Joint Measures to Promote Social Entrepreneurship Education Erasmus Project

Project Title

Joint Measures to Promote Social Entrepreneurship Education

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 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

The project „Joint Measures to Promote Social Entrepreneurship Education” (SEED)
The aim of the project is to
Develop joint measures for promotion of Social Entrepreneurship education by:
– Identifying and promoting best existing practices of social enterprises in different EU countries;
– Developing set of materials that adult educators can use in trainings intended for new social business start-ups;
– Providing experience exchange through learning mobilities for potential social business start-ups;
– Implementing pilot activities in all partner countries with main focus to promote development of new social entrepreneurs.

Project target group:
• Adult educators
• Adult education organizations
• NGO centres and NGOs
• Social entrepreneurs
• Social entrepreneurship star-ups
• Organizations that promotes development of social entrepreneurship.

During project implementation there were the following activities organized and results reached:
• 5 partners from 5 EU countries involved in project (Latvia, Portugal, Romania, Belgium & Germany)
• Project management, 5 transnational project meetings
• Intellectual outputs
o Research on current situation
o Tool Box with collection with tools/methods/approaches for Social Entrepreneurship education and best practices
o Development of curriculum: education for Social Entrepreneurship
o Development of Training materials: Entrepreneurial skills development for social entrepreneurs
o Multi-functional website with on-line learning space for entrepreneurial education of social entrepreneurs

• Multiplier events:
o 5 national events with aim to disseminate project outputs
o Final conference with 80 participants + project partners involved in organization and implementation of the conference

• Transnational learning activities:
o 2 international learning mobilities organized

• Dissemination – multifunctional web page developed www.seedproject.eu with learning area (no autentification needed)
• Evaluation – each of the results is evaluated. Templates were developed before all the activities were started.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 189680,8 Eur

Project Coordinator

Zemgales nevalstisko organizaciju atbalsta centrs & Country: LV

Project Partners

• ISIS GmbH
• Fundatia Centrul Educational Spektrum
• FTU asbl
• INSTITUTO DE SOLDADURA E QUALIDADE