Representatives of the Universidad Europea del Atlántico (European University of the Atlantic, UNEATLANTICO), belonging to the network of universities that collaborate with the Iberoamerican University Foundation (FUNIBER), attend the first meeting of the Start Digital – Sustainable – Profitable (Start-DSP) project in Münster (Germany).
The project, led by the Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities (ACEEU) of Germany, involves the following European institutions: Universidad Europea del Atlántico (UNEATLANTICO), Momentum Services of Ireland, European E-Learning Institute (EUEI) of Denmark, Metropolitan College of Greece and the German consulting firm, The Vision Works.
FUNIBER will intervene as an associated organization, given its international character, to extend the results of the project. The foundation will collaborate in different dissemination actions to attract users and sustainably disseminate the resources beyond the duration of the project.
The project, funded by the Nationale Agentur für Erasmus+ Hochschulzusammenarbeit (NA-DAAD), started last month and will end in October 2026.
Across Europe, the potential impact of entrepreneurship education in higher education institutions, concerning socially and environmentally sustainable economic growth and digital business models, is not sufficiently exploited.
The lack of financial and human resources, the difficulties to adapt the teaching offer due to the high dynamics and complexity of the subject, and the constant change in learning needs make it difficult, on many occasions, to undertake this project, in addition to being increasingly common requirements in the European business framework.
This initiative will be aimed especially at higher education professors, as well as Vocational Training teachers and students, all of them belonging to the field of entrepreneurship.
The project will produce the following tangible results. The first work package will take the form of a practice-oriented teaching toolkit designed to sustainably increase the engagement and professionalism of entrepreneurship education in higher education institutions.
In addition, the second work package will produce different results. On the one hand, a competency framework will be developed, considering the competencies established by the European Commission on digitalization, sustainability, and entrepreneurship. This framework will be implemented in a study program. Subsequently, the study program will be incorporated into a set of ready-to-use educational resources.
Finally, in the last work package of the project, a technological tool will be developed that will integrate these results. This web application will automatically provide users with individual information and detailed feedback on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) aspects, as well as economic aspects of the users’ business model.
This will not be FUNIBER’s first experience in entrepreneurship projects. The Erasmus Plus FINANCEn_LAB project was recently completed in which a digital financial simulator was developed to enable its beneficiaries to develop skills and acquire the practical knowledge necessary to effectively apply for financing and manage their financial situation.
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