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The overall objective of the Conventus project is to enhance the entrepreneurial skills of people working, or planning to work, in cooperatives.<\/p>\n
The project has target groups and beneficiaries on local\/regional, national and EU-level. Short term beneficiaries are groups like the employees, members and tutor\/mentors in co-operatives. The most important long-term beneficiaries will be the cooperative organisations and their staff at local, national and international level who offer training to their members<\/p>\n
Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n The purpose of the project is to create a greater understanding and knowledge\u00a0among the co-operators themselves of the situation of cooperatives in Europe, so as to\u00a0 to strengthen their self-esteem, cooperative identity and entrepreneurial skills. This will be done through regular meetings to learn and develop together with new contacts. ICT solutions will be employed to facilitate\u00a0the meetings and to give added value to the cooperation. The new skills that are required for the cooperative enterprise nowadays mean cooperative employees need to update their competences to assure a better match with labour market needs. Cooperatives can contribute to new job creation and address changes in society (new disadvantaged categories of job seekers, such as more older and younger unemployed due to ongoing demographic changes).<\/p>\n During the project an innovative learning model will be introduced. The learning model will be a combination of peer-to-peer learning and use of eLearning tools and social media. Transnational cooperation is an important factor in this work.<\/p>\n The project partners are:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For more information on project activities and results, please check our Final Report (2011_3591_FR_Conventus_public report<\/a>, pdf)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The overall objective of the Conventus project is to enhance the entrepreneurial skills of people working, or planning to work, in cooperatives. The project has target groups and beneficiaries on local\/regional, national and EU-level. Short term beneficiaries are groups like the employees, members and tutor\/mentors in co-operatives. The most important long-term beneficiaries will be … <\/p>\n\n
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
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