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EU-China Innovation Platform on Sustainable Urbanisation (URBAN-EU-CHINA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

The key objective of URBAN-EU-CHINA is to develop a robust, evidence-driven bottom-up approach to complement the existing top-down EU-China strategic approach to sustainable urbanisation. This will be accomplished via a coordinated series of actions including: a strategic R&I agenda, scoping and assessment, networking events, peer-to-peer exchanges, benchmarking and monitoring, and joint demonstra ...
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Geothermal & Solar Skills in Continuous Vocational Education and Training

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2019,

...ll new buildings by the year 2020 will have to be nearly zero energy buildings . This leads to a whole new demand for environmental skills in the construction sector. Following the involvement of the Chamber of Commerce of Chania in the funded project GSSkills, from the “Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion” programme, in which the skills gap for electricians and plumbers for geothermal and so ...
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Business Transformation towards Digitalization and Smart Systems

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

...vides worldwide training courses and consultancy for SMEs on Industrial Engineering systems. GAIA represents all Basque companies in the Electronics and IT sector. The Waterford Chamber is the voice of national businesses, lobbying government and other bodies to improve conditions for growth.The consortium will disseminate the project results across Europe. Beyond presence on international confere ...
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DiasporaLink

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

DiasporaLink is a 4-year exchange program between 24 universities and research institutes representing EU, the Americas, Africa and Australia and will investigate, evaluate and facilitate transnational diaspora entrepreneurship, TDE as driver of development and wealth creation in countries of origin and residence. • The partners in DiasporaLink have together a unique possibility to have a substant ...
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Continuity of Traditional Enterprises in Mountain Alpine Space areas (C-TEMAlp)

Start date: Dec 16, 2015, End date: Dec 15, 2018,

Description (EN): Demographic change and rising of ageing index in AS areas could endanger the capability of territories to keep their attractiveness because of the risk that companies are not right transferred and maintained alive. Business transfer is thus seen not only as a critical phase but as a way to strengthen the innovation potential of established SMEs and as an opportunit ...
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An innovative and open learning resource for professionals of the furniture industry to expand their knowledge and provide added value for the Green Public Procurement

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

...as production, use and waste.The GPP-FURNITURE project will create an Eco-Innovative partnership in four European countries (Bulgaria, Poland, Romania and Spain) formed by six partners: clusters, chambers and associations with a strong relation with the furniture and related sectors and the procurement administrative bodies; Universities specialized in teaching courses of wood technology, design f ...
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AppHelp4SMEs – Apprenticeship Helpdesk for Small and Medium Size Enterprises

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

...ort to SMEs for taking on apprentices.Key Objectives:1. To develop the first of its kind national apprenticeship support service for SMEs in Cyprus and Poland offered by intermediary bodies such as Chambers of Commerce, Professional & Trade Associations, National Agencies directly supporting SMEs; 2. To develop and deliver the Apprenticeship Facilitator Training for appointed staff at intermediary ...
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OUTSIDE IN INSIDE OUT

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

In the participating countries of this project we concluded that too many young students - at the end of general secondary education - make the wrong choice for vocational education (VET) and to higher vocational education and university. After general secondary education students switch too much in the first years of further vocational education and university, because they were not well informed ...
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Vocational Education and Training in the Working World 4.0

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

...n multi-national groups. Some partners are from VET colleges (FI, SE, NL, ES, DE), one is a university institution for VET development and responsible for an initial analysis (LT), one is a chamber (PL) and two are VET providers in Italy with high interest to foster work- and future-oriented learning in their country. Different views and experience from different countries and backgrounds shall be ...
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Support for small and medium sized enterprises engaging in apprenticeships: apprenticeship coaches for SMEs

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

AC4SME is a large scale European project implemented by Chambers of Commerce & Industry (hereafter ‘Chambers’ or CCIs) in 12 Erasmus+ countries (AT, BE, BG, CY, CZ, ES, FR, IT, LV, RO, RS, TR) and under the coordination of EUROCHAMBRES, the association of European Chambers of Commerce & Industry. It is a response to the observation that small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are less likely to ...
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Capacity Building for Intermediary Organisations through e-learning

