Enhance and Stimulate Trust while Exploring new forms of Entrepreneuship Modules Erasmus Project

Project Title

Enhance and Stimulate Trust while Exploring new forms of Entrepreneuship Modules

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 vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Gender equality / equal opportunities; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Cooperation between educational institutions and business

Project Summary

 Context
Craft sector is a major player in the economy, through traditions, techniques and culture it has brought and made evolve. It is a dynamic and growing sector, whose contribution to the dynamism of the territories is well established.
These Very Small Entreprises link all the countries and carry strong values of transmission, excellence, know-how, short circuits, proximity or even sustainable development …In recent years, there has been a new attraction for crafts by people with a first professional experience, wishing to give a new meaning to their life and choosing crafts to retrain. However, the craft sector still suffers from a degraded image in the eyes of the general public, which too often considers that the crafts they represent are painful and offer a limited future. This negative image also persists due to a lack of gender mix in many activities. In fact, the volume of women managers only reaches 25%. The vast majority work in services and caring profession (hairdresser, esthetician) or in production activities related to the traditional crafts (jeweler, upholsterer, textile manufacturing, etc.); few of them represent such sectors as mechanics, building.
Mixed jobs, professional equality between women and men and female entrepreneurship are therefore priority issues for the craft sector!

 State of Art
Entrepreneurship experts assume that women start fewer businesses than men because they face more obstacles (financial, time, and even self-confidence).
48% OF WOMEN THINK IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO BE A MANAGER THAN AN EMPLOYEE AND THAT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, THE CATCHWORD MUST BE “COMPETE TO WIN, HAVE RELATIONSHIP, HAVE CHARACTER”.

 Objectives
– Study biopsychological criteria influencing entrepreneurs profile
– Allow managers to enhance their skills on confidence and self esteem consideration
– Encourage collaborative exchanges between managers
– Facilitate access to entrepreneurship financing solutions

 Impact
The project will have a direct impact at a national and European level, benefiting from the participation of the 4 committed countries to the different activities. The project will contribute in particular at:
1. Encouraging, developing and optimizing a training offer, based on an innovative approach
2. Boosting professional organizations to modernize traditional trades and promote growth
3. Convincing Politicians to support the craft sector, its economic and social value and its employment capacity

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 261690 Eur

Project Coordinator

CHAMBRE DE METIERS ET DE L’ARTISANAT DE REGION AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES & Country: FR

Project Partners

• Iscte – Instituto Universitario de Lisboa
• TDM 2000 INTERNATIONAL
• Associació de Psicologia de l’Esport de la Comunitat Valenciana