"<< Background >>B-ECO is an EU wide partnership project designed to identify core and innovative learning methods that best encourage success in competencies and skills (based on EntreComp) related Continuous Improvement Skills, and innovation activities for VET trainers in the eco-entrepreneurial sector and entrepreneurs, potential entrepreneurs, unemployed people, & start-ups.The EC sees entrepreneurship as acting upon opportunities and ideas and transforming them into value for others, which can be financial, cultural, or social. Our entrepreneurship policy aims to support companies, in particular SMEs, throughout their life cycle, promoting entrepreneurial education at all levels, as well as reaching out and encouraging specific groups with entrepreneurial potential ('Supporting entrepreneurship', EC, 2021). However, although the entrepreneurial sector needs to be boosted, especially by providing modern and innovative training to the future & potential entrepreneurs, as a society, we should not forget the fight against climate change & pollution. The environmental crisis is worsening each year, forcing the companies to be greener to counteract the greenhouse emissions and not incur more damages to the environment. The greenhouse gas emissions (CO2 units) in the EU for 2018 were the following: CY 153.8, SL 94.4, GR 90.8, PT 118.9, IT 84.4, PL 87.4 (source: EEA, 2021). Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a central objective of European policies to limit global warming and climate change (EC, 2021); that is the reason why the EC is implementing different initiatives & legal tools as the '2020 Climate & Energy Package' or the '2030 Climate and Energy Framework'.About eco-innovation, it was below the average in a lot of European countries in 2018 (being EU average 100, Cyprus 56, Poland 59, Greece 75, Slovenia 94, according to the EC). Moreover, most of these new eco-companies fail during the first two years of life (in the EU the new business rate was 3.2% while the discontinuous rate was 2.6% in 2014; GEM Global), and many potential entrepreneurs have a high fear of failure. While there has been a wide focus on promoting entrepreneurship among the European Union, the different facts that make those entrepreneurs fail almost as much as they create are still very present, and it is essential to fight them to increase the success of start-ups in the EU, and especially eco-entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs are an important pillar of the EU economy, and it is essential to provide them with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed; B-ECO would not only train them in important competencies and skills (based on EntreComp), and tools but also with the ability to become innovative and to stand out in the market instead of drowning on it. According to the EC: ""By supporting new processes, technologies and services that make business greener, eco-innovation helps Europe optimise its growth potential while addressing our common challenges.""Through the guide of experts in this area, our partners will contribute with their wide experience finding best practices, case studies, lessons learnt and future opportunities. During the project, we will deliver training and practical managerial education among training providers from partner’s countries through an innovative training focused on eco-entrepreneurship, innovation and management on eco-businesses, and a new and innovative e-learning platform oriented to create a unique space of shared knowledge and experiences between course users. This innovative training course will function in both ways, 2 to be delivered by trainers & 2 independently as online course to help us reach the highest possible quantity of users. Our strategic partnership will focus on promoting access and learning through Open Educational Resources (OER), supporting ICT in VET field to improve and extend the offer of high-quality learning opportunities tailored to individual trainers by including innovative ways of delivery.<< Objectives >>Through the guide of experts in this area, our partners will contribute with their wide experience finding best practices, case studies, lessons learnt and future opportunities. During the project, we will deliver training and practical managerial education among training providers from partner’s countries through an innovative training focused on eco-entrepreneurship, innovation and management on eco-businesses, and a new and innovative e-learning platform oriented to create a unique space of shared knowledge and experiences between course users. This innovative training course will function in both ways, 2 to be delivered by trainers & 2 independently as online course to help us reach the highest possible quantity of users. Our strategic partnership will focus on promoting access and learning through Open Educational Resources (OER), supporting ICT in VET field to improve and extend the offer of high-quality learning opportunities tailored to individual trainers by including innovative ways of delivery.<< Implementation >>All major expected results are listed & detailed in of the project results (please refer to the Implementation section) and are part of: R1 The Eco-entrepreneurs Training Course Structure Development R2 Didactic materials for VET TeachersR3 Case Studies Collection “Greatest hits”R4 Social Eco e-Learning Platform Additionally, the B-ECO project foresees a set of management, dissemination, monitoring & evaluation and coordination results, namely:<< Results >>1. Project Management: - Project Roadmap, which will include the partnership agreement, detailed work plan (including information about project meetings, project activities and tasks), detailed description of the roles and responsibilities of each partner involved, and listing of project indicators and impacts to be achieved; - Project Management Handbook which will compile all necessary management and reporting tools to be used by the partners, including templates for quarterly reporting, contacts from the Staff team allocated to the project, guidelines for management, administrative work and financial control; - Interim and Final Reports: following the format requested by the Executive Agency, the Interim and Final Reports will be written by the coordinator with the support of all partners and will be submitted to the National Agency. 2. Monitoring and Evaluation - Quality Management Plan, which will describe the quality-check procedures that will be implemented to ensure high quality of the project achievements (results namely) and consistency of the work performed within the project. It will also include a description of the actions that will be taken to guarantee the efficiency and quality of the project outcomes and procedures; - Coordination and Partnership Quality Reports will be tools for assessing and monitoring the quality of the project activities and results according to defined methodology and strategy; 3. Dissemination - Dissemination & Communication Strategic Plan: it will outline a set of dissemination activities including (i) Project dissemination strategy addressing the best way to promote the project; (ii) Project dissemination materials inspired in the technical proposal and on the intermediate project results; (iii) Definition of channels for communication and establishment of a differentiated mailing list of target groups of stakeholders and interested parties. All partners will be invited to either contribute to the list or to take care in forwarding project communication to their contacts. The partners will also perform “project networking” continuously."