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Marta BronzoUni-key Project

Unikey Project: unleashing the entrepreneurial quality of placements abroad19th July 2012


Agenda

The Belgian- Italian Chamber of

Commerce

The Unikey Project: objectives and

activities

Managing the Unikey Project

Tips and lessons learned for EU project

drafting & management


The Belgian-Italian Chamber of Commerce (CCBI)

Belgian ASBL – Recognised by ItalyCCIE network – 150 offices in 50 countriesExpertise: business, training

(www.europeanmaster.net), EU affairsCurrent EU projects:

Open-EYE

2009-2013

Erasmus for young entrepreneurs – CIP

www.open-eye.net

Nantes 2010 Erasmus Placement - LLP http://we-mean-business.europa.eu

UNI-KEY LLP – Erasmus Multilateral Projects

www.uni-key.eu

EU-Canada EuropeAid http://eu-canada.com/

Training and networking for CSOs

EuropeAid – ENPI


Uni-key fact sheet

Funded by LLP Erasmus Multilateral ProjectsDuration: October 2011 – October 2013Leader: Univeristy of Applied Sciences Fulda

(Mr. Thomas Berger)Consortium: universities, research institutes,

Chambers of commerce, enterprises, NGOs from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, South Africa, Spain

Budget: 400.470€; EU Grant: 300.000€ (75%)


Uni-key context: the quality of placements abroad at SMEs

Students

• Get out of « Comfort-zone »

• Train European skills: intercultural, comm., etc.

• Get in touch with entrepren.

Univ

ersities

• Have the chance to internation-alise: student as transfer agent

SMEs

• Get fresh perspective (new tools, models, methods)

• Knowledge target market

• Benefit from student’s promotion

• Relation with university


Uni-key outcomes: unleashing the entrepreneurial mindset among mobile students

We promote contacts to entrepreneurs during placements

at SMEs

We turn key situations during placements abroad into

entrepreneurial learning opportunities

We turn students from beneficiaries of EU-funding into

promoters of trans-national cooperation (« knowledge

transfer agents »)

We involve Student-, University-, Enterprise-

Representatives in our quality board


Uni-key activities: 1 - key situations turned into entrepreneurial learning opportunities

1. Planning internship abroad turned into a career and financial planning exercise

2. Self-organisation during internship, including financial issues, turned into project management exercise

3. Confidentiality and ethically challenging situations turned into good governance exercise

4. Interim evaluation turned into a valorisation exercise concerning university-enterprise cooperation

5. Underchallenge and overstress situations during internship turned into an opportunity seizing exercise

6. Conflict situations during internship turned into a strategic self-development and creativity management exercise

7. Reporting on internship activities turned into valorisation and effective communication exercise


1. Ready to Go? Planning internship abroad turned into a career and financial planning exercise

2. Plan 2 succeed! Self-organization during internship, including financial issues, turned into project management exercise

3. Have you heard…? Confidentiality and ethical challenging situations turned into IPR Management and good governance exercise

4. I have an idea…! Identification of opportunities at host organization turned into valorization exercise concerning university-enterprise cooperation

5. Turn it around! Under-challenge and overstress situations during internship turned into an opportunity seizing exercise

6. Dare to change! Conflict situations during internship turned into a strategic self-development and creativity management exercise

7. Enjoy success! Reporting on internship activities turned into valorization and effective communication exercise

8. Train the Trainer

Uni-key activities: 2 – development of e-learning modules for exchange students


3-4 hours each module, 10 days, (1ECTS)Moodle platform and smart phone access2 pilot runs: autumn-winter 2012 and spring-

summer 201325 students and 25 entrepreneurs each pilotWe are recruiting on www.uni-key.eu

Uni-key activities: 3 – pilot runs


Provide students with the data/means to become

ambassadors of their home

university/region/country

Provide students with data/means to become

ambassador of their host

organisation/region/country

Provide students with a reason to think « outside

the box » of their placement and study course

Uni-key activities: 4 – turning students into knowledge transfer agents


Involve entrepreneurs (i.e. alumni of the EYE

programme)

Collect success stories to promote those

placements to all sides: SMEs, Universities,

Students

We collect and promote placement offers by

SMEs

We study a recommended format for

microexchance

Uni-key activities: 5 – foster micro exchange


Moodle platform to share documents, discuss ideas, record and monitor activities

On-line meetings: 1 or 2 times a month (Adobe Connect)

Shared responsibilities: WP leadership Working in sub-groups Monitoring quality: internal and external (Quality

Board) Structured communication plan (site, leaflet,

logo, social network, existing networks and tools, …)

Uni-key project management


Tips for EU project drafting

Analysis of EU/national/regional legislation and policy context

Analysis of projects funded by EU in the past, by same/related programmes

Integration/coordination with similar/related ongoing projects

Use results and best practices from past EU projects

Innovation, transferibility, dissemination

Use PCM tools (problem and objective trees, strategy selection, stakeholder analysis, and logical framework)


Tips for EU project drafting If possible, include diagram, drowings,

scenarios

Use EU geargon

Follow the instructions provided by EU (read all documentation)

Study the evaluation table (relevance, quality, impact, sustainability, etc.)

Share budget/activities among partners

Start well in advance

Strategic partner search (selection, EU added value, participatory approach, …)


Lessons learned about EU project management

Be aware of intercultural differences within the consortium: behaviour, ethics, language, working methods, …

Practical issues of working together: timezones, holidays, working hours, …

Foresee delays due to decision-making processes or difficulties encountered

Record everything (think about the interim/final report)

Set-up methods and procedures to share and to get everyone involved (including backstopping staff)


Thank you for your attention!

[email protected] Bronzo

Project ManagerBelgian-Italian Chamber of

Commerce (CCBI)

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