Edu4Sent aims to enhance the social entrepreneurship knowledge and competencies of educators working for organisations supporting young adult refugees and asylum seekers in order to support them in promoting social entrepreneurship to low-skilled in the long-run . As declared by the Eu Commission “An agenda for new skills and jobs”, the promotion of entrepreneurship, self-employment and innovation “can offer a source of innovative solutions to respond to social demands in a participative process, providing specific employment opportunities for those furthest away from the labor market”. It is also known to tackle societal and environmental challenges and foster inclusive social growth. The EU social economy, according to the EC, has employed more than 11 million people, about 6% of the active workforce: out of these, 26% are employed in social enterprises. Meanwhile, employment in social enterprises increased by 8%, which is also a promising start to tackle unemployment and poor working conditions currently faced by migrants in EU member states. Cooperation of suitable partners as IT enterprise,a training company, a governorship and associations involved in adult education and social entrepreneurship the project aims to: • To enhance the knowledge and competences of educators / professionals in social entrepreneurship fields, which will facilitate them in the long run to develop social entrepreneurial skills to learners with migrant background, • Improve the supply of high quality learning opportunities in the field of social entrepreneurship tailored to the needs of both educators with no prior relevant knowledge in the field, as well as of low-skilled adults with migrant background. • Enhance the competence of educators as trainers of trainers on social entrepreneurship • Empower the social entrepreneurship spirit and raise awareness on the different pathways to pursue self-sustainability • Increase labour market relevance of learning provision and qualifications and reinforce links among the world of social entrepreneurship with adult trainers and, ultimately, with migrant learners. The main target group of the project is educators/trainers and professionals working with young adult migrants in organisations providing social and educational support to migrants. The project will also have an impact on Municipal Authorities, NGOs, Adult learning Centres and other relevant stakeholders. The project will have an added value on all these to train trainers on social entrepreneurship teaching methods and practical thematic knowledge,with the help of of an OOC.The skills that will be required by entrepreneurs fall into three distinct categories: technical skills, business management skills, and personal entrepreneurial skills.In this respect the OOC will include trainings on these three skills determined in the first phase of the project lifetime in detailed. The partnership involves organisations has been set up in a cross sectoral way including organisations that have never been previously involved in a similar project. The project will have an impact on Municipal Authorities, NGOs, Adult learning Centres and other relevant stakeholders. The project will have an added value on all these to train trainers on social entrepreneurship teaching methods and practical thematic knowledge,with the help of of an OOC. The certificates that will be provided at the end of the project proving the acquired skills of educators will equip them in offering high-quality teaching both to new peers and potentially to migrants. The project outputs and activities will be disseminated on the national and international level mainly to the organisations who work with the target group. In the partnership countries there are some interesting experiences that have been developed methodologies and techniques focused on acquiring digital knowledge, entrepreneurial and soft skills for refugees and migrants. The certificates that will be provided at the end of the project proving the acquired skills of educators will equip them in offering high-quality teaching on social entrepreneurship both to new peers and potentially to migrants. With the help of the dissemination plan, the project outputs and activities will be disseminated on the national and international level mainly to the organisations who work with the target group
Priority :Inclusion and Diversity Objective 1:Design and develop a new model of entrepreneurship education boosting social innovation and social entrepreneurial skills of adults with migrant backgrounds and use it as tool to provide inclusion for them. Output 2: Educational Framework for Social Entrepreneurship Edu4Sent provided educators with innovative approaches for addressing adults with migrant backgrounds, by providing a more attractive social entrepreneurship education and training programmes, addressing the barriers faced by these groups in accessing to labour market. Priority:Improving the competences of educators and other adult education staff Objective 2:Enhance the educational knowledge and competences of adult educators in social entrepreneurship fields, which will facilitate them in the long run to develop social entrepreneurial skills to learners with migrant background by updating their professional know-how and by recognising the future trends and developments in the employment sector. Output 1: Development of an open online course for adult educators in order to effectively train adults with migrant backgrounds on social entrepreneurship
Under-represented population groups in entrepreneurship may be more likely to profit from some characteristics of digital technology for business formation and growth, such as the cheaper startup costs associated with many digital enterprises and the internet's expanded access to external markets. International polls, however, reveal that immigrants are disproportionately underrepresented among digital entrepreneurs in the European Union (Eurostat, Labour Force Survey, 2020).Migrants represent an important pool of potential entrepreneurs in Europe. However,today European migrant businesses are mainly micro-businesses with no or very few employees. They are also small in comparison with indigenous businesses as regards turnover and profit. Previous research we have done(results attached) and analysis of European Commission's proposals, there have been identified the main problem – the lack of a satisfying level of competencies for social economy. There is also the lack of modern education models to ensure transition to social economy, especially migrants in partner countries and throughout Europe.To increase the level of social inclusion of adults with migrant backgrounds,Edu4Sent aimed to use social entrepreneurship as a tool