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

In many countries of the Southern and Eastern Europe, current legislative reform is moving the apprenticeship system from a 100% school-based system towards a company based system. However, neither the intermediary organisations nor the companies are ready in order to cope with this change. The E-APPREN project is aiming to build the capacity of the intermediary organisations to support apprentice ...
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OPEN AND INNOVATIVE SPACES FOR COLLABORATIVE WORKING BETWEEN VET PROVIDERS AND BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

We are facing very important and long-term changes that go further than the crisis we are undergoing and that have impact in all economic and social changes. These geo-political, economic and social changes are forcing our companies to change their “ways of doing”, to make things better or differently, transforming their value proposals, their international presence and their organisation and mana ...
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Innovation and good practices exchange through adaptation and testing of Suggestopedia as a highly еffective teaching method.

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Basic skills (literacy, numeracy, science, technology, English as a second language) are the foundation for further learning and are a gateway to employment and social inclusion, according Europe 2020 - the EU's strategic growth strategy. A key factor for achieving smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth is to implement policies, programmes and projects aimed at raising attainment levels and imp ...
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Training for Energy Efficient Operations

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

...incorporated into the EEO curriculum in an open innovation and co-creation manner. The project consortium comprises 8 key partners (3 universities, 1 academic research centre, 2 SMEs, 1 chamber of commerce and 1 SME association) from different sectors and countries (UK, Greece, Italy, Poland) who will co-create the envisaged EEO curriculum and will pilot it through an open innovation and co-creati ...
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Developing life and employability competences through mobility

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

This project aims to contribute to Europe 2020 Strategy, Rethinking Education and the Youth Guarantee by helping to address high rates of youth unemployment and skills gaps. Through the development of a new employability and entrepreneurship course unit of e-learning materials for use before, during and after a mobility, participants will develop their international and soft skills such as team w ...
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Increasing SME Apprenticeship Engagement

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

To combat youth unemployment the European Union and its member states are using apprenticeships as a solution. Public money is being used to encourage employers to invest in young people as apprentices. For employers however, it is not a level playing field the barriers for micro, small and medium sized enterprises are significant and prevent them from taking on apprentices. In the UK less than 10 ...
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Validation of formal, non formal and informal learning: The case study of Administration Personnel

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Research demonstrates that the sector of office administration is very important and popular and is will continue to be one of the first professions in demand until 2020. EUPA_NEXT deals with this sector. EUPA_NEXT is the continuation of a very successful project EUPA (Leonardo DOI) that has developed a qualification framework for administration personnel in four EQF levels (levels 2,3,4 and 5) a ...
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Improving of Competencies and Competitiveness in Internationalization process of FM sector through VET (ICC_VET)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

...sustain together this Strategic Partnership formed by Confederación Empresarial de Sociedades Laborales de España-Spain,, Scuola Nazionale Servizi Foundation -Italy, and Scandinavian Peruvian Chamber of Commerce-Sweden and Diesis coop-Belgium The overall objective is to test in different European countries a coherent common VET curriculum and related pilot course for those working in the internati ...
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Growing Apprenticeship Partnerships for SMEs

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

SMEs often lack an appreciation of the long-term benefits of apprenticeships despite many supporting intermediary organisations. In the EU, there is no single definition of what an apprenticeship is, which acts as a barrier to take up and confusion of where to go to ensure the most suitable candidates. One consequence is a low availability of placements and low take up. SMEs are less engaged with ...
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Gamified Training for Successful Commercialization of Young SMEs’ Innovation

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Europe is gradually becoming a more innovative continent. Innovation has been placed in the centre of Europe 2020 strategy for its key role in business expansion, employment creation and economic growth.Innovation Union Scoreboard (2015) states that EU innovation growth has been increasing at an average annual rate of 1.0% between 2007 and 2014. Still, the growth has not been equally strong across ...
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Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Berufsbildung

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2018,

(A) Background:Since the publication of the study on the future of the world economy "The Limits to Growth" by the Club of Rome over forty years ago the number of publications on the effects of destructive handling of natural resources, especially in the industrialized countries, has not only reached a confusing extent. Their results and conclusions, in a frighteningly dramatic way, point out a th ...
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IFA VET mobility+ 2016

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

The funding applied for within the framework of the project will be used to finance stays abroad for a total of 555 individuals and 8 accompanying persons.337 apprentices will complete a 2 to 6 week internship specifically suited to their profession, individual level of training, knowledge and skills at a company active in their professional field. IFA will organize internships in small groups sta ...
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New Models in Work-Based Learning

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

...mployability. Additional beneficiaries will be stakeholders and decision-making bodies involved in labour market issues and/or education and training issues and intermediary organisation as chambers, unions and other associations involved in the sector of education and/or in the labour market.
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New European Dialogues

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

...nt, better protecting the migrants' rights, providing guidance on migration legislation, improving migration management and border management and combating trafficking in human beings. The American Chamber of Commerce in Moldova is a non-governmental non-profit organization, founded on September 4, 2006. As a member of the international network of 125 AmChams worldwide, AmCham Moldova connects b ...
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Empowering Agribusiness Training in Emilia 2

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

The Municipality of Correggio has made significant commitments with respect to European policies that can be implemented locally to promote a thorough European citizenship. The applicant is working at all levels of education and is Agency of the Italian network for the transnational mobility of young people EURODESK.It is the territory of the Parmesan cheese, traditional balsamic Vinegar of Reggio ...
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C.A.T.ER.P.I.LLA.R. Catering Agriculture Tourism in EuRope Promoting Innovative Lifelong LeArning Resources

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

The project originates from a careful analysis of the most recent developments and trends characterizing two of the leading sectors of regional economy: Tourism/Hospitality and Agriculture/Biotechnology. Discussions among teachers on issues concerning emerging new job profiles, new forms of work organization which affect training and educational needs and provision represent the main rationale of ...
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Employable Young People - EYP programme

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

Being disengaged from the labour market in younger years can have negative long-term social consequences, not only for the young person but also for the society. It causes problems in the community in the form of nuisance and crime; leads to long-term costs in increased criminality, welfare dependency, housing and a wide range of social and economic factors. The economic cost of not integrating NE ...
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Иновативни европейски практики в туризма и методи за техното преподаване

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

In the Project “Innovative European practices in tourism and methods of training” The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Targovishte takes a role as applying and sending organisation in Consortium with three vocational schools, responsible for training of personnel in tourism sector in the region of Targovishte – Vocational school of agriculture “Nikola Pushkarov” town of Popovo, Vocational school o ...
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Dialogues on ICT to Support COoperation Ventures and Europe-North AmeRica (Canada and USA) sYnergies (DISCOVERY)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

"DISCOVERY aims at supporting dialogues between Europe and North America (US and Canada); and fostering cooperation in collaborative ICT R&I, both under Horizon 2020 and under US and Canada funding programmes. With this purpose, DISCOVERY proposes a radically new approach to engage more actively and strategically in supporting dialogues and partnership building for ICT R&I cooperation. At the core ...
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Designing and Testing new management skills for the development of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Recycling and Re-use System in Europe

Start date: Dec 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

EWASTER Project will develop and establish a new high-quality interdisciplinary curriculum in E-Waste Recycling and Re-Use management sector in Europe creating the link between the production phase and the waste phase of a product and increasing the sense of initiative and entrepreneurship as well as the quality and potential of employability and mobility. EWASTER Consortium, supported by the Dir ...
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Food & Agroindustrial Schools Toward Entrepreneurship by Storytelling & digital Technology

Start date: Nov 16, 2015, End date: Nov 15, 2017,

Aim of the project is to develop in VET teachers functional skills to integrate systematically in the curricula entrepreneurship education to develop active citizenship and employability, supporting person-centered and experiential learning, through the creation of OER of "Digital storytelling ". Context: the project aims to involve multi-disciplinary teams of teachers, as "agents of change", and ...
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Mentoring Pathways toward Employment

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

Unfortunately, those most in need of up-skilling are barely participating in continued learning at all. Non-formal second chance education for ESL is almost non-existent and adult participation in lifelong learning is negligible amongst the low skilled or unemployed. The lack of lifelong learning creates a low skills trap for the seventy million adults without upper secondary education attainment ...
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Open Mobile Learning Platform for Small and Medium Enterprises

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Despite the level of unemployment in some EU countries is high (Spain – 25.7%, Portugal – 13.9%, Bulgaria – 11.1%, Czech Republic – 5.8%(source The Statistic Portal, Nov. 2014) a number of industries suffers from a lack of qualified staff. Along with it, the youth unemployment is growing and the employment opportunities for adults over 50’s is decreasing. A survey conducted by Ernst & Young, Ge ...
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Sparking Creativity and Innovation Skills in the ICT Sector

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

ICT is among the leading sectors in Europe making an increasingly important contribution to the economic growth and jobs creation in advanced economies. According to the UK Commission for Employment & Skills Report “ICT: Sector Skills Assessment 2012”:“Technological change is at the heart of changing skills demand in the Information and communication technologies sector. The sector itself both dri ...
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Mixité des métiers, Emploi à la clé

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

...s : discovery of the said "masculine" jobs by unemployed women - Development of a Teaching Kit on implementation of "Company tours" action The project partners : - CCI de Dobrich (Bulgaria): Chamber of commerce and industry - www.cci.dobrich.net - Charline Jambert (France): Consultant in equality between men and women at work - www.niplusnimoins.fr - CIAPE (Italy): Training center in lifelong lea ...
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M.IN.D - Marketing, Internationalization & Development

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

The "MIND - Marketing, Internationalization & Development" project aims to: • carry out a process of transnational cooperation to analyse, design, test, validate and disseminate a European framework for the qualification of the Vocational profile of International Marketing Manager to: a) support SMEs to define internationalisation processes to define strategies to choose the foreign country/market ...
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Making Family Business Transfers SUCCESSful through Education and Training

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

Family businesses are the backbone not only of the private sector, but are supporting entire economies. With regards to the European context, family businesses make up more than 60 % of all European companies. The process of change in ownership, transfer and/or succession within or outside of a family is an extremely crucial moment in the business life of a family SME: ca. 30% of family business f ...
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ALIANZA: Design and development of a management system of Dual Training for SMEs

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

Over 50% of the unemployed are between 16-25 years, so the Spanish youth is one of the sectors hit hardest by the economic crisis, along with long-term unemployed adults. Because young people are also responsible for the generational change, the problem affects not only the present but also the future. Companies cannot find workers with the expertise they need and graduates of different education ...
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Eco-Restaurateur - Implémenter la certification « eco-restaurants » au niveau européen : pour des emplois locaux de qualité, la valorisation du patrimoine local, une alimentation saine et responsable, et une réduction des émissions de C02

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

An aliment travels in average 1500km before arriving in the plate of the European citizen. Facing this fact, a global and deep movement raise around food and agriculture to foster sustainable production and consumption of goods of quality. Nonetheless, - those initiatives are numerous but remain often isolated - the sector represent a strong potential growth, but lacks structuration - it can gener ...
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Process VET from Chemi to Pharma

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

For improving competitiveness and to maintain high standards of health and safety and to promote the contribution of the European chemical industry to the economic, social and environmental life, it is critical to ensure a high competence level of all workers at all levels in the sector. Demographic change has become one of the most pressing challenges Europe is currently facing. Ensuring best pos ...
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