERSITAET GRAZ
• KOALECT NV
• FUNDACION UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE
• UNIVERSIDAD CONTINENTAL SAC
• UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLOGICA DE BOLIVAR
• UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAGDALENA