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99% of business in Turkey is at SME status. In order for them to overcome the challenges and competition that they face due to economical and technological changes, SMEs have...

The main purpose of the 3MVET Mentor's handbook is to support the mentors responsible for the delivery of practical training in companies where VET students/trainees in the fields of Mechanical...

"50pro brings together methodologies and approaches on senior professionals with concerns who want to start their own business project. In the form of training, it helps seniors with business leadership...

The project 55+ aims to foster the adoption of an active lifestyle. The 55+ specialists must be over 55 years of age and enrolled to provide services and assistance to...

The platform was designed to help improve the quality of life of the senior. A forum to discuss and present the solutions that companies, organisations and institutions provide to meet...

This is a paper conducted through the European Women Entrepreneurs Mentoring Network Project by KAGİDER (Women Entrepreneurs Association in Turkey). This paper reflects a professional perspective and guidance on what...

The "Accompaniment 2.0" service is designed for jobseekers over 50. The main objective is to return to employment by enhancing their professional career paths and skills through the use of...

Activa Seniors is a winning project of the Lanzadera de Emprendimiento initiative of the Santa María de la Real Foundation in collaboration with Fuenlabrada City Council. Its innovative objective is...

The AGE project aims to bring together, through a mentoring process, Assets of Experience (senior talent) and Assets of Potential (young talent) with the following aspects: 1. It is not...

KOSGEB is a prominent organization in supporting enterprises – especially SMEs – to sustain their businesses. To this aim, KOSGEB provides funds for businesses in Turkey. As a condition set...

ARGEMENTOR+ is a SME Mentorship Project, supported by TÜBİTAK. The project aims to support SMEs through development in indorsement, current marketshare, establishing a global market or increasing current global sales....

This training was delivered online by North Anatolian Development Agency (KUZKA) to 36 participants by 11 trainers. The training adopted a holistic approach by combining theoretical aspects with practical activities...

Bizipoz is a cooperative that encourages the empowerment of older people. It designs and develops active ageing programs that respond to the current reality: life expectancy is increasing and people...

This initiative aims to promote the employability of informal caregivers of persons suffering from multiple sclerosis, through training and workshops to enhance caregiver skills and to foster their integration in...

Creating solutions not only for the health sector, but also, for all other sectors, Deep Tech have had breakthrough impacts, such as unmanned air vehicle technologies on defence strategies. In...

DIY Toolkit A collection of practical tools to trigger and support social innovation, designed by Nesta, an innovation foundation based in the UK. The toolkit has been designed for development...

Enterprise Ireland, together with four Business Innovation Centres in Ireland, has developed a range of Smart Start programmes aimed at guiding and supporting entrepreneurs with a range of workshops and...

Aimed at early-stage start-ups, New Frontiers is Enterprise Ireland’s national entrepreneur development programme, 2021 – 2025. Its purpose is to support early-stage start-ups and accelerate their development through practical and...

The Enterprise Ireland Information Store for Start-Ups provides an array of useful links on the following topics: 1. Setting up a business 2. Business plans 3. Incubation space 4. Import/...

The Supporting SME’s Online Tool is a new cross-governmental guide that allows small businesses to find the most suitable government support for their business by answering 8 online questions. There...

Enterprise Ireland is a government organisation that works together with Irish enterprises to help them start, innovate and grow export sales in global markets. Enterprise Ireland’s Mentor Network has a...

Enterprise Ireland RENEWED is Ireland’s national enterprise policy. The document informs of Ireland’s enterprise policy framework. It covers enterprises of all sizes, origins, sectors, and at all stages of development....

Enterprise Ireland offer workshops to help people with innovative and ambitious start-up ideas explore their business idea, and understand and evaluate the entrepreneurship process and what is involved. The workshops...

The Entrepreneur 50+ Award is granted by the Portuguese Centre Region Coordination and Regional Development Commission (CCDRC) in collaboration with 23 partner institutions. This award aims to promote senior entrepreneurship...

Aimed at mitigating long-term unemployment and young adults’ access to the labour market, this project seeks to promote local development through employability and entrepreneurship. It provides support in the areas...

On the Entrepreneur Factory website relevant information can be found about training activities, consulting and available incubation-prototyping-production spaces to support the development of a business idea, or to create and...

Based upon the accredited MME syllabus, The Entrepreneur Mentoring Program is designed to empower commercial and social entrepreneurs within SMEs by matching them with trained mentors and facilitating the setting...

