What is the ECEU Project?

ECEU (Enterprising Competence – European Union) is a project of the Leonardo da Vinci Programme, aimed at identifying entrepreneurial competences developed by women coming from 8 different countries with varied life experiences, and achieved in non formal and informal backgrounds. The idea is to draft a European map of these competences and test it with groups of real entrepreneurs, especially within co-operatives and self-employed workers.

Our objective is to develop a rigorous process of identification and validation of these competences to provide them with visibility, and acknowledge these skills that have been achieved by these professionals that have not received formal training on enterprising competences.

The Project seeks to value the life learning processes that qualify the people to perform their professions in the labour market.

This will be the base of a European Model for the Identification and Validation of non formal Competences related to entrepreneurship and enterprising within women.

Who is it directed to?

European Women, belonging to 10 different countries from different age groups that have achieved their enterprising competences in non formal spheres of education.

Young Women (up to 30 years) with experience in social volunteering.

Women between 30 and 55 years of age who are housewives and work at home.

Women between 30 and 60 with professional experience in the labour market but without formal qualification.

Immigrant women who, informally contribute to the family economy with sporadic sales and/ or domestic service.

Enterprising Immigrant women in the process of setting a business o who has received technical assistance for the creation or setting up of their own business.

Recently graduated women (less than two years) with degrees in fields other than economics, business administration or law.

Enterprising Women between 30 and 55 of age in the process of setting a business o who has received technical assistance for the creation or setting up of their own business.