Found.ation has an active role in the development and implementation of projects that address the needs of various target groups through technology, such as Erasmus +, CERV, Horizon Europe, Interreg and other selected EU Programs. 

We partner with selected organizations and companies across Europe, in activity areas such as entrepreneurship and SMEs, innovation, education and training, youth, culture, social inclusion and human rights. 

Fields of interest:

• Entrepreneurship
• Innovation
• Digital transformation and technology
• Digital upskilling and education
• Culture
• Development and implementation of targeted training and support actions for disadvantaged groups

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Indicative categories of activities:

• Coordination & support actions
• Research
• Pilot testing & dissemination
• Network development
• Training & capacity building programmes
• Organisational redesign
• Talent development

EU Projects:

CO-INVESTIN

Creating cross-border co-investment opportunities for modest and moderate EU ecosystems​

CO-INVESTIN focuses on creating cross-border co-investment opportunities for modest and moderate EU ecosystems by leveraging promising start-ups in the portfolio of local investors to attract foreign investors from more advanced ecosystems in their new rounds. The CO-INVESTIN approach relies on 4 main dimensions that cover in a complete manner both the analytic and the action oriented dimensions of the approach: 1. Investment gap analysis, 2. Development of Market Orientation Programs, 3. Stimulating cross-border investments and 4. Upscaling the framework and enhancing its impact.

SMART ATTICA DIGITAL INNOVATION HUB

European Digital Innovation Hub

Smart Attica Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) is the first EDIH for Artificial Intelligence in Greece  and operates in three critical business sectors of the Greek economy:  Energy & Environment, Supply chain & Mobility, Culture & Tourism. ​It focuses on the digital transformation of SMEs and public sector organisations and aims to advance their digital maturity.  The EDIH will offer four types of innovation services in the following categories, ​test before investing, innovation ecosystem and networking opportunities, skills and training and support to find investment. ​

DIN-ECO

Boosting Digital Innovation and Transformation Capacity of HEIs in an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem​

The DIN-ECO project supports the implementation of Digital Innovation Vision Action Plans (DIVAP) by HEIs of the consortium. Through the DIVAPs, the innovation and entrepreneurial capacity of the participating HEIs will be increased and enable their integration into European innovation value chains and ecosystems. The DIVAPs outline the consortium vision for high-quality, inclusive and accessible digital innovation in Europe.

B.COMP

Creating more inclusive and supportive work based learning environments

The project focuses on VET teachers, in-company trainers (project users), and low-skilled learners (project beneficiaries) by 1. Developing work-readiness skills for WBL through Transformative Learning; 2. Producing ICT-based educational tools and methods that VET teachers and in-company trainers will use with low-skilled, 3. Learners to develop their work-readiness skills for WBL and guide them towards success in WBL programs – Provide recommendations for skills validation and accreditation.

EDUCHAMPIONS

Fostering edupreneurship to embrace learners’ diversity

The EduChampions project aims at nourishing edupreneurship and championing innovative, active, learner-centered pedagogy practices leveraged by meaningful use of digital resources for learning, thus creating conditions to effectively address learners’ diversity and foster inclusive and equitable approaches in educational settings. The project recalls the crucial role of educators in driving and sustaining innovation and flexibility of opportunities in the VET ecosystem and beyond.

DREAM

Digital Resilience for European Microenterprises

DREAM (Digital Resilience for European Microenterprises) is an innovative and timely project that tackles the challenges of COVID-19 and digitalization in the two worlds of Vocational Education & Training (VET) and Small and Medium Enterprises, with a focus on micro-enterprises with less than 10 staff (MSME).

FUTURE WOMEN

Creating new opportunities for women in the digital and STEM economy

The FUTURE WOMEN aims to promote the digital and entrepreneurial competences of women pertinent to STEM jobs by employing innovative digital teaching and learning materials and tools. Through their products, they seek to tackle digital transformation by fostering the development of digital readiness, resilience, and capacity.

