The Women’s Economy
Posted: April 10, 2013 Filed under: Leonardo, Lifelong Learning Programme, Transfer of Innovation | Tags: International Women's Day, leonardo, Lifelong Learning Programme, Transfer of Innovation 1 Comment »Our recent blog on International Women’s Day, inspired Sally Arkley, Director of the Women’s Development Agency, to get in touch with news of her project. Here, she shares her thoughts on the importance of supporting female entrepreneurs:
Sharing Your Success Stories
Posted: April 4, 2013 Filed under: Leonardo, Lifelong Learning Programme, Mobility, Transfer of Innovation | Tags: award winning, education, leonardo, Leonardo Mobility, Lifelong Learning Programme, llp, opportunities, Partnerships, skills, Transfer of Innovation Leave a comment »We do really enjoy hearing from our projects, particularly when it’s good news! We have recently been sent updates by two colleges whose Leonardo achievements have been recognised with external commendations. We thought you might like to hear about them too…
International Women’s Day!
Posted: March 8, 2013 Filed under: Leonardo, Lifelong Learning Programme, Transfer of Innovation | Tags: International Women's Day, leonardo, Lifelong Learning Programme, llp, llpukecorys, Transfer of Innovation Leave a comment »On a day dedicated to recognising women’s achievements and addressing inequalities that remain across the world, we would like to share with you one of our Leonardo Transfer of Innovation projects, which focusses on bringing out potential in women entrepreneurs. This topic is highly relevant to the UK Government’s response to IWD this year, which focuses on supporting women in business. See http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/international-womens-day-2013/ for more details.
Supporting women entrepreneurs through technology
The Women’s Organisation, a Social Enterprise in Liverpool, are currently 16 months into their Women’s E-Business Enterprise Learning Project which aims to help women entrepreneurs to make better use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve their business competitiveness. Read the rest of this entry »
Learning from experience…
Posted: November 2, 2012 Filed under: Leonardo, Lifelong Learning Programme, Transfer of Innovation | Tags: Europe, funding, leonardo, Lifelong Learning Programme, llpukecorys, Start Up Seminar, tips, Transfer of Innovation, vocational education Leave a comment »One of the things that most interests me when I talk to participants is their individual list of ‘do’s and don’ts’ that they have for running a successful project. Usually built on experience, often these ‘top tips’ are relevant in all kinds of projects.
Recently, I attended a Leonardo Transfer of Innovation (TOI) Start Up Seminar, where I got talking to Ros Boyce from Belfast Metropolitan College who has recently taken over the reins as Project Manager of The BAREFOOT Trainer project, which is providing short, practical blended courses, useful for Vocational Education and Training (VET) teaching and training across diverse sectors.
The funding lifecycle: from application to project start
Posted: June 7, 2012 Filed under: Leonardo, Mobility, Transfer of Innovation | Tags: assessment, Ecorys, Europe, funding, leonardo, Leonardo Mobility, lifelong learning, Lifelong Learning Programme, llp, llpukecorys, National Evaluation Committee, nec, project lifecycle, Transfer of Innovation 1 Comment »Each year we receive a record number of applications from across the Leonardo, Grundtvig and Transversal programmes. We know the time and effort that you put into each application and we wanted to give you an overview of what happens at each stage of the process.
The timeline of a project
For Leonardo Transfer of Innovation, Leonardo Mobility and Leonardo and Grundtvig Partnerships as well as Grundtvig Senior Volunteering the project timeline is very similar. We’ll be doing a follow up post on the timeline for Grundtvig In-Service Training, Grundtvig Visits and Exchanges and Transversal Study Visits. Read the rest of this entry »
From the airbases of West Germany to the streets of Bhopal…meet Paul Baron MBE
Posted: March 28, 2012 Filed under: Leonardo, Mobility, Transfer of Innovation | Tags: Ambassador Richard Stagg, Bhagavat Educational Trust, Black Sea, candle making, carpentry, charities, crafts, Disadvantaged groups, Entrepreneurship, mobility, Mobility Certificate, Mutual Assistance, New Year Honours List 2012, painting, Paul Baron MBE, Prince's Trust, Shell, Transfer of Innovation, Uganda, Ugandan Church, UNICEF 1 Comment »
Paul Baron receives his MBE
A few weeks ago I heard through a colleague that Paul Baron, one of our Leonardo Mobility Certificate Holders, had been included in the New Year Honours List 2012 for his services to vulnerable children around the world. I was really pleased because I’m familiar with Paul’s projects and have been impressed by their impact, particularly on the young people involved.
So last week I rang him to find out more. The conversation started well, and Paul was very enthusiastic to share his experiences.
However, very quickly it became clear that the interview wasn’t going to work in the way I had anticipated. For every question I put to him, Paul had the most incredible, gripping tale to tell. Anecdotes, inspiring stories, adventures… I physically wasn’t able to get it all down on paper. So I put my pen down and listened. We chatted for over half an hour and at the end of the call I had to ask: “Paul, please could you send me some more information on this?” (Which he kindly did).
So get a cup of tea, divert all calls and read on – Paul has had an eventful life.
fe:male – a European network for female entrepreneurs
Posted: January 11, 2012 Filed under: Leonardo, Transfer of Innovation 1 Comment »Inova Consultancy is a team of experts that work in the area of diversity, equal opportunities and entrepreneurship. They are based in Sheffield and have participated in a number of Lifelong Learning Programme funded projects to share best practices in mentoring and to empower women into taking up self-employment.
Currently they are working on a 2010 Leonardo Transfer of Innovation project called ‘fe:male’:
…we will transfer our experience in career guidance to the Netherlands, Cyprus, Malta and Italy. By passing our approved concept of Mentoring Circles™, we aim to enable our partners to support actual and potential female entrepreneurs in the same way in other European countries as we do in the UK. Read the rest of this entry »
Commission singles out four UK Leonardo projects for special praise
Posted: November 8, 2011 Filed under: Leonardo, Transfer of Innovation | Tags: Europe 2020, european commission, leonardo, Transfer of Innovation Leave a comment »We’re excited to announce that four UK project promoters have been included in the European Commission’s list of ‘best 2007-funded Leonardo Transfer of Innovation projects’. Congratulations go to GEMS Northern Ireland, Nottingham Trent University, The Steel Construction Institute and Visit Scotland (Tourist Board Training).
Here is a quick summary of the projects and their achievements.
