“Entrepreneurs for Autonomy, Self-development and Equality” Erasmus Project

Project Title

“Entrepreneurs for Autonomy, Self-development and Equality”

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 adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity; Integration of refugees; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education

Project Summary

EASE, in its core, aims to establish the benefits, or potential benefits of Education for adult refugees, namely in a specific area core to job creation and social inclusion. Entreperneuship. The project involves 7 partners from the UK, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia and Romania. Its main target are refugee women, being its complementary target actors of the Adults Education Field. Our goal resides in:
-improve the first to access the AE and then having a chance in the labour market;
-Improve the AE offers by supporting the actors working in that in order to contrast negative phenomenon such as racism, lack of proposals, daily difficulties such as the language, etc.
To achieve it, we aim, with EASE, to introduce this training solution (when re-qualifying, high education, low skilled workers or adult learning), ICT based innovation, exchange good practices in female entrepreneurship training, identifying what works in teaching
and learning processes, but also in competences development assessment.
Female gender, although sociocultural evolution, continues to be target of discrimination that increases the disadvantage situation in what regards the creation and use of opportunities in the labour market the inequality is obvious and recognized by all actors, especially in matters of income and professional and family life balance. The present project offers a tailored solution aimed at women in disadvantage situations, namely:
– unemployed or inactive
– first job seekers
– entrepreneurs with activities in the underground, black or informal economy
– single mothers
The project specific goals are:
1. Create 1 joint curricula: work-based training courses to develop: business and soft skills, namely: language and communication, maths and calculation, ICT, responsibility and organization, resilience, entrepreneurship and creativity, cooperation and team work, negotiation and conflict management and marketing;
2. Train a specific number of women, in 6 countries, in groups of 2, to develop and implement business plans;
3. Support trainees through a mix of group coaching and 1-to-1 structured mentoring program;
4. Improve community and businesses engagement by creating fund raising opportunities to trainees present their business ideas.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 279091 Eur

Project Coordinator

Youmanity Ltd & Country: UK

Project Partners

• KENTRO MERIMNAS OIKOGENEIAS KAI PAIDIOU
• CONSORCI DE LA RIBERA
• SLOVENSKA POLNOHOSPODARSKA UNIVERZITA V NITRE
• AMADORA INOVATION EM UNIPESSOAL LDA
• APROXIMAR- COOPERATIVA DE SOLIDARIEDADE SOCIAL, CRL
• SAN GIUSEPPE ONLUS