Ambition to Employ
Sole-traders often feel ill equipped to hire their first employee – citing a lack of knowledge, ability, confidence, and often psychological barriers. The Erasmus+ Ambition to Employ training model aims to strengthen and update VET systems to ensure that practical assistance and education strategies are available to solo-traders – enabling them to capitalise on their […]
RESTART+ Communities
As 2020 approaches, it is clear that some EU regions are further along the track for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth than others. With a vicious cycle of under-investment, weak employment and a skills gap in relation to the labour market, especially for young people, many of our medium & small communities in Ireland, Northern […]
Streetfood Opportunities for Youth – Erasmus+
The Street Food Opportunities for Youth project will enable young people to develop the business and technical skills to realize their entrepreneurial dreams. Importantly, students are then encouraged to employ their skills in the community to innovate their own small food business that provides more choices for nourishing, affordable local food. By raising the bar […]
Women Entrepreneurs in STEM – Erasmus+
WISE has been developed with a clear goal: increase the number of female entrepreneurs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) by transforming their access to and the quality of the training they receive from entrepreneurship VET institutions. In recent years we have seen strong media coverage of tech enterprises with female CEOs and founders […]
FITr – Erasmus+
Food Incubators Transforming Regions (FITR) seeks to forge an effective & replicable model to provide the learning and strategic structure to develop food kitchens &incubators as enterprise, training and support drivers at regional level. The aim of the FITR- Food Incubators Transforming Regions project is clear. In Ireland (Roscommon), UK (Banbridge), The Netherlands (Friesland) and Slovakia (Nitra) […]
YEA – Erasmus+
Young Enterprise through Arts is a dynamic project to encourage and support young entrepreneurs in the field of Cultural Creative Industries. It will find new ways to integrate high quality entrepreneurship education into existing youth services and structures by training youth workers. To achieve this we will: Establish 4 Youth Entrepreneurship through Arts REGIONAL ALLIANCES, […]
Frugal Innovation – Erasmus+
Frugal Innovation – which we define as low tech and sustainable innovation – is a highly relevant skill for today’s Europe in the sense that it is well suited to both sustainability and financial austerity. With frugal innovation, products and services are designed to provide better value for money for price-sensitive consumers, design and prototyping […]
ISTEP – Erasmus+
In recent years, VET colleges have shown impressive progress in developing entrepreneurship programmes in their schools. More and more colleges have such a programme in place. And on top of that, the quality of the programmes is increasing. More and more entrepreneurship programmes are involving, competence based and aimed at active learning. Even though many […]
Accesibility & Inclusion for Migrants – Erasmus+
Research shows that Vocational Education and Training fails to fully engage migrants. In addition to lower participation rates, attainment is weaker and dropout rates higher compared to those who are indigenous. Our AIM projects tackles this disadvantage head-on by building capacity within VET institutions through up-skilling staff to better meet migrant’s needs. AIM will provide […]