The
Women’s Organisation has been successful in securing EU funding as part of a
partnership programme to support an entrepreneurial approach to skills
development, social inclusion and economic growth.
Entrepreneurship360 is a three-year
Erasmus+ funded project led by the University of Iceland, the leading
institution of research and higher education in Iceland; renowned for research
in the global scientific community, and working with partners from
Belgium, Finland, Italy and Spain with enterprise experts The Women’s
Organisation contributing as UK partner.
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| Partners Meet for the first time face to face in Iceland |
Meeting
for the first time in Iceland this month to shape the project, the partners
have been pooling ideas and expertise to explore the practical implementation
of the groundbreaking EntreComp (European Entrepreneurship Competence)
Framework, building directly on The Women’s Organisation’s experience and
Enterprise Evolution consultancy services.
Building on the success of Entrecomp the development of
the Entrepreneurship360 platform will provide a one-stop-shop for the peer
networks, guidance, tools, resources and MOOC based training to enable
individuals and organisations to understand and use the EntreComp competence
framework.
The £240,000 project will run until summer 2022, building a community of
practice to connect those applying EntreComp to their learning and work
practices. It will be innovative in its cross sector nature exploring lifelong
learning from formal education through to HR recruitment and start-up and will
provide opportunity for representatives from the partner organisations to visit
the other countries involved to see how they are already working to support
entrepreneurs.
By
defining 15 key competences, grouped in 3 areas: Ideas & opportunities;
Resources; and Into action, EntreComp helps to create a shared understanding of
the knowledge, skills and attributes that make up what it means to be
entrepreneurial. The pioneering EntreComp framework is the first cross-continent
approach to supporting entrepreneurial ambition now being implemented by
organisations and institutions across Europe and will provide a baseline for
steering the focus of Entrepreneurship360.
The
Women’s Organisation’s Enterprise Evolution consultancy team are in prime
position to support the development of Entrepreneurship360 having co-authored
the framework’s user-guide, EntreComp
Into Action and led research activities into how organisations
supporting workforce development have used the framework.
The
framework and user-guide are proving to be valuable to those working in
education, training and development across Europe in shaping their activities
and approaches to supporting work that create value for others, whether that be
financial, cultural or social.
CEO
of The Women’s Organisation, Maggie O’Carroll, said: “The creation of the
Entrecomp framework has been one of the most ground-breaking pieces of work in
terms of shaping the international offering around enterprise support we’ve
seen for a long time. We are delighted that our partners at the
University of Iceland were successful in securing funding for
Entrepreneurship360 in order to further build on that work to ensure everyone
from academics to those in informal learning environments have the same
opportunity to understand the skills required to drive an enterprise forward.
For
more than two decades we’ve been campaigning to ensure those with
entrepreneurial ambition have appropriate and essential programmes of support
to give them the best chance to start, sustain and grow their businesses.
Understanding the nuances of entrepreneurship and going a step further to look
at how we can make the research, resources and learning around that more
accessible across a European platform is an exciting opportunity we are
thrilled to be a part of.”
The
first step of implementing Entrepreneurship360 will be for the team to engage
with others who are applying the Entrecomp framework or interesting in
exploring how they could use the learning to inform their work. The
Entrepreneurship360 partners have developed a survey for individuals and
organisations to complete which will help to inform the and underpin the work,
and will be an opportunity for others to join their community of practice.
If you would like to find out more and take part follow this link:
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