Since 2008, the most severe economic crisis made in Europe over 25 million unemployed. Entrepreneurship may be a powerful driver of economic growth and job creation and an instrument to improve employability level. Europe needs more entrepreneurs. In Europe, just over a third (37%) of workers prefer to be self-employed, whereas in the USA and China more than 50%.
The “European Incubator for Business Ideas” project aimed to enable students and adults to acquire and develop skills and competencies needed for their employability, to turn their business ideas into concrete actions.
Eight partners from six European countries worked together to create an innovative European Entrepreneurship Training Model for development of skills needed for a successful entrepreneur, to initiate and strengthen a successful business, a Curriculum , focused on the disadvantaged groups, and training/learning/evaluation tools, for the development of their business idea and put it into practice.
The project created a network for transferring good practices and business ideas, developing European cooperation, encouraging, supporting long-term entrepreneurial initiatives of the target group, through information, advice, personalized assistance and online learning opportunities and resources.
EIBI project
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In the framework of the EIBI project, eight partners from six European countries created an innovative European Training Model, focused on the disadvantaged groups, aiming for developing the business ideas and putting them into practice.
The EIBI Model combines online learning using the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) and face to face training based on project collaboration, peer-learning, guidance, coaching and counseling.
This website provide access to a database of Open Educational Resources (OER), curricula and learning materials grouped in three Units: Design your business plan, Establish your business and Develop your business.
The EIBI Community offers the opportunity for networking, transferring good practices and business ideas, developing European cooperation and encouraging the entrepreneurial initiatives