StartUp Academy project

StartUp Academy is a two-year project funded by the Erasmus+ Programme and implemented by a transnational consortium formed by five organisations representing five different EU countries (Hungary, Greece, Romania, Croatia and Spain). Our main goal is to develop and mainstream an accelerator programme for young adults with innovative business ideas in rural areas. With the implementation of the StartUp Academy project, we aim at reaching the following long-term objectives: To equip young adults with entrepreneurial ideas with all necessary skills and knowledge for putting their ideas into practice. To improve young adults’ employability opportunities through providing them with an innovative training curricula which is open, flexible and accessible from anywhere and anytime. To create awareness among local, regional and/or national policy makers and authorities responsible for educational policies on the importance of promoting entrepreneurship education in a lifelong learning perspective. Through involving business experts, investors and potential innovators in our activities, we intend to act as intermediary organisations creating a bridge among these stakeholder groups. To foster environment-friendly and sustainable business management practices among future entrepreneurs. Main outputs: - Comparative competency analysis on current entrepreneurial skills and motivations of young adults aged between 18 and 35 in rural areas of Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Romania and Spain; - StartUp Academy Online Platform - StartUp Academy training courses developed to help young entrepreneurs to get familiar with basic business concepts such as communication techniques, accounting and financial management, business management, sales and marketing, basic economic concepts, ICT for business purposes, how to prepare international market studies, etc. - StartUp Academy training courses – advanced level: self-confidence and motivation; business communication in English; conflict resolution; project and innovation management; online marketing and social media for business purposes, amongst others.