e-Training Centre for Social Entrepreneurs Erasmus Project

Project Title

e-Training Centre for Social Entrepreneurs

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 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; Access for disadvantaged

Project Summary

Following the research prior to the application stage, the ETC4SE partnership had identified that the long-term unemployed needed the encouragement to enter into the social entrepreneurship world, in order for them to develop economic activities as presented in the project and being social responsible.
An overall solution was needed, an ecosystem containing information on training resources, case studies, examples, a simulator as well as mentoring support to help them achieve their goals, materialise their project and solve community challenges.

The project aimed to improve certain general social competences of the TG users such as active entrepreneurship, critical thinking, and the use of digital competitions. By also providing information and data on Social Economy and localised information, our TG could work and develop the above mentioned competences. This project also aimed to put into service a specific method for social entrepreneurs to learn in the European countries and more elaborately, a method based on specific didactic material related to social entrepreneurs and economic activities creation, integration with social inclusion, user guides and How to Guides, containing different contents that can be adapted to other countries and different didactical / educational programmes.

The main objectives of the project have been to create the following
a) an online multilingual platform containing training material, resources for mentors and users, and a business simulator for the creation of a social enterprise business plan,
b) an ecosystem for social entrepreneurship
c) national competitions for social entrepreneurs through the method of pitching (4) with more than 80 TG members applying to participate
d) 5 multiplier events
e) marketing and dissemination material such as brochures, newsletters, a website (www.etc4se.eu)

Taking this project as a model of management in the sector of the Social Economy for long term unemployed, the impact witnessed is great, the target group members had the possibility to understand the importance of the human capital over the capital as base for the creation of a stable and competitive company, the support structure to set it up, the resources and simulator tool to try and error.

The project lasted for 24 months with the following partners participating: 5 organizations led by Drosostalida, a Greek social enterprise. SPI, a consultancy company from Portugal, IRIS, a VET center in Greece, Stichting Incubator, a Dutch incubator and BtF, a company from the United Kingdom.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 158474,54 Eur

Project Coordinator

Social Cooperative Enterprise Drosostalida & Country: EL

Project Partners

• STICHTING INCUBATOR
• IRIS ORGANISMOS KATARTISIS A.E.
• BRIDGING TO THE FUTURE LTD
• SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA DE INOVACAO CONSULTADORIA EMPRESARIAL E FOMENTO DA INOVACAO SA