ISSA

Are you able to design and deliver tertiary education programmes in key digital technologies?

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Transformations in society and the labor market force us to make career and life changes to adapt. Some leave the office behind and start their own business. Others want to use their self-employment experience and informally acquired skills to provide themselves with greater stability. Still others need to update their skills to keep their jobs in times of increasing digitization.
The allows trainers and career counselors to assess and certify skills that clients have acquired informally or independently. In this way, as trainees and job seekers, we can step on this experience and use it for our further development.
The ASSESS_Plus_Project aims to support skills auditing through useful online learning resources
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In the virtual center, you will find:
▶️ Online courses on career planning, labor market transformation, transition support, improving team relations, conflict resolution, and much more
▶️Guidelines for acquiring digital competencies.
▶️Training modules and the European Competence Framework in the audit of adult skills.

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Last, but not least, we want to introduce you ISSA Bulgarian partner.

The Business Foundation for Education (BFE) is a Bulgarian NGO. Its mission is to facilitate the development of civil society through initiatives that enhance human resource competitiveness and contribute to economic development and prosperity. To achieve its goals the Foundation implements a variety of projects focused on the fields of lifelong learning, guidance counseling, employment and social policy, vocational education and youth work.

The Foundation is a recognized leader in the field of career guidance in Bulgaria and is a keen promoter of the guidance counseling profession. Its initiatives helped to raise the awareness of decision-makers, education experts, employers, headmasters and the general public about the benefits of lifelong guidance for all generations. BFE capitalizes the capacity and continues the efforts of the successful USAID Labor Market Project, directed to reinforce the competitive workforce development in Bulgaria and abroad

Get to know another ISSA team member!

The Computer Technology Institute and Press “Diophantus”(CTI) was founded in 1985 in Patras. CTI is a research and technology organization focusing on research and development in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Particular emphasis is placed on education, by developing and deploying conventional and digital media in education and lifelong learning; publishing printed and electronic educational materials; administrating and managing the Greek School Network; and supporting the organization and operation of the electronic infrastructure of the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs and all educational units. Since its establishment in 1985, and in the past decades of rapid technological development, CTI has actively contributed to many of the advances that today are taken for granted.

The Directorate of Telematics and Applications for Regional development (abbrev. “Telematics Center”) of CTI, participating in this project, was established aimed at enhancing regional development through the effective use of ICT. CTI Telematics Center has significant past experience in the design and development of advanced e-learning services specifically those involving Web 2.0 e-Learning environments and 3D Virtual Worlds tools as an educational and training tool.

Time now to discover who is ISSA Spanish partner!

FyG Consultores is a consulting company specialized in business development and innovative solutions related to strategy and internationalization of the SME’s and Start-Ups. Founded in 2001, FyGConsultores is present on the international markets helping companies to define strategies that allow them to grow in foreign markets and international business. As a supplier of innovative solutions, adding business value through international methodology implementation at a professional level, innovative formulas, methods of cooperation in export consortia and partnerships, selection of HR and training on Internationalization, the company is able to accelerate international business and grow for SME’s and entrepreneurs.

FyG Consultores is also an education and training company specialized in entrepreneurship and Start-Ups training, providing: business strategy education, innovation, creativity, and soft skills workshops. In recent years has developed and implemented a number of European international cooperation projects, dealing with enterprise creation and development, employability, management, Start-Ups training, internationalization and Gamification and Innovation of the Entrepreneurial Training.

Get to know another ISSA team member!

The University of Cyprus participates in the ISSA Project through the Software Engineering and Internet Technologies (SEIT) Laboratory, an integral part of the Department of Computer Science. SEIT focuses its research activities on two important areas of Information Technology, namely Software Engineering and Internet Technologies. In the second area, the Laboratory concentrates on the development of ICT-enabled Creativity and Enhanced Learning Environments, platforms and tools for implementing Health monitoring and support services, Smart and Personalised services for Elders and Assistive Technologies for people with disabilities. SEIT has extensive experience in the area of applying ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) to e-Learning, m-Learning and Open and Distance Learning in general as well as Life Long Learning in particular. This expertise is both at technical level and at developing policies and qualification frameworks for such activities. Regarding only the Erasmus+ related themes, SEIT has recently coordinated four Erasmus+ projects (VeLoCiTy, World-of-Physics, DiFens, IDEA) and currently coordinates one Erasmus+ project: wINGS (begun in 2018), and also participates in 14 more: EASIER, EPUM, ELSE, AT-SGIRES, SENSE, WINDEXT, Dig-It, ISSA, ICT-4TVET, TOOLS, PRIMAE, QHELP, Digi-Sporting and Job-Jo. SEIT has also participated in 13 Leonardo da Vinci projects, 3 EUMEDIS projects, 2 FP (Framework Programs), 1 INCO-DC and 3 projects funded by national funds. It has also participated in the EMUNI project and the VUSCC initiative, both related to policy making or reform and qualifications accreditation, as well as in the Interreg IVC project Innofun, on developing policies for entrepreneurship and innovation. SEIT is currently participating in two AAL projects: eSticky, and GUIDed, and in one national project: ReaDI-STANCE.

Get to know ISSA Norwegian partner!

At NTNU, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, we create knowledge for a better world and solutions that can change everyday life.

NTNU is a university with an international focus, with headquarters in Trondheim and campuses in Ålesund and Gjøvik. NTNU has a main profile in science and technology, a variety of programmes of professional study, and great academic breadth that also includes the humanities, social sciences, economics, medicine, health sciences, educational science, architecture, entrepreneurship, art disciplines and artistic activities.

NTNU has eight faculties, the University Museum and University Library, 42 000 students and 7400 full-time equivalent employees.

NTNU is committed to innovative education, especially increased use of learning methods with active student involvement and digitalization.

NTNU has four strategic areas of research in 2014–2023: sustainability, energy, oceans, and health. The university is also the host or partner for 35 large research centres.

Some 9 per cent of NTNU’s students are international and we have a wide international network. NTNU has office in Brussels (together with the University of Bergen and SINTEF).

ISSA (Internationalisation for Social and Innovative Start Ups and Entrepreneurs) is designed to identify core and innovative learning methods that encourage success in international activities for Social Start-ups and entrepreneurs. The project is based on previous projects (SUC, start-up communities; SUI, Start-up Internationalisation) but it goes one step further promoting international expansion and development of social start-ups and entrepreneurs.

Internationalisation for Social and Innovative Start Up's and Entrepreneurs

Welcome to ISSA project's page! Here we will keep you updated on the project and our progress. More info is available at http://issaproject.eu

issaproject.eu The project ISSA (Internationalisation for Social and Innovative Start Ups and Entrepreneurs) is designed to identify core and innovative learning methods that encourage success in international activities for social start-ups and entrepreneurs. The ISSA project will work to accomplish the following...