Digital Transformation of Global Entrepreneurial Mindsets Erasmus Project

Project Title

Digital Transformation of Global Entrepreneurial Mindsets

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: Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; Enterprise, industry and SMEs (incl. entrepreneurship); New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

There is an increasing demand for ICT professionals who have the both “deep” technology skills for programming or application development, technical support, security and networking as well as the business skills necessary to use digital technologies to increase innovation and levels of productivity within the organization. While infrastructure and technology are clearly important considerations, digital transformation is as much about the people and changing the way they approach business problems and where they look to find solutions. According to the Human Capital Digital Inclusion and Skills 2018 Report, 17 % of the EU population had no digital skills in 2017, the main reason being that they did not use the internet or did so only seldom. Advanced digital skills are becoming a prerequisite for entry into many jobs and have a wide range of applications, even beyond domains where they are needed for core tasks. Across competence dimensions, the largest skills deficit, both among the active labour force and the population at large, relates to the use of software for content manipulation. Almost one in three internet users in the EU has no skills in this area (i.e. they declared to not to have carried out any of the activities considered under this dimension, which range from relatively basic text treatment and spreadsheet-based work to video editing and coding). Digital talents are the backbone of the digital transformation of companies. The digital transformation of a territory is only possible if local businesses have the right talents to acquire and harness the required digital technologies. Digital talent is not only important for local companies. Local administrations, universities and research centres also need to attract key talents with the ability to radically shape the city’s digital ecosystem. Hiring and retaining the right talent with the appropriate skillset has become one of the most critical challenges faced by European businesses. In today’s globalised and hypercompetitive world, talent acquisition strategies constitute a top priority for businesses to innovate and grow. The project responds to the challenges of the temporary world.

OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the projects are as follows:
1. To transform mindsets of entrepreneurs to perform as global innovators and entrepreneurial leaders in the era of digital transformation.
2. To enhance process of setting up new companies due to consuming of digital technologies.
3. To promote the skills and the operation tools indispensable to manage global innovation and implementation of new digital technologies.
4. To enhance and foster a deep understanding of digital transformation and the way it affects the business reality, as well as business -society relations.
5. To build soft and hard skills to structure, organize and control innovation and digital transformation processes.
6. To improve efficiency and boost business agility.
7. To increase the understanding and managing capabilities the changes and the challenges for companies within the smart industry and the digital economy.
8. To foster a cultural diversity as a motive for entrepreneurship.
9. To introduce new teaching method like edutainment, digital case studies, simulations and games.
10. To encourage Students to critically thinking on the globalising world, searching for sustainable solutions and holistic approach.

PRODUCTS
1. Designed New training Curriculum Digital Innovator and entrepreneurial leader.
2. Designed and Elaborated OER for digital innovation and entrepreneurial leadership.
3. Web-based self-assessment tool for digital innovator and entrepreneurial leader.
4. Digital Work-place – e-platform supporting digital transformation of entrepreneurial mindsets.
5. Company check-ups.

Consortium consists of 7 partners from 5 countries, representing higher education institutions (Universities – Salerno, Krems, Nice and Poznań), as well as companies dealing with training and developing digital open educational resources (Conform) finally NGOs dealing with training for management (EFMD) and for local governments (PfLG). The consortium partners address topics of digital skills, compeititveness, transition, innovation and sustainability from their various disciplinary backgrounds. The partners’ integrated approach shows in the training modules content which integrates the different disciplinary backgrounds under the umbrella system understanding and based on rigorous holistic system analysis. The consortium partners share common values and principles with respect to teaching and learning e.g. on how to encourage students to actively create the learning process. This common approach reflects in focusing on student centered learning, teaching and assessment as well as field research training.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 264430 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIWERSYTET EKONOMICZNY W POZNANIU & Country: PL

Project Partners

• COMMUNAUTE D’UNIVERSITES ET ETABLISSEMENTS UNIVERSITE COTE D’AZUR
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SALERNO
• CONFORM-CONSULENZA FORMAZIONE E MANAGEMENT SOCIETA CONSORTILE A RESPONSABILITA LIMITATA
• EFMD AISBL
• UNIVERSITAT FUR WEITERBILDUNG KREMS
• Fundacja “Partnerzy dla Samorzadu”