The primary objectives included developing an Upskilling Manual, an interactive E-Course, and conducting local testing phases to ensure the materials were relevant and effective. By leveraging transnational collaboration, the project sought to enhance the skills of adult educators and, as well as empower adult learners to engage with sustainable entrepreneurship education. By adopting a train-the-trainers approach, adult educators have a comprehensive guide to teach social enterprise with sustainability principles and adult learners are able to gain necessary skills to eventually kickstart their own social enterprise in the blue economy, therefore leading to future job creation.
The Blue Economy Entrepreneurship (BEE) project was launched to address the need for sustainable entrepreneurial education tailored to disadvantaged adult learners with a focus on the blue economy, specifically coastal tourism. Recognising the untapped potential of the blue economy, the project aimed to equip adult educators with innovative tools and methodologies to foster entrepreneurial skills. The consortium, coordinated by F6S, set out to bridge gaps in entrepreneurial education by providing structured, accessible, and impactful open access learning resources paving the way for job creation in islands and coastal regions that may suffer from fewer employment opportunities.