European projects

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projects

Entrepreneurship programmes co-financed by the E

European projects led by
or with the participation of the CISE

people have participated
in our programs

partners from more than 20
countries working in a network
to achieve greater impact

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of European Funds budget
to carry them out (and with a grant rate of 81%).

COLLABORATE | LEARN | GROW

IMPACT INITIATIVES

From our beginnings, we have worked focused on boosting entrepreneurship and innovation from Cantabria, always looking at the national and international scene.

Thanks to the good practices developed in the latest years, to our capacity of working in a networking of hundreds of organisations from the public and private sector, and to the scalability of all our initatives, we have been endorsed by the European Commission to lead several projects that foster entrepreneurship and the soft skills of people around the continent.

entrecomp

SKILLS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

All digital training and on-site programmes we develop at CISE boost the development of the competencies that the EU has defined within the ‘EntreComp’ framework and which companies are looking for when hiring talent.

As well as defining the skills and attitudes that the ‘entrepreneurial spirit’ involves, EntreComp serves as a guide to create the policies needed to develop the essential soft skills for both personal and professional growth.

ENTRECOMP EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK

THE SKILLS WE BOOST

CREATIVITY
TEAMWORK
LEADERSHIP
IDEAS AND OPORTUNITIES
PROACTIVITY AND MOTIVATION
STRATEGIC VISION
ABILITY TO MOBILISE OTHERS
PLANIFACTION AND MANAGEMENT
ETHICAL AND SUSTAINABLE THINKING

OUR EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES

OUR

PROGRAMMES

In order to design and implement different European Projects we lead, we work together with universities, innovation centres, cooperatives and business associations from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States.

IMPACT-DRIVEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN

IDEEC

Today’s children and youth face major challenges, ranging from climate crises to inequality. Our Impact-Driven Entrepreneurship Education for Children (IDEEC) project supports teachers, impact entrepreneurship education facilitators, and policymakers to build and support effective programs that empower children and youth aged 9-15 to develop entrepreneurial solutions to environmental and social challenges.

WORKING FOR A GREEN AND DIGITAL FUTURE

ENTRECOMP4TRANSITION

EntreComp4Transition is a project that aims at developing new, innovative, multidisciplinary approaches to teaching and learning paving the way for the future “Green Transition Facilitator” by fostering an entrepreneurial mindset, facilitating co-creation and ensuring recognition of learning outcomes. It will rely on country clusters forging innovative alliances to support teachers, trainers, businesses and end users in the learning pathway.

FROM EDUCATORS TO ENTREPRENEURIAL FACILITATORS

FEEF

“From educators to entrepreneurship facilitators” is a European project with 5 partners from 4 countries, in collaboration with the Erasmus+ Agency of Portugal, whose mission is to reduce the existing gap between the academic and entrepreneurial worlds, fostering the competences demanded from young people when they first enter the labour market.

FEEF develops a training pathway focused on the development of entrepreneurial skills of university students and works on the implementation of a set of facilitation techniques that enable educators to acquire new skills and competences that allow them to help their students, memorising and supporting them in achieving their personal goals and objectives.

PROMOTING ACCESS TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND THE LABOUR MARKET FOR MIGRANT WOMEN.

MOMENTUM

Through a gender-sensitive and multi-stakeholder approach, “MOMENTUM of Cooperation” brings together civil society organisations, public employment services, VET providers and employers at local level to reduce the structural and cultural barriers faced by third-country national women in accessing specific and tailored vocational training and employment opportunities, focusing on refugee women aged 18-39 in the 3 EU countries most affected by migration flows (GR, IT, ES) and 2 countries with a positive and critical approach to integration (PT, HU).

TRANSFORMING UNIVERSITIES TOWARDS ENTREPRENEURSHIP

TRUE

European project with 8 partners from 4 countries, in collaboration with EIT Health and EIT Digital, with the mission to remove barriers inhibiting innovation and entrepreneurship by strengthening links in the educational knowledge triangle and making training, tools and personalised support open and easily accessible to European citizens. We expect to benefit 4,000 European citizens by 2023 and up to 19,000 by 2030, by inoculating universities with the entrepreneurial spirit and fostering behavioural change through the implementation of tailor-made interventions.

DIGITAL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS FOR EUROPEAN TEACHERS

EDESK

e-DESK is a programme co-funded by the European Union and implemented by a consortium of five international partners led by CISE.

