Current Projects
Energy Web Interface for Skills Enabling (Energy-WISE) Energywise
This project aims to improve the capacity of businesses’, especially SMEs, to carry out their own Energy Audits as part of a preliminary energy use assessment and subsequently, to use these results to inform the development of their energy management strategy.
The main objectives of the Energy Web Interface for Skills Enabling (ENERGY-WISE) project are to improve the ability of European SMEs to improve their energy end-use efficiency so that they can contribute to the European (Kyoto) targets for CO2 emission reduction, save money on their energy bills and be more competitive in the world economy.
Website: www.energy-wise.eu
Energy-WISE has 7 partners:
- Aliter - Escuela Internacional de Negocios, S.L., Spain
- Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, UK
- DemoCenter-Sipe, Italy
- PIXELearning, UK
- Prahova Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Romania
- The Federation of Private Enterprises, Sweden
- Virtech Ltd, Bulgaria
BRIC regions International Trade Training
e-Learning Suite (BRIC ITT)BRIC
This project is aimed at improving the training materials for those European SMEs who aim to trade with the BRIC regions (Brazil, Russia, India and China). Targeting these emerging markets will allow SMEs to stay competitive and avoid making workers redundant in the current economic climate.
BRIC-ITT will engage with European SMEs to research barriers they face when attempting to trade with the BRIC countries. It will develop new learning approaches for the delivery of the international trade skills training by working with institutions across Europe. This will ensure the project has involved different stakeholders in making VET more responsive to the labour market. The results will be used to build on the existing platform of the previous InTeLS project.
Website: www.bric-itt.biz
BRIC-ITT has 6 partners:
- Aliter - Escuela Internacional de Negocios, S.L., Spain
- British Portuguese Chamber of Commerce
- Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, UK
- Lithuanian Development Agency, Lithuania
- Prahova Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Romania
- Virtech Ltd, Bulgaria
Bio Net
Business Intermediary Organisations e-Learning Network (BIOeNET)
Business Intermediary Organisations (BIOs) such as Chambers of Commerce and Trade Associations either provide, or recommend, a high proportion of the training services used by small businesses across Europe – with the European network of chambers of commerce alone training around 2.7 million people each year in 1,000+ training centres across Europe.
These BIOs increasingly rely on e-learning tools & products to provide the learning & skills needed. Many of BIOs’ e-learning products have applicability outside their immediate membership but have not been made more widely available due to cost, resource or competitive constraints.
The BIOeNET project seeks to establish a technical platform & commercial framework on which these e-learning products can be made available to Business Intermediary Organisations (BIOs) from across Europe for the ultimate benefit of their members and other Small & Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs).
Website: www.bioenet.net
BIOeNET has 9 partners:
- Aliter - Escuela Internacional de Negocios, S.L., Spain
- Bulgarian Industrial Association, Bulgaria
- Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, UK
- DemoCenter-Sipe, Italy
- Lithuanian Development Agency, Lithuania
- Prahova Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Romania
- The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia Institute for Business Education, Slovenia
- The Federation of Private Enterprises, Sweden
- Virtech Ltd, Bulgaria
For more information on any of these projects contact EU Projects Team
Partner Projects:
ECREIN+
European Clusters and Regions for Ecoinnovation Network Plus
The purpose of Ecrein+ is to develop tools and actions to implement innovative regional policies supporting eco-innovation and eco-businesses. These should be easily adaptable to every European region. The project will reinforce and complement the ongoing eco initiatives existing in the partner regions. The partners wish to share expertise on how to better support SME’s and clusters, which are already involved in eco-innovation or would like to develop strategies that go into this direction. Furthermore, Ecrein+ intends to raise awareness and exchange techniques and financial instruments all over Europe.
Other partners include:
RhoneAlpes: www.rhoneaples.fr
Junta De Andalusia: www.juntadeandalusia.es/
Assembly of European Regions: www.aer.eu/
Baden-Wurttemberg: www.uvm.baden-wuerttemberg.de/
Chamber of Commerce Stara Zagora: www.chambersz.com/
Xunta de Galicia: www.xunta.es/
Regione Lombardia: www.regione.lombardia.it/
Malopolska (PL): www.malopolskie.pl/
Uppsala Regional Council: www.regionuppsala.se/
Romanian Municipalities Assoc: www.amr.ro/
EntreExplorer
“Serious Game for Immersive Entrepeneurs” www.entrexplorer.com
The main purpose of the EntreExplorer game is to develop an online game with an entrepreneurship theme which teaches the users/learners the entrepreneurial skills necessary to manage their own business in the future. We also hope to stimulate innovative ideas and inspire and motivate learners to set up their own occupation and create new jobs.
We also expect to extend the use of e-learning technologies (gaming) to develop skills and also support potential entrepreneurs in gaining the knowledge and skills to run their own business, ultimately increasing the number of start up companies and SME’s across Europe.
Other partners include:
Edit Value, University of Minho: www.editvalue.com
Sketchpixel, Portugal: www.sketchpixel.com
Steirische Volkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft: www.stvg.com
Bulgarian Development Agency: www.bg-da.eu
Agencia Nacional Proalv: www.proalv.pt
Enevate
European Network of Electric Vehicles and transferring Expertise www.enevate.eu
Enevate aims to facilitate and support the accelerated introduction of electric mobility in North West Europe through structured transnational co-operation between public authorities and business representatives.
Europes 2020 vision is for a minimum 20% reduction from 1990 in total greenhouse gas emissions to be achieved through a package of measures including transportation.
Enevate will enable co-operation and collaboration to accelerate the introduction and growth of the market for electric vehicles (EV) across the NWE programme.
Enevate also aims to inform the development of regulation standards and policy to accelerate the deployment of low carbon mobility and raise public awareness.
Other partners include:
Automotive Technology Centre: www.atcentre.nl/
Campus Automobile de Francorchamps: www.formation-campus-autmobile.be/
Regionalmanagement Nordhessen Gmbh: www.regionordhessen.de
Bayern Innovativ GmbH: www.bayern-innovativ.de
European Automotive Strategy Network: www.easn.eu/
National Renewable energy Centre Ltd: www.narec.co.uk
Future Transport Systems: www.futuretransportsystems.co.uk
Cardiff University: www.cardiff.ac.uk
Electricity Supply Board ESB: www.esb.ie/
Pole Vehicule du future: www.vehiculedufutur.com/
IRSEEM: www.esigelec.fr/IRSEEM
Intels-TR
E-learning platform for SME’s on International Trade
Intels-TR is a vocational training project financed by the European commission under the European union Lifelong Learning programme – Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of Innovation co-ordinated by the National agency of Turkey (Centre for European for Education and Youth Programmes)
The purpose of the project is to transfer the original Intels project to the local needs of Turkish SME’s in order to foster and enhance vocational education in international trade. This will include a game, an online course and a knowledge base. The aim is to get more SME’s understanding the import and export processes and increase international trade.
Other partners include:
ITC Europa: www.itc-europa.eu
Aegean Exporters Association: www.aegeanexporters.org/
South East Anatolia Exporters: www.gaib.org.tr/
Rize Chamber of Commerce: www.rizetso.org/
iGEME: www.igeme.gov.tr/
Yeditepe University: www.yeditepe.edu.tr/
Infinity Teknoloji: www.infinityteknoloji.com