TREND – Training Refugees in Entrepreneurial skills using digital devices Erasmus Project

Project Title

TREND – Training Refugees in Entrepreneurial skills using digital devices

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: Economic and financial affairs (incl. funding issues); Enterprise, industry and SMEs (incl. entrepreneurship); Access for disadvantaged

Project Summary

TREND – Training Refugees in Entrepreneurial skills using digital devices

SECTORS INVOLVED: AE – Norway (Lead), AE –Belgium and Germany, HE – Ireland, AE- Greece

CARACTERISTICS TARGET GROUP: Entrepreneurship trainers working- or wishing to work with refugees
This project answers to which need(s): There is not enough entrepreneurial trainers with skills to train refugee entrepreneurs
Existing entrepreneurship training is not well suited to meet the needs of potential refugee entrepreneurs

Main aim: Make Self-employment a viable option for refugees in Europe by training entrepreneurial trainer and using digital devices.
Concrete objectives (linked to concrete expected results):
• Build on skills that refugees bring to Europe, Job creation through self-employment
• Make visible what refugees have to offer through mobile profiling with multi-media micro CVs
• Provide training materials/content focused on the needs of refugees using a blended learning approach
• Apply train the trainers concept to virally increase the number of entrepreneur trainers with skills to train refugees
• Provide trainers with attractive tools using mobile learning techniques
• Linking trainers and refugees using digital communication devices (mobile and web applications)
• Promoting entrepreneurship as job creating solution
• Raise awareness of the enormous potential of positive impact refugees can have on society and thus change attitudes towards refugees in society

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 374282,5 Eur

Project Coordinator

Foreningen Mikrofinans Norge & Country: NO

Project Partners

• iepscf jemappes
• ACADEMY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP ASTIKI ETAIREIA
• KulturLife gGmbH
• DUN LAOGHAIRE INSTITUTE OF ART, DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY