We were in Poland for the 5th meeting of the ERA + project

The final meeting of our ERA + project  was held in Rzesow, Poland on 4-5 July 2017. KOGED participants included Gülhan  Bütün, project manager Ayşe Öztürk, our members Saime Kırşavoğlu and Fatih Başarış. One of the main topics of the meeting was the sustainability of the project . The participants shared information about how to ensure it in their own countries.

In addition, an overview and evaluation of the two-year project process was one of the main topics of the meeting. All partner organizations expressed that they are satisfied with the successful completion of the project in accordance with the aims and targets stated in the project proposal and they have received very positive feedback on the activities carried out by the target groups.

As KOGED, we are happy to be part of this project . As we discussed at the last meeting, we hope that the synergies created  by the project will be carried on to new projects.

The 3rd Meeting of ERA+

 

KOGED President Gulhan Butun and the project coordinator ,Ayşe Öztürk,participated in the 3rd meeting of the KA2 Startegic Partnerships project, "Entrepreneurship  for Rural Areas and Social Integration- Network for Guidance and Education" in Tallinn,Estonia on the 26-27 September 2016.

The project partners discussed the previous year’s work,especially the completed  Step by Step Guide for Young Entrepreneurs which is  to be shared as OER on the project website.

Further discussions comprised the partners’ dissemination activities and the preparations for the second intellectual output to be realised within the second project year:e-learning platform and the e-laboratory for young entrepreneurs from each partner country.The partners will develop the learning materials  which will be avaliable online to more than 100 participants who will form ten transnational groups eventually , create business ideas and  reflect on various phases of  putting  their entrepreneurial  ideas into successful practices.

For further information about the project,please go  to the project page on our website or visit the ERA+ website by clicking on the project logo on the front page.

ERA+ Project 4th Workshop

ERA+ project team and our young entrepreneurs met on  the 19th of March,2016. The meeting began with the coordinator’s  summary of the activities carried out so far within the project scope and work still to be done.Our trainees’ two ‘’good practice’’ examples/venture ideas are to be converted into project outputs in the following months.In this context, the trainees divided into two groups;they made a presentation of their  business ideas to the project team. Their  teachers Fatih Başarış and Saime Kirsavoglu will provide guidance , when necessary,in the production process.

ERA+ Project Activity: e-Entrepreneurship Training

Our young trainees completed their e-training about entrepreneurship successfully  this week.The eLearning was offered by our current KA2 Strategic Partnership project, ERA+. Ten trainees from each partner organisation  participated in the training. The innovative curriculum was developed by the Consortium  and focused on topics related to entrepreneurship. The next step is to develop feasible business plans in transnational groups.

The subject of the last meeting was  the state of social entrepreneurship in the partner countries and persons and/or  global organisations who are also leading  social entrepreneurs. It was also noted thorough the good practice examples that  social entrepreneurs  are quite successful in handling problems.Yet, they need more resources , further support from all social actors and specific legislation.