Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility – the case of Europe Erasmus Project

Project Title

Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility – the case of Europe

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 higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity; Social/environmental responsibility of educational institutions; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
The goal of the project is to promote strategic approach to CSR in both education and business environments. The idea of Strategic CSR has not been developed so far as regular course at partner universities and the companies, even if aware of the importance of CSR, hardly include it in their strategic plans. As a result of these two facts, the consortium decided to develop a new course on Strategic Corporates Social Responsibility that can be integrated with their study programs either as regular or elective course, depending on the program’s needs.
PARTICIPANTS:
The project is targeted at students and staff of the participating institutions as well as representatives of business environment and other social partners. 72 students and 28 teachers (including 4 external experts) will take part in the planned short-term mobilities, while the remaining beneficiaries will be able to use the project results: course curriculum, supporting teaching martial and the collection of case studies. The partner universities are active in different fields of study (business, humanities, law, engineering, health services etc.) and they function in different geographical, social and cultural contexts. In the programme, students will be working in multinational and multidisciplinary teams, so that their projects encompass different areas of knowledge and different economic and legal systems.
ACTIVITIES:
The following activities are planned in the project:

1. Developing a new course Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility and the supporting teaching materials;
2. Organizing intensive programs for students in order to test the outputs;
3. Collecting the case studies; supporting and promoting the most interesting student projects in the area SCSR.;
4. Organizing multiplier conferences to disseminate the project’s intellectual outputs;

5. The usual project tasks: organization of transnational meetings, general management, monitoring of activities and evaluation of results, promotion and dissemination activities.
METHODOLOGY:

All project activities and coherent and inter-related. The project work has been planned for 3 years, with main stages starting and ending with a partner meeting. During the preparation of this project proposal we have specified which institutions will be responsible for coordinating the individual activities, and we have established the communication channels between the partners. A strong emphasis is put on monitoring the progress of the project work, reporting and evaluation both at the project level, and in individual activities. The tasks include also promotion and dissemination activities to reach a wide target group and to ensure the sustainability of the project results.
RESULTS AND IMPACT:
All project activities and results correspond to the priorities of the Erasmus+ programmes and objectives of the Strategic Partnerships action. The project enhances social awareness and promotes constructive change in companies. It helps equip students with practical knowledge and skills needed to include the CSR in the strategic processes of companies. The attendance in intensive programs is also an opportunity for them to gain soft skills sought on the labour market.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 273320 Eur

Project Coordinator

DIETHNES PANEPISTIMIO ELLADOS & Country: EL

Project Partners

• VYSOKE UCENI TECHNICKE V BRNE
• BANKU AUGSTSKOLA
• UNIVERSITE DE LILLE
• UNIVERSITAT DE GIRONA
• INSTITUTO POLITECNICO DE COIMBRA