Bantani Education is a Brussels-based non-profit working on projects and collaborations for entrepreneurial learning policy and practice. We are involved in policy design, new project development, building networks/partnerships and sharing expertise through capacity building, training and new research. What are we up to at the moment? 1. The EntreComp Community - www.entrecomp.com - leading an online community of practice to explore entrepreneurial learning underpinned by EntreComp… Show more Bantani Education is a Brussels-based non-profit working on projects and collaborations for entrepreneurial learning policy and practice. We are involved in policy design, new project development, building networks/partnerships and sharing expertise through capacity building, training and new research. What are we up to at the moment? 1. The EntreComp Community - www.entrecomp.com - leading an online community of practice to explore entrepreneurial learning underpinned by EntreComp - to support networks, practice sharing and learning across 1900+ members in 86 countries2. Leading Entrepreneurship4all.eu - EU initiative to grow an innovative community learning space for would-be and active entrepreneurs across Europe. Revolutionising open access to entrepreneurship, financial, digital and sustainability skills development for European entrepreneurs! 2. EntreComp4Transition.eu - Supporting development of national communities to explore and test entrepreneurial learning supporting digital and green transition in VET - with Belgium, Austria, Turkey, Spain and Italy3. Supporting SCAFFOLD - a new EU learning design card-deck to inspire innovative teaching and assessment and using competences from EntreComp, DigComp, GreenComp and LifeComp. Working on large scale training programmes with ETF in Central Asia. 4. Developing and implementing multiple projects on creative and entrepreneurial learning - with active work supporting schools, VET, youth, unemployed and women 5. Working with governments and at national level to support innovative teaching and learning - capacity building, supporting strategy design/implementation (Central Asia, Western Balkans, Tunisia, Chile, Palestine, Georgia, Montenegro, Ukraine)6. Expert support to European Commission on evaluations, guides and studies7. Co-creating conferences, working groups and webinars on entrepreneurial learning (Beingentrepreneurial.eu, European Commission, UNEVOC, European Development Days) Show less

Involved in mentoring and evaluation - mentoring project teams during their proposal development process for EIT Health funded programmes, and as an evaluator for the EIT Health flagship programmes.

Contributing to reports on entrepreneurial learning, women's entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship and enterprise skills

Expertise in entrepreneurship education, contributions to EURYDICE studies (entrepreneurship education, citizenship), evaluation/quality expert for EIC Accelerator, DG EMPL, DG GROW, EISMEA

Expert linked to development of entrepreneurial learning / skills policy and practice, undertaken projects working with colleagues across policy and practice in Tunisia, Montenegro, Georgia, Ukraine, Palestine and Albania.

Evaluator for range of EIT Food programmes

Member of the core group of the Skills Community of Practice running for two years until June 2025.

Member of the Pool of Trainers of the Strategic Partnership of Erasmus + Youth National Agency for the employability and entrepreneurship of youth.

Developing and designing entrepreneurial apprenticeship programmes within the US solar industry.

Seconded national expert working on policy development in entrepreneurship education and related areas for DG Education & Culture / DG Employment - coordinated the Thematic Working Group on Entrepreneurship Education

Entrepreneurship education policy design and practical implementation across college, vocational and higher education sectors - supporting a community of entrepreneurship educators in Wales

Secondment

Led on casework for young people and asylum seekers and coordinated the Cardiff Welfare Rights Network, developing and delivering welfare rights training programme for network organisations

Managed a drop-in advice shop for vulnerable young people 14-25, working primarily with young people leaving care, those experiencing homelessness and young parents

Set up a youth project in local area of South Wales, developing creative activities to engage young people through informal education and securing long term funding.

Supported 12-19 year olds in secondary school education.