The Entrepreneur Roadmap provides coaching and resources to help accelerate entrepreneurs’ ventures. It is primarily recommended for first-time entrepreneurs and seasoned founders alike. The Roadmap provides guidance through four stages;...

Authored by D. Halabisky and issued in 2012, by OECD, the policy paper Entrepreneurial Activities in Europe tackles the issues surrounding population ageing within the European Union, namely in the...

Focused on the northern region of Portugal, the project Entrepreneurship 45-60 aims to promote employment and to support labour mobility of the unemployed and qualified population over 45 years of...

Entrepreneurship 5.0 is a training and mentoring programme aimed at people aged 50 years or over, who want to develop their entrepreneurial skills. The programme is suited to the employed...

Published in 2015, by IFDEP (Portuguese Institute for the Promotion and Development of Entrepreneurship), this report provides an overview of the entrepreneurial profile of the population over 45 years of...

The Entrepreneurship Guide 101 has been prepared by Habitat Derneği (Habitat Association) with the primary aim of raising awareness of entrepreneurship on individuals and society. This document is a descriptive...

The rural areas of Spain are ageing and emptying, threatening the existence of many towns. Faced with this problem, this dissertation proposes to focus on the elderly who live in...

From 2014 to the end of 2017, SUCOOL (https://sucool.sabanciuniv.edu/tr) supported 65 initiatives in their programs. 46 of them graduated by completing the program. 23 of the 46 graduates have established...

FET (Further Education & Training) –Start Your Own Business – QQI Level 5 Award A twice-weekly evening course running for 13 weeks. The course aims to provide learners with the...

In 2015, the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, the Secretary of State for Social Services and Equality and the Institute for the Elderly and Social Services developed the...

This strategy is a renewal of the Xunta de Galicia's commitment to guaranteeing the well-being and quality of life of the elderly. The strategy is articulated along three strategic lines:...

The latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report issued by the GEM consortium, gathers harmonised indicators on entrepreneurship around the world. It provides information on entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ecosystems, as well as...

This intergenerational and community project of social entrepreneurship is structured around the promotion of traditional, locally-based Mediterranean food and gastronomy. It aims to recover local healthy food habits based on...

Dublin Business Innovation Centre, on behalf of Enterprise Ireland, deliver SPRINT, a programme designed specifically for Enterprise Ireland’s High Potential Start-Up clients seeking initial seed investment within the next 6...

The IAPMEI (Institute for SME Support and Innovation) website provides relevant information on a wide range of programs, initiatives and services to support entrepreneurship and to foster business and management...

The territorial area SUDOE will have the oldest population in Europe by 2050. In view of the aging of its population and the increased need for products/services adapted to the...

On 26th and 27th November 2020, the second International Congress SILVER ECONOMY: Active and Healthy Ageing was held in Zamora (Castilla y León). It generated a first level scientific meeting...

Promotes ideas created by people over 60. In its commitment to diversity, Coca-Cola launched this program in 2017, with Aquarius and Fundación Ashoka. Every year, projects of a social nature...

This project aims to support the creation of micro-businesses. It targets unemployed and underemployed people and offers an integrated solution to overcome three key barriers to self-employment: lack of skills,...

Incubator is aimed at people in the Ile de France region between the ages of 50 and 70 (unemployed, salaried workers, retirees), who have an idea for creating a business...

In 2016, The Ireland Smart Ageing Exchange (ISAX), together with DCU Ryan Academy and Local Enterprise Offices, with funding from the Bank of Ireland, launched the programme, ‘Ingenuity’ aimed at...

INGEW Webinar is a platform in which guidance for entrepreneurs is provided via videos and webinars. Industry-specific experiences and consultancy services are provided with the purpose of supporting start-ups through...

Starting from a context of a growing, ageing population and an incipient school uncertainty, this document presents a pre-project of group prevention, aimed at older people and secondary school students...

This is a training programme based on the key fundamentals of business succession (strategy, finance, legal, cultural and social aspects). The mentoring module, included in the 4 modules of the...

The International Centre on Ageing (CENIE) is the result of the collaboration between the General Foundation of the University of Salamanca (ES), the General Foundation of the Higher Council for...

The free online course, Introduction to Ageing for Innovators, is offered by the University of Salamanca and it is an initiative of the International Centre on Ageing (CENIE) and part...

