i3 - Project

Education for ideas, inventions and innovations for entrepreneurship

The project aims at promoting territorial development, cooperation and support the competitiveness of the Balkan-Mediteranean area by developing, establishing and promoting entrepreneurial learning and knowledge transfer model (Ideas, Inventions, Innovation – i3) for educating students and entrepreneurs.

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I 3 Project

Education for ideas, inventions and innovations for entrepreneurship

 

I 3 (Education for ideas, inventions and innovations for entrepreneurship), is a project selected for financing in the 1st call of The Balkan Mediterranean Program.

The project aims at promoting territorial development, cooperation and support the competitiveness of the Balkan-Mediteranean area by developing, establishing and promoting entrepreneurial learning and knowledge transfer model (Ideas, Inventions, Innovation – i3) for educating students and entrepreneurs.

 

 

Project Name: Education for ideas, inventions and innovations for entrepreneurship
   
Project Acronym: I 3
   
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Project Leader: Bulgaria Economic Forum (Sofia, BG)
   
Project Partnership: I 3 is implemented by 6 project partners from 5 countries. The Bulgaria Economic Forum is the lead partner.
  Project Leader:
 
  • Bulgaria Economic Forum (Sofia, BG)
  Project Partners:
 
  • Association "Committee Italy-Bulgaria 2013" (Sofia, BG)
  • Technological Education Institute of Western Greece (Patras, GR)
  • Center for Knowledge Management (Skopje, FYROM)
  • Albania Center for Sustainable Development (Tirana, AL)
  • Cyprus International Institute of Management (Nikosia, CY)
   
Project Status: Ongoing
   
Duration: 01.08.2017 – 31.07.2019
   
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Short description: The Balkan – Mediterranean area suffers from market fragmentation, high unemployment and limited labor force skills, actions are needed to foster the entrepreneurship potential by encouraging new business models, especially the ones promoting innovation and supporting internationalisation. The project intends to tackle the identified weaknesses by introducing a model of entrepreneurial learning & knowledge transfer targeted at young people and bringing their needs with the market demand in order to sustain development and growth.
 

The expected results from the project include:

  • Established cooperation and coordination between partners and stakeholders in the project – training and education institutions and business;
  • Established i3 entrepreneurship model – Ideas, Inventions, Innovations with strategy for implementation and core modular curruculum;
  • Strengthening economic and business relations between communities, stimulate economic development, job creation and competitiveness of SMEs;
  • Promoting sustainable development at national and trans-national level by increasing balanced, efficient and sustainable use of resources and tackling the most immediate problems in a cost-effective manner.
 

The i3 model to be developed as a result of the project is an innovative tool & recognizable brand to promote creative, innovative & targeted entrepreneurial learning among graduating students & young entrepreneurs.The project can be implemented only as a transnational initative since the flexible nature of the model ensures, first its testing on a larger transnational level and consequently - introducing it to on a larger scale to focus efforts on resolving common regional and country or local problems - in this case by stimulating innovative entrepreneurship among youths.

The added value of the i3 model compared to other entrepreneurship training schemes is the flexibility with focus on specific strategic areas which require innovative approach. It will stimulate creative and entrepreneurial thinking and thus, utilize all business opportunities in the corresponding field.
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I 3 begun August 1st, 2017 and is expected to end July 2019.