ISORESS – Promoting the idea of corporate social responsibility and sustainable development in small and micro enterprises Erasmus Project

Project Title

ISORESS – Promoting the idea of corporate social responsibility and sustainable development in small and micro enterprises

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 : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Integration of refugees; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

Ethics in business, corporate social responsibility and sustainable development of businesses have been gaining on importance during the last decades. This is related not only to increasing awareness of entrepreneurs but also to practical implications. Socially responsible business does not focus only on generating profit, administrative and financial issues, but has also positive influence on environment, local communities and all participants, who are involved in social and economic activity. Implementing the assumptions of CSR, sustainable development and other ethical issues is a must in the present world of business activity.

The idea of the project was the result of research, observation, experience and exchange of ideas between project partners and other stakeholders. Many documents published in the European Union as well as worldwide have been analysed. Although many projects related to entrepreneurship, sustainable development and social responsibility have been already developed, none of them has taken into account international dimension involving immigrant entrepreneurs and developing training courses for both trainers / educators and potential entrepreneurs / managers. This project is of educational nature and will be using innovative educational tools and methods as well as exchange of and promoting good practices in the European dimension.

Our horizontal priority refers to social inclusion since the project addresses mainly micro and small entrepreneurs including those of migrant background, who live far away from academic and training centres. They do not have many opportunities for development, especially access to business training in ethics, therefore we would like to promote social inclusion in training and workplace – foster the development of social, civic, intercultural competences, media literacy and critical thinking, promoting the ideas of ethical business. Due to misunderstanding of CSR and sustainable development assumptions immigrants often cannot fully integrate with the local and regional business communities – in this field appropriate training is a must.

The consortium consists of 6 partners from 6 European countries: Germany, Greece, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland and Spain. They represent various educational and ICT related institutions with rich experience, what ensures that the project objectives will be met and all the material will be produced at the highest quality fulfilling the modern standards.

The partners shared their experience and promoted the projects’ outcomes. The choice of partners enables balanced sharing of experiences in CSR field as well as multi-faceted cooperation in the fields of education, ICT, content production and dissemination.

The main intellectual outputs include the:
1. study on specific needs related to CRS and SD,
2. sustainable development training in micro and small enterprises,
3. good practice guide,
4. handbook for trainers,
5. curricula for training courses for entrepreneurs,
6. curricula for training courses for trainers,
6. training courses for entrepreneurs as well as in-class and on-line,
7. training courses for trainers as well as in-class and on-line.
8. Manual for institutional trainers

Moreover partners evaluate all project’s results, international project’s meetings and training for trainers. All results of the project were widely disseminated. According to final dissemination report consortium reached above 2600 persons acquainted with ISORESS project.

All projects results are available on responsive and very user friendly website www.isoress.eu

Consortium created FB profile of the project where systematically uploaded all information about project.

AHE and Inception Enterprise created educational platform where both courses had been implemented. The educational platform is responsive, which means users have a possibility to use the work space via smartphones.

IDEC organised training for trainers in Greece. It was very effective time in project lifetime. 16 trainers from partners’ countries evaluate the main results of the project and give us a lot of very constructive feedback. MediaCreative prepared evaluation report which is avalible on google drive.

During project’s lifetime had been organised four transnational meetings, and all partners were very engaged and focused on the high quality of final results.

All outputs were disseminated through various kinds of activities, including promotion on partners’ websites, round tables, conferences, social media, networks, cooperation with stakeholders and local authorities. The all materials are available as OERs, therefore can be used by institutions and trainers after the project’s has ended. All products are available on project’s website in seven partners’ languages. Additionally trainers were trained to further disseminate and promote project’s ideas. They acted as multipliers and promoters of the project’s outcomes.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 161541 Eur

Project Coordinator

Akademia Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna w Lodzi & Country: PL

Project Partners

• AINTEK SYMVOULOI EPICHEIRISEON EFARMOGES YPSILIS TECHNOLOGIAS EKPAIDEFSI ANONYMI ETAIREIA
• Company for consulting and other services Inception Enterprise LTD Skopje
• VOLKSHOCHSCHULE IM LANDKREIS CHAM EV
• Eurocultura
• MEDIA CREATIVA 2020, S.L.