It’s a training project for university teachers in the European Union on digital skills and entrepreneurship, in response to the needs that the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted in terms of hybrid education and digital and entrepreneurial response at university level.

4 partners (Croatia, Finland, Portugal and Spain)
30 months (March 2021- August 2023)
Pilot programme for university teachers from four countries
Methodology combining face-to-face teaching and digital environments
Multimedia digital training for teachers

CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN TOURISM

centour

This iniatiative will seek to strengthen businesses within the travel & tourism sector, making them more sustainable through tailored training and peer-to-peer transfer of knowledge. The acceleration process will boost the creation of innovative solutions with the help of a coach for each SME and the development of groundbreaking strategies for new business models.

COOPERATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR EDUCATORS

YOUCOOPE

Youcoope has designed online and on-site training modules containing innovative resources, methodologies and tools so that educators can apply actual cooperative entrepreneurship experiences and skills to their lessons. The project seeks to encourage European educational institutions -both secondary education and higher education – to include the cooperative model in their curricula.

10 partners (UK, Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Spain)
18 months (March 2020 - December 2021)
Pilot programmes in Spain and Italy (Secondary Education and University)
Co-operative entrepreneurship guide for teachers
Online training for teachers

Do you work in Education?

FREE CO-OOPERATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSE

Learn the methodologies, tools and techniques to implement it in your lessons

COMMUNITIES IMPLEMENTING ENTRECOMP

ENTRECOMP EUROPE

This project will leverage the implementation of EntreComp, the European reference framework, as the tool that the education sector can use to focus on the soft skills needed to foster the development of citizens with an entrepreneurial mindset, who, through their actions can generate social, cultural and economic growth.

EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXPERIENCE

BLUES

Within the Erasmus+ context, BLUES designed its own methodology and created online and on-site educational resources that were based on the best European practices and the EntreComp framework. Both the MOOC and the face-to-face pilots helped undergraduates develop skills such as leadership, critical thinking, teamwork or innovation, complementing their academic training.

10 partners (Slovenia, Finland, Italy, Portugal and Spain)
24 months (October 2018 - January 2020)
Pilot programme in Spain, Slovenia and Portugal (University)
Blended-learning methodology and toolkit (Available for download)
Multimedia digital training for students (Free access)

YOUTH COOPERATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP

ECOOPE

Through the design and implementation of innovative training activities in secondary and higher education, ECOOPE developed several pilot programmes in collaboration with local co-ops to motivate and boost the cooperative model amongst European youngsters, as the tool for them to acquire the social and entrepreneurial skills fostering their employability.

“From Cantabria looking at the international scene”

EUROPEAN ALLIANCES

NUESTROS

PROGRAMAS

We work in line with the strategic objectives of the European Union.

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP ON YOUTH EMPLOYABILITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF ERASMUS + NATIONAL AGENCIES

YOUTH@Work

Youth@Work is the European Strategic Alliance of Erasmus+ National Agencies, SALTO-YOUTH Centers and European Solidarity Corps to create synergies between the different activities and trainings carried out within the scope of the Erasmus+ program, as well as to take measures to support young people in employability and entrepreneurship. The focus is on supporting how this European program can be used as a tool to foster employability and entrepreneurship among young people, as well as to strengthen networking and exchange of best practices among EU partner countries and regions.

Promoting a free life for women and young girls through entrepreneurship and social economy in El Salvador

Programas en El Salvador

International cooperation project that seeks to contribute to the prevention of violence through the promotion of empowerment and entrepreneurial skills, with special emphasis on the benefits of the social economy model, of women in the municipality of San Pedro Masahuat, Department of La Paz, El Salvador. The program will be based on a training phase, a practical phase and a community awareness phase.

Cantabria Coopera Foundation. Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Government of Cantabria.
- 50 women improve their professional skills in social economy and income generation for their incorporation in the economic activity of the municipality.
- 8 women gain hands-on experience in the cooperative and social economy model
- Conducted a community awareness program, as well as a collaborative process to identify potential future phases of the intervention.

A PARTNERSHIP TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND IMPROVE EMPLOYABILITY

PACT4SKILLS

The Pact for Skills is one of the flagship actions of the European Skills Agenda.

The Pact aims to support public and private organisations with upskilling and reskilling, so they can thrive through the green and digital transitions.

Members of the Pact have access to knowledge on upskilling and reskilling needs, advice on relevant funding instruments to boost the skills of adults in their regions and countries, and partnership opportunities within our growing community.