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1601-TÜBİTAK Support Program for the Enhancement of the Capacity in the Fields of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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...
Tools and resources Turkey Turkish Document

3MVET Mentor's handbook

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...
Projects Turkey Bulgarian Dutch English Spanish Turkish Document

50pro

"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...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches Spain Spanish Website

55+

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...
Projects Portugal Portuguese Website

60ymuchomás

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...
Good practices Spain Spanish Website

A Paper for European Women Entrepreneurs Mentoring Network Project

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...
Good practices Turkey Turkish Document

Accompanying Seniors 2.0

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...
Projects France French Document Website

Activa Seniors

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...
Projects Spain Spanish Audio / Podcast

AGE Project: Senior Mentoring in DKV Seguros

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...
Projects Spain Spanish Website

Applied Entrepreneurship Training by KOSGEB

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...
Good practices Turkey English Turkish Website

ARGEMENTOR+ SME MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME

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....
Projects Turkey Turkish Website

Basic Mentorship Training

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...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches Turkey Turkish Website

Bizipoz

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...
Good practices Spain Spanish Website

Caregiver Workshops

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...
Projects Portugal Portuguese Website

Deep Dive into Deep Tech (Deep tech Entrepreneurship in the World and Turkey)

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...
Projects Turkey English Turkish Document

Design and creation of an intergenerational mentoring platform for the elderly

Projects Colombia Spanish Document

DIY (Development Impact You) Toolkit

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...
Tools and resources United Kingdom English Website

Enterprise Ireland - Dublin BIC Smart Start Initiative

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...
Projects Ireland English Website

Enterprise Ireland - New Frontiers – National Programme for Developing Entrepreneurs

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...
Projects Ireland English Website

Enterprise Ireland – Information Store for Start-Ups

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/...
Tools and resources Ireland English Website

Enterprise Ireland – Supporting SME’s Online Tool

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...
Tools and resources Ireland English Website

Enterprise Ireland Mentor Network

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...
Projects Ireland English Website

Enterprise Ireland RENEWED 2025

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....
Policy papers Ireland English Document

Enterprise Ireland’s START Workshops

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...
Projects Ireland English Website

Entrepreneur 50+ Award

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...
Good practices Portugal Portuguese Website

Entrepreneur Factory

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...
Tools and resources Portugal Portuguese Website

Entrepreneur Factory

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...
Projects Portugal Portuguese Website

Entrepreneur Mentoring Program

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...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches United Kingdom English Website

Entrepreneur Roadmap

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;...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches USA English Website

Entrepreneurial Activities in Europe - Senior Entrepreneurship

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...
Policy papers Portugal Portuguese Document

Entrepreneurship 45-60

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...
Projects Portugal Portuguese Website

Entrepreneurship 5.0

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...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches Portugal Portuguese Website

Entrepreneurship Amongst Persons over 45 years of age in Portugal

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...
Policy papers Portugal Portuguese Document

Entrepreneurship Guide 101

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...
Policy papers Turkey Turkish Document

Entrepreneurship in the Silver Economy. A response to the demographic challenge.

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...
Projects Spain Spanish Document

Excess Food

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...
Good practices Turkey Turkish Website

Facing the issue of employment of older people in an ageing Europe

Tools and resources France French Document Video

FET (Further Education & Training) –Start Your Own Business – QQI Level 5 Award

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...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches Ireland English Website

Framework for action for older people. Proposals and recommendations to strengthen the exercise of the rights of older people.

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...
Policy papers Spain Spanish Document

Galician strategy for active ageing

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:...
Good practices Spain Galician Spanish Document

Getting to know mentoring better...discussed in France

Policy papers France French Video

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2019/2020 Global Report

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...
Policy papers United Kingdom English Document

Grandma's Kitchen - Healthy Food, Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship

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...
Projects Portugal Portuguese Website

HPSU SPRINT Investor Ready Programme

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...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches Ireland English Website

IAPMEI Support to Entrepreneurs

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...
Tools and resources Portugal Portuguese Website

ICT4SILVER

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...
Projects Portugal English French Portuguese Spanish Website

II SILVER ECONOMY International Congress

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...
Policy papers Spain Spanish Video

IMPARABLES / unstoppable

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...
Projects Spain Spanish Website

Impulse: Entrepreneurs and Businesses that Grow Together

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,...
Projects Portugal Portuguese Website

Incubator - giving a chance to entrepreneurs aged 50 and over

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...
Projects France French Document