ISENT offer a Social Enterprise Helpline: 0892550289 to help and support social enterprises, social entrepreneurs and social enterprises. Calls are free and aim to: - Provide information on newly available...

ISENT, the national representative of social enterprises in Ireland, are running a series of clinics via Zoom to help social enterprises with any issues they are facing, from starting an...

Grupo SSI (Servicios Sociales Integrados S. Coop) is a cooperative with more than 32 years of experience that integrates social initiative and public utility companies, made up of professionals in...

Koç University Social Impact Forum (KUSIF) was established in 2012 as a social impact focused research and implementation centre to encourage social innovation through research, education and collaboration. KUSIF, in...

Local Enterprise Offices hold an annual Local Enterprise week which consists of a series of local business events and initiatives, including networking events and workshops. In 2021, the events took...

Local Enterprise Offices operate 31 teams across the Local Authority Government network in Ireland. They provide advice, support and information about starting or growing your business in Ireland. They aim...

The programme helps companies seeking advice on early-stage growth, particularly on securing investment and scaling the business in international markets. At the end of the programme, participants will make an...

The ERASMUS+ Strategic Partnership project started on 1 November 2017. This project was proposed as a follow-up to two previous ERASMUS+ projects: TRUST ME and CERTI4TRAIN. TRUST ME developed competence...

Within the framework of a literature review project, lecturers from the University of Deusto have written this scientific article: We live in a complex environment that makes organisations face increasing...

A vast collection of mentoring resources available to download for free. Downloadable e-sources available include: - E-book: The Definite Guide to Remote Mentoring - The Complete Mentoring Program Toolkit -...

ITU Çekirdek is an incubation centre established by Istanbul Technical University and ITU ARI Teknokent in 2012. ITU Çekirdek is a wide entrepreneurship platform that brings together more than 40...

A bespoke Mentoring programme over 8 weeks. The programme includes: - X3 1:1 Mentoring sessions - X2 Peer-Focused Workshops - X2 Expert-led Masterclasses - X3 Licenses to a Curated Online...

Micro Nest is a social entrepreneurship incubator that promotes the creation of alternative and sustainable life projects for families facing unemployment and/or socioeconomic vulnerability, through inclusive micro-entrepreneurship. This project has...

This study conducted by the ILO-year partnership in 2014, 'More and Better Jobs for Women: Decent Work for Women's Empowerment in Turkey' was prepared during the project. The main purpose...

This charter, co-signed by two ministers in 2013, meets two main objectives - Firstly, to provide a reference framework in the practice of entrepreneurial mentoring to all actors wishing to...

The National Social Enterprise for Ireland 2019 – 2022 Policy focuses on 3 main objectives: 1. Building Awareness of Social Enterprise 2. Growing and Strengthening Social Enterprise 3. Achieving Better...

This article provides a better understanding of what a mentor is, what his or her role is, and why he or she should be supported. When a new entrepreneur embarks...

This project aims to increase self-employment through an immersive experience of eight months in length in businesses related to forestry, organic vegetable production, nature tourism and the processing of healthy...

Integrated in the online platform Startup Portugal this One Stop Shop targets entrepreneurs and investors and compiles all the required information to create and run a business in Portugal. It...

Silver Economy Innovation Space is an area for learning, meeting, dialogue and exchange between companies, research groups, administration and citizens, but also a great opportunity to do business, find a...

Mentoring is used by Istanbul Bilgi University, Civil Society Studies Centre as a tool to strengthen the capacities of NGOs within the scope of Bilgi Social Incubation support programs. Topics...

The Peer Mentoring approach is considered as one of the mentoring types that provides the greatest benefit to the development of the training process. Thanks to successful Peer Mentoring practices,...

Created in 2009, PORDATA is part of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation, and it aims to gather, organise, and disseminate relevant information vis a vis several areas of Portuguese...

Optimised post-creation downstream support, provided by initiative platforms, incubators and business centres, involving personalised technical monitoring of the entrepreneur, sponsorship by volunteers, contacts with partners and experts in the structures,...

The Postgraduate in Silver Economy is designed to provide managers and middle management with the necessary tools to accelerate and enhance their implementation in the market segment of the elderly,...

This is a project coordinated by Ankara Development Agency and Turkish National Agency within the scope of Erasmus+ Programme (KA2). The project aims to report and designate the needs for...

