StartUp-Academy: Developing International Innovation Acceleration and Supporting Environment for potential young Startuppers Erasmus Project

Project Title

StartUp-Academy: Developing International Innovation Acceleration and Supporting Environment for potential young Startuppers

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 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Enterprise, industry and SMEs (incl. entrepreneurship); Open and distance learning; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education

Project Summary

StartUp Academy is a two-year project funded by the Erasmus+ Programme and implemented by a transnational consortium formed by five organisations representing five different EU countries (Hungary, Greece, Romania, Croatia and Spain). The main goal of the project was to develop and mainstream an accelerator program for young adults with innovative business ideas in rural areas.
The partners conducted a large-scale surveying in Croatia, Greece, Spain, Romania and Hungary to get a clear and complete vision on the extent of innovation potential Croatian, Greek, Spanish, Hungarian and Romanian young adults – with a special focus on those residing in less favored geographical areas and we developed an innovative entrepreneurial training course which will be implemented and continuously optimized.
Then in the next phase we established an online community of young European entrepreneurs, where stakeholders can interact, exchange ideas or good practices, and propose new business initiatives. Then, we will provide support and business coaching services to young entrepreneurs. The e-learning platform is accessible from anywhere anytime and it consists of 7+6 modules. The partners held a Hackathon training and competition in Hungary in the spring of 2018 in Hungary where 48 young adults competed from five different countries who presented their business ideas. After the first round the jury chose the 12 best and most innovative ideas who stayed in the competition. After a training with experts they presented their ideas and four of them were chosen as winners. The winners later received another training and they had the opportunity to further develop their business plan with the help of experts.
With the implementation of the StartUp Academy project, partners aimed at reaching the following long-term objectives:
• To equip young adults with entrepreneurial ideas with all necessary skills and knowledge for putting their ideas into practice.
• To improve young adults’ employability opportunities through providing them with an innovative training curriculum which is open, flexible and accessible from anywhere and anytime.
• To create awareness among local, regional and/or national policy makers and authorities responsible for educational policies on the importance of promoting entrepreneurship education in a lifelong learning perspective.
• Through involving business experts, investors and potential innovators in their activities, partners intend to act as intermediary organisations creating a bridge among these stakeholder groups.
• To foster environment-friendly and sustainable business management practices among future entrepreneurs.

Partners:
IMRO was founded in 2009 and its aim is to preserve nature and to educate in environmental thinking and sustainable living. IMRO supports developments, investments and renewals aiming energy saving.
Local development agency PINS is a limited liability non profit company for research and development in economy, established in 1996. Main mission is developing mountain and rural area through different projects. Pins perform and/or participate in different projects focused on encouraging sustainability, educating parties involved in the process and promoting resources of our region. Pins employees are dedicated to advising young entrepreneurs, start ups and supporting existing entrepreneurs.
The Institute of Entrepreneurship Development (iED) is a Greek Organization committed to the promotion of innovation and the enhancing of the spirit of entrepreneurship. By recognizing entrepreneurship as a crucial factor for the development and cohesion of societies, we develop research and are in a position to provide innovative solutions that facilitate the growth of healthy entrepreneurship and promote employment.
CEEI Bahía de Cádiz is a not for profit foundation, with the aim of promoting growth and employment in the area of the Bay of Cadiz, providing professional and competitive support to entrepreneurs and facilitating the successful creation of innovative companies, under the EU model of BIC (Business Innovation Centre).
The Youth Association from Transylvania (ATA) aims to help develop, promote and represent the general interests of the communities in Transylvania by having social, cultural, sporting, educational, recreational and professional training activities, and thus promoting the active involvement of youth in the perpetuation of ethnic, national and European values. Their motto: To show Europe to Transylvania and Transylvania to Europe!

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 131729 Eur

Project Coordinator

IMRO-DDKK KORNYEZETVEDELMI NONPROFIT KFT & Country: HU

Project Partners

• Lokalna razvojna agencija Pins
• ASOCIATIA DE TINERI DIN ARDEAL
• INSTITUTE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
• FUNDACION BAHIA DE CADIZ PARA EL DESARROLLO ECONOMICO