Ingenuity – Competitive Start Fund and Business Development Programme

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...
Projects Ireland English Website

INGEV Webinar

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...
Projects Turkey Arabic Turkish Website

Intergenerational mentoring

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...
Projects Spain Spanish Website

INtergenerational Succession in SMEs' Transition -INSIST Erasmus + Project

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...
Projects France French Document

International Centre on Ageing

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...
Tools and resources Portugal Portuguese Website

Introduction to Ageing for Innovators

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...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches Portugal English Portuguese Spanish Website

Irish Social Enterprise Network (ISENT) – Helpline

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...
Tools and resources Ireland English Website

Irish Social Enterprise Network (ISENT) – Social Enterprise Virtual Coffee Clinics

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...
Tools and resources Ireland English Website

ISS Group: Entrepreneurship and employment in the ageing sector

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...
Tools and resources Spain Spanish Website

Keeping senior workers in employment

Tools and resources France English French Document Website

KUSIF

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...
Tools and resources Turkey Turkish Document

Local Enterprise Offices – Annual Local Enterprise Week

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...
Projects Ireland English Document Website

Local Enterprise Offices – Dublin City Mentor Programme

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...
Projects Ireland English Website

Local Enterprise Offices – Hi Start – Get your Business Investor Ready

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...
Projects Ireland English Website

MentorCert

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...
Projects United Kingdom Hungarian Website

Mentoring an Entrepreneur: Guide for a Mentor

Methodologies and pedagogical approaches USA English Document

Mentoring by seniors as a tool for innovation and knowledge management in organisations

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...
Projects Spain Spanish Document

Mentorloop - Free professional mentoring resources

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 -...
Tools and resources Australia English Website

Mentorship Effect in Entrepreneurship

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...
Tools and resources Turkey Turkish Website

MentorsWork – skills and supports to help your business thrive

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...
Projects Ireland English Website

Micro Nest Social Entrepreneurship

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...
Projects Portugal Portuguese Social network

More and Better Jobs for Women: Decent Work for Women's Empowerment in Turkey Project

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...
Projects Turkey Turkish Document

National Charter for Entrepreneurial Mentoring

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...
Policy papers France French Document Website

National Social Enterprise for Ireland 2019 - 2022 Policy

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...
Policy papers Ireland English Document Website

Notion of mentor

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...
Tools and resources France French Website

Nursery of Employment

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...
Projects Portugal Portuguese Document

One Stop Shop for Start-Uppers

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...
Tools and resources Portugal Portuguese Website

Open innovation space

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...
Tools and resources Spain Spanish Website

Our Mentoring Experience: A Guide for CSOs Aiming to Provide Mentoring

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...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches Turkey English Turkish Document

Peer Mentors Making A Difference

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,...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches Turkey Turkish Document

Peer-to-peer exchange for successful start-ups

Good practices France French Document Video Website

PORDATA

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...
Tools and resources Portugal Portuguese Website

Post-creation support

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,...
Projects France French Website

Postgraduate Silver Economy

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,...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches Spain Spanish Website

Powerful Educators, Powerful Cooperatives

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...
Projects Turkey Turkish Document Video Website

Practical Guide for Entrepreneurs

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...
Good practices Portugal Portuguese Document

Promoting ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS and the potential of SENIOR JOB SEEKERS

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...
Projects European Union English French Document Website

Re Think Ireland - supporting Social Innovation

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,...
Good practices Ireland English Document Website

Rural 3.0. Service Learning for the rural development

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...
Projects Portugal English Website

SAVIA

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...
Projects Spain Spanish Website

SAVIA Twins

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...
Projects Spain Spanish Website

SECOT (Spanish Seniors for Technical Cooperation)

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...
Tools and resources Spain Spanish Website

SEED European Silver Economy Awards

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...
Projects Germany Finnish German Slovenian Spanish Website

SEED UP Innovative Entrepreneurship Programme

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...
Tools and resources Turkey Turkish Website

Senior Enterprise – an initiative designed to encourage a greater involvement with enterprise for people aged 50+

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...
Good practices Ireland English Website

Senior Entrepreneurship Action Programme

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...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches European Union English Document

Senior Entrepreneurship in Europe: Successful Case Studies and Recommendations for Northern Portugal

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...
Policy papers Portugal Portuguese Document

Senior Entrepreneurship: State of the Art and Development Strategy

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...
Policy papers Portugal Portuguese Document

Senior Entrepreneurship. A background paper for the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development