Issued in 2016, by IAPMEI (Institute for SME Support and Innovation), this practical introductory guide is based upon a model of question and answers and aims to provide basic information...

Most older unemployed people do not necessarily consider the possibility of starting their own businesses by exploiting their many years of experience and acquired knowledge. In order to become an...

Re Think Ireland, previously named Social Innovation Growth Fund Ireland, provides business supports and funding to Social enterprises and charities in Ireland. They provide advice and knowledge, networks and connections,...

Rural 3.0 is set as a knowledge alliance between different European Universities and rural partners, each with a different history, different experiences with rural social entrepreneurship and/or rural service learning...

SAVIA is a non-profit project led by the Endesa Foundation. The Foundation's activity focuses on four areas of action: education, employment training, environment and culture. The project falls within the...

SAVIA Twins is a corporate volunteering programme in which Endesa employee volunteers from all over Spain will participate as mentors for unemployed seniors registered on the SAVIA platform. These volunteers...

SECOT is an association that provides tools and resources for the development of small businesses, supporting senior entrepreneurs in their initiative to implement a business project. SECOT's mission is focused...

Supporting the recognition of the Silver Economy in Europe in the Digital era’ was designed to launch the first European-level award scheme rewarding innovative solutions for a better quality of...

SEED UP is a programme consisting of training, academic and industry-specific mentorship and consultancy services for startups operating in the areas of Bursa, Eskişehir, and Bilecik. This programme aims to...

Senior Enterprise was set up in 2010 and ran until 2013. It was an EU initiative supported by INTERREG IVB NWE. It aimed to raise awareness and support seniors over...

The Programme aims: • To encourage the participant to explore, identify and plan a potential entrepreneurial or micro-enterprise opportunity in a particular sector, social environment or organisation . • To...

The report Senior Entrepreneurship in Europe: Successful Case Studies and Recommendations for Northern Portugal, is an output of the Entrepreneurship 45-60 project, which presents key findings and conclusions about senior...

Aimed at devising a strategy to support senior entrepreneurship, this study provides an assessment of the state of the art regarding senior entrepreneurship and senior skilled unemployment in the northern...

Issued in 2013 by OECD, and authored by Teemu Kautonen, Senior Entrepreneurship. A background paper for the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development, offers an overview of research...

Integrated in the project Entrepreneurship 45-60, the Senior Match Business – Create your Business was an entrepreneurship support pilot programme that provided access to business plans, brainstorming sessions, training, mentoring...

The project Senior Movement aims to promote active ageing and to change the traditional perception of the elderly as a vulnerable and dependent group, through the improvement of their wellbeing...

The Senior Universities aims to foster the active ageing of persons aged 50 years or more, as well as to improve their skills and knowledge in arts, ITC, sports, social...

An interesting article that repositions the notion of the senior citizen. At what age does one become senior? What are the statistics on the employment of seniors? How can seniors...

The project will provide to the target group of consumers, employees and employers disregarding their age, a relatively broad view on the issue of the Silver Economy, a change in...

An entrepreneurship project aimed at entrepreneurs, companies or self-employed professionals who want to explore new business opportunities in the field of the elderly. The objectives pursued are: - To promote...

Silver Economy Taldea has created a database with documentary resources on the subject, which can be searched from various categories (general/housing; trends/health and care; and welfare/leisure and services/proximity). Specific resources...

The International Centre on Ageing (CENIE) has set up a blog to share articles on the Silver Economy. This space aims to be an open reality towards ageing and what,...

This training aims to support participants, who are willing to be a SME mentor or SME Counselor, in order to use their expertise and experience in guiding enterprises effectively. The...

ISENT, the national representative of social enterprises in Ireland, offer a free, downloadable Social Enterprise Toolkit on their website featuring the following chapters: 1. Introduction to Social Enterprise 2. Mission...

Social Entrepreneurs is an organisation offering supports to help Social Entrepreneurs succeed. They offer the following programmes: 1. The Ideas Academy: a 3-month programme that provides support and direction to...

In Turkey, both the supply and demand side of the traditional financing model is well-known. However, the social entrepreneurship sector has its own unique nature and needs. The guidelines in...

The project aims to promote the integration of migrant youth through social entrepreneurship. To do this, a mentorship system will be enhanced within the project scope. 20 social entrepreneur mentor...

