Engaging entrepreneurial ecosystems for the youth

Informations projet

Ecosys4you

N° de convention de subvention: 101100432

DOI

10.3030/101100432

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 26 Mai 2023

Date de début 1 Juin 2023

Date de fin 31 Mai 2026

Financé au titre de

• European innovation ecosystems

Coût total

Aucune donnée

Contribution de l’UE

€ 899 658,75

Coordonné par

WESTFALISCHE HOCHSCHULE GELSENKIRCHEN, BOCHOLT, RECKLINGHAUSEN
Germany

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Livrables

Documents, reports (12)

Four action plans to implement the activities

Analysis of the results from the cross-ecosystem co-creation workshop series and creation of action plans for each entrepreneurial education and support activity (4 action plans summarised in one document).

Report on the implementation of the conducted pilot

"Documentation of the ""joint classes"" pilot. Evaluation of the pilot will be conducted; data will be analysed and feedback to improve the curriculum, content and used materials of the joint classes will be provided in the report."

Mentoring programme – detailed programme

RAPIV and involved businesses will prepare the design of the mentoring programme including multiple steps: scouting, call for mentors, matchmaking, sessions, challenges.

Communication & Dissemination plan

A plan detailing the manifold target groups and tools to address them

Evaluation report

Evaluation report that includes the methodological toolbox for self-assessment of mentoring programme performance and the findings of the evaluation.

Shortlist of education and support activities

We compare the findings of tasks 1.1 and 1.2 and assess the overall reach of the ecosystems’ entrepreneurial promotion activities. As a result we will publich a short list of specific education and support activities that promise to be very attractive to booster youth entrepreneurial spirit.

Potential & skills-biographies’ analyses, one for each ecosystem

We plan to conduct five skills-biographies in each ecosystem (15 in total), which will be then analysed and compared within a report.

A list of co-ideation challenges

Several co-ideation challenges will be developed together with business partners and summarised in a document. Based on previous experience of AWARE 7 we estimate 3 challenges per cohort. The number may change depending on number of participants (max. 5 challenges per cohort).

Implementation strategy for mentoring programme

"The ""mentoring programme"" implementation strategy will be discussed, enhanced in a digital workshop with actors from all ecosystems and summarized in a document."

Implementation Strategy of Joint Classes