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...
Policy papers OECD English Document

Senior Match Business – Create your Business

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...
Good practices Portugal Portuguese Website

Senior Movement

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...
Projects Portugal Portuguese Website

Senior Universities Network

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...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches Portugal Portuguese Website

Seniors place in the entreprise

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...
Tools and resources France English French Document Website

Seven urgent issues to improve longevity: Activate the Silver Economy Radar

Tools and resources Spain Spanish Image / Infographic

Silver economy

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...
Projects Hungary English Hungarian Slovak Website

Silver Economy entrepreneurship

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...
Projects Spain Spanish Website

Silver economy Taldea: document resources

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...
Tools and resources Spain Spanish Website

Silver Economy: an open reality. Blog for the International Centre on Ageing

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,...
Tools and resources Spain Spanish Website

SME Mentorship Training

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...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches Turkey Turkish Website

Social Enterprise Toolkit – Irish Social Enterprise Network (ISENT)

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...
Tools and resources Ireland English Website

Social Entrepreneurs – supporting Social Entrepreneurs on every step of their journey.

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...
Good practices Ireland English Document Website

Social Finance Directory

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...
Tools and resources Turkey Turkish Document

Social Inclusion Of Refugee Youth Through Social Entrepreneurship

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...
Projects Turkey English Turkish Website

Social Innovation Lab Kent – The Method Duck

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...
Tools and resources United Kingdom English Website

Sponsorship or mentoring in France: a system to be promoted

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....
Projects France French Document Website

Start Now. Cry Later

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...
Tools and resources Portugal Portuguese Audio / Podcast

Statistics Portugal

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,...
Tools and resources Portugal Portuguese Website

Strategic Planning and Evaluation: Tools for Realizing Results – Stanford University

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...
Tools and resources USA English Website

SuDirective SuMentor Groups

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...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches Spain Spanish Website

Sustaining Self-employment for Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs

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,...
Policy papers OECD English Document

SWOT – strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threat

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...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches European Union English French App Document Video Website

Tech Startup School

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...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches Turkey Turkish Website

TechAnkara

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...
Projects Turkey Turkish Website

The Effect of the Volunteer Management Mentoring Program on Mentors’ Entrepreneurship Tendency and Leadership Self-efficacy

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...
Policy papers Turkey English Turkish Document

The Entrepreneurs Academy – Kick Start Your New Business – Training and Mentoring Support Programme

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...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches Ireland English Website

The Entreprides

Good practices France French Audio / Podcast Document

The EVE Programme

Tools and resources European Union English French Video Website

The mentor in France

Policy papers European Union French Social network

The Missing Entrepreneurs 2019 - Policies for inclusive entrepreneurship

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...
Policy papers OECD English Document

The Missing Entrepreneurs 2019 POLICIES FOR INCLUSIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP

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...
Projects European Union French Greek Portuguese Document Video Website

The Open Book of Social Innovation – Nesta

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....
Tools and resources United Kingdom English Document Website

The Role Of İŞKUR in the context of The Silver Economy and Active Aging and the measures to be taken

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...
Policy papers Turkey Turkish Document

The Silver Economy Company (by Juan Carlos Alcaide)

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,...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches Spain Spanish Website

The Silver Economy manifesto: basic principles of the senior economy

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...
Tools and resources Spain Spanish Website

The Strategy to Support the Community & Voluntary Sector in Ireland

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...
Policy papers Ireland English Document Website

The Wisdom of Age: A Handbook for Staff

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...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches USA English Document

Tools to help entrepreneurship

Good practices France French Document Website

Training for the novice entrepreneur: exploring the possibilities of mentoring

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...
Tools and resources France French Document Website

Training in entrepreneurship

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...
Methodologies and pedagogical approaches France French Document Video Website

Transmission of Experience through Digitally Trained Senior Mentors to Mentees

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...
Projects Turkey English Website

Trinity Business School – The Centre for Social Innovation – open learning space

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...
Tools and resources Ireland English Website

Turkey Entrepreneurship Strategy & Action Plan by KOSGEB

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...
Policy papers Turkey English Turkish Document

Valuing seniors in Luxembourg companies: a challenge and an opportunity

Tools and resources Luxembourg French Document

We are Ireland Online (.ie) – 10 digital tools to help you work smarter and grow faster

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

White Paper on Active Ageing

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...
Policy papers Spain Spanish Document

Yep – Young entrepreneur mentoring people

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...
Projects France French Document