INNOGROW – “Innovative Entrepreneurship for Increased Employability, News Business Creation and Economic Growth” is an Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships Project to be implemented between 2015 and 2017.
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INNOGROW – “Innovative Entrepreneurship for Increased Employability, News Business Creation and Economic Growth” is an Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships Project to be implemented between 2015 and 2017.
The unemployment figures in Europe have been representing a desperate trend over the recent years. Especially during 2013, this trend has reached a peak because of the economic crisis and left the unemployed individuals, NEETs and higher education students about to graduate to face the difficulties in finding jobs in recessive economy. On the other hand, dynamics of global economy is changing and SMEs, which are the backbone of European economy, need to adapt those changes in order to remain competitive and continue their existence. The intersection point of these situations is the need for contemporary and transversal skills which are fully embedded in human capital. These skills fall under two main terms: “innovation” and “entrepreneurship”.
Together with the recent developments in the modern business world, the traditional model of entrepreneurship is no longer applicable (Gibb, 2010). So as the main entrepreneurship training topics and teaching methods. Entrepreneurs should no longer be static but dynamic with a range of attributes that need to be developed in order to survive in changing economic environment. They should think creative, solve problems effectively, take risks, build and work in teams, manage innovation and time.
INNOGROW aims to bring a new and learner-centred pedagogical approach to entrepreneurship training by use of the most appropriate transnational expertise in this field.
INNOGROW has been designed for increasing employability levels of and new business creation by young unemployed individuals (including NEETs) and higher education students as well as developing initiative taking of key SME staff by the use of an innovative ‘learning path’ method which includes; self-assessment tool, self-learning materials on innovative entrepreneurship/intrapreneurship and also business idea development tool in one integrated and mobile assisted eLearning software, all to be supported/strengthened by tutors and classroom trainings.
