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Y4 Regional Entrepreneurial Cooperation (Y4 TOI)
Empowering SME´s competence
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Project is fund by EU programme: Lifelong Learning Programme, Transfer of Innovation, Leonardo da Vinci.
The coordinator of the project is Jyväskylä Educational Consortium, Finland.
Duration of the project is 1.10.2009-30.9.2011.
Overall objectives
Overall objective is the development of competitiveness in the participating regions in Finland, Scotland, the Netherlands and Portugal. The focus of this project is to bring together regional networks of educational organizations, local/public authorities and enterprises to support local economies by paying more attention to future professional demands, changing circumstances and improved competitiveness and empowering SMEs´competence through promotion of cooperation-based entrepreneurial culture.
Partners of the project
- Jyväskylä Educational Consortium (Finland)
- Alfa College (The Netherlands)
- Adam Smith College (Scotland)
- CENFIM (sectoral training organization of Metallurgy and Metalwork, Portugal)
- Y4 Finland Ltd. (Finland)
The aims of the project
- to enhance the regional stakeholders network to improve preconditions for enterprises (esp. SMEs) through cooperation between them and public authorities. In cooperation VET, SMEs and local/public authorities will develop modes of action that promote entrepreneurial attitude.
- to develop a method that combines good HRD practices and solutions based on inspiring entrepreneurial support mechanisms and skills.
- to collect previously developed good practices of each region related to pro-entrepreneurial culture/activities and transfer these knowledge and experience within the partners. The aim is to build capability of small business and improve HRD.