DIGIWELL

Building Digital Resilience by Making Digital Wellbeing and ​Security Accessible to All

The primary objective of the DigiWELL project is to equip adults with the essential skills for achieving digital wellbeing and ensuring digital security, thereby fostering digital resilience among all individuals. The project aims to create a digital resilience building manual and methodology, a comprehensive training program, and associated training materials, as well as an Open Educational Resource (OER) platform as a learning environment, to aid in developing digital resilience.

SOCIALLY AGILE

The Socially Agile project aims to offer specific and feasible solutions to facilitate access to training of young who want to empower and develop themselves and create societal impact through the development of social enterprises using the agile methodology and other relevant start-up-oriented frameworks and tools. In this context and following an assessment of their respective expertise’s strengths and opportunities, the consortium members selected the specific subject to be addressed. As a result, the project builds on the work of each partner to further promote relevant actions on making social entrepreneurship attractive and accessible to youth.

EMPOWERED

Empowering women for better employment

The EMPOWERED project is creating a training programme for women to achieve a two-fold purpose. On one hand, equipping women with digital skills which are necessary in the era of digital transformation and are valuable for accessing the labour market with a competitive disadvantage. On the other, addressing a spectrum of psychological obstacles women are facing when they need to claim a better position in the world of work.

DIGITAL Z-WOMEN

Empower Gen-Z women with digital entrepreneurship skills

DIGITAL Z-WOMEN is designed to empower women from Generation Z with digital entrepreneurship skills, helping them to take advantage of the opportunities raised by digital transformation and thrive in a world of work that is going digital quite fast. With a multitude of engagement formats, executives were introduced to managerial scopes of innovation and new technologies, ultimately generating real-life projects.​

ENVISION

Culture And Creativity Sectors’ Entrepreneurship

The ENVISION project has been designed to actively support the development of entrepreneurial skills and competencies of professionals in the Cultural and Creative Sector (CCS). During the lifetime of the project, a platform will be designed, offering the opportunity to the project’s target group to benefit from innovative training embedded in the digital era, along with a crowdsourcing module and a community-building tool.

LETZ RETAIL

LETZ RETAIL is a European project designed to improve the competitiveness of small businesses by supporting the development of their knowledge and skills related to collaboration, co-design and co-creation. The primary target group of the project is owners, managers and self-employed persons of small retail, commerce, hospitality and cultural/creative businesses in commercial areas in decay (or at risk of).

CLIVE

Creative Techniques

CLIVE introduces a systematic approach to, and opportunities for, the continuous development of VET teachers through the development of a new approach to embed creativity techniques and their related digital tools into their teaching activities. It thus introduces a set of skills that allow them to deliver high-quality teaching in their subjects, and to address the need for educational approaches which are more adapted to the challenges and demands of today.

RE-ENTER

Re-enter addresses the needs of entrepreneurs over the age of 45 for improved entrepreneurial skills and support in different stages of their entrepreneurial ventures; from developing a business idea to strategic planning as well as the company’s first steps in the market. By providing an innovative and inspiring learning environment through ICT that includes creativity exercises, diversity management and other tools, Re-Enter aims in creating direct and virtual networking opportunities.

SOCIAL INNOVATION ACADEMY

Social Innovation Academy is the first European, fully online training program, focusing exclusively on social innovation. Social Innovation Academy targets the managers at NGOs/civil society organizations and intermediaries (hubs, incubators, labs etc.) as well as aspiring social entrepreneurs willing to learn how to set up and run social innovation initiatives, with the goal of harnessing the power of collaborative creativity and thus solving the most pressing societal challenges of our times.

INTRAPRISE

Promoting Intrapreneurship

Intraprise is an innovative program that offers specialized intrapreneurial training in the ICT sector addressing three key elements: managers, employees, and the overall organizational structure. Its focus concentrated on the ICT sector in particular because it is among the leading sectors in Europe. The project is based on an approach that is demand-driven, solution-focused and scientific and has been identified as a good practice example by the Erasmus+ program.

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