The SILK Method Duck is a collection of methods, principles and prompt cards developed for use by project teams, designers, project managers, social science researchers and community and economic developmental...

In the Ile-de-France region, in 2018, nearly two thousand sponsors or mentors supported and accompanied young and not so young people in the construction and implementation of their professional project....

This podcast available at Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Anchor FM, aims to promote Portuguese entrepreneurs and their businesses. Hosted by the journalist Mariana Barbosa, each podcast episode has an invited...

Statistics Portugal is a national service that produces official statistical information relevant for the Portuguese society. Statistics Portugal online platform, amongst other relevant topics, offers data and studies on demographics,...

A blog post from social innovation experts to help guide social innovators with the initial stage of embarking on a project. The article argues that strategic planning and evaluation are...

Su Mentor is the mentoring division of the SuDirectivo Group, which offers a new style of mentoring, a tool to accelerate the learning curve of managers with potential. They offer...

Authored by Robert Blackburn and David Smallbone, and issued by OECD, in 2017, Sustaining Self-employment for Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs, addresses the issues and barriers faced by ‘disadvantaged entrepreneurs’ - women, youths,...

The SWOT method allows upstream, internal, and external analysis of identified strengths: What are my strengths in this entrepreneurial project, mentoring as a senior? As well as the weaknesses: What...

Tech Startup School is an acceleration program supporting entrepreneurs with high potential in the field of technology and aims to establish sustainable business, from the idea phase to launching. Tech...

TechAnkara, in progress since 2014 with the support of Ankara Development Agency, is a technical support project which aims to improve the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Ankara for the enhancement of...

This study aims to examine the effect of participating in the Volunteer Management Mentoring Program on entrepreneurship tendency and leadership self-efficacy. The article presents guidance for entrepreneurship, leadership, self-efficacy, research...

A 14 week, fully-funded programme aimed at helping learners with the process of starting a business. Participants will receive support, advice and practical training from a team of experienced entrepreneurs...

The latest edition of the biennial OECD/EU reports, The Missing Entrepreneurs, highlights that seniors (50-64 years old) are the largest group of self-employed persons in the EU. This report equally...

Entrepreneurs innovate, finding new solutions to social and economic problems, they identify and exploit opportunities for growth, they provide jobs for themselves and others, and with good projects they generate...

Nesta believe the methods for social innovation should be a common property and should evolve through shared learning. They created The Open Book of Social Innovation to do just that....

This study is the thesis study of an expert working at İŞKUR (Turkish Employment Agency). It is important for individuals to remain active and healthy in order to maximize the...

The Silver Economy Company is a company specialised in the development of business plans for companies related to the Silver Economy or that want to enter it. They create products,...

Juan Carlos Alcaide (2019), a pioneer of the Silver Economy in Spain, has written a manifesto indicating the basic principles of the Silver Economy. Taking into account the Silver Economy...

In Ireland, where the private or State sector does not provide services to support communities, community and voluntary organisations have historically delivered these services themselves. Their work is acknowledged by...

The Wisdom of Age: A Handbook for Staff is a comprehensive resource designed to offer program staff specific tools and promising practices to best recruit, train and support mentors over...

This article, although not recent, is interesting because it reflects on both the value of mentoring for entrepreneurs and elements of learning through the work of different authors. The article...

In the context of the entrepreneurship conference, the objective here will be to: - Stimulate the entrepreneurial spirit and create the conditions for mobilising and supporting all talents to support...

The Transmission of Experience through Digitally Trained Senior Mentors to Mentees (TEaTIME) project is a research-driven project aimed at senior citizens who are regarded as digitally low-skilled but good at...

The Centre for Social Innovation, Trinity College Dublin Business School, offers an open and welcoming learning space where a wide number of participants can challenge current thinking and co-create new...

Entrepreneurship is a far and wide area of policy which interacts with other policy areas. Entrepreneurship policies, which used to be considered in the past as an “extension” to SME...

A selection and outline of 10 practical, popular and proven digital tools to help boost efficiency and productivity: - Dropbox - Slack - Canva - Asana - Zendesk - Hootsuite...

This document promotes ageing as an opportunity, while empowering older people as social capital that facilitates new forms of economic and social development, placing value on the relational economy (health...

The project "YEP! is an Erasmus + project with Young Entrepreneur Mentors, Unemployed Adults" and aims to develop a training programme for young entrepreneurs (18-30 years old) and start-up entrepreneurs...