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Mobile learning for the promotion of entrepreneurial culture and mobility in the road transport sector.

Road transport sector (freight and passengers) has a central role in the continued growth of EU’s economy. In 2008, created more than 5 mill. jobs and the turnover was about 432,331 mill.€ (Statistical pocketbook 2011, EC). However, the current economic crisis is affecting the sector considerably. The crisis has cancelled out 6 years of growth (Trends in EU Road freight transport-Eurostat).The EU is committed to providing the best conditions for an open market for professional road transport services to ensure the mobility of goods and people, and to enable job creation and economic growth (Road Transport Policy- DG Energy and Transport, 2006).Having this scenario in mind and trying to address the EU 2020 Strategy, which is focused on sustainable, smart and inclusive growth, it is necessary to provide suitable environments for the promotion of those key aspects, like the entrepreneurship, that contribute to achieve the referred aim. Fostering entrepreneurship in the road transport sector is necessary in order to prepare the operators to compete proficiently, have sustainable businesses, create employ, added value and face new demands (environmental, social and safety), skills and requirements coming from their sector at EU. Thus, it is necessary to create suitable learning environments based on ICT which allow the promotion of the entrepreneurship and the acquisition of the required new key competences. In this sense, PROMEC-Road project aimed to create a mobile learning tool addressed to autonomous workers and owners of SME from this sector in order to be trained on those key entrepreneurial competences that are essential to run and manage success businesses able to survive, be competitive and grow.The project wanted also to promote indirectly the mobility as a concept, preparing entrepreneurs to new mentalities; explore new opportunities, exchange ideas etc. The project built (and it is building) a network of mentors and entrepreneurs. PROMEC-Road has transferred the pedagogical approach used in PECAE project into 3 directions: a new target group, sector and type of training. The consortium is led by UNIATRAMC CyL, one of the most representative professional associations in Spain and is composed by a set of key organisations: different VET providers, a knowledge management oriented company which was the promoter of PECAE, and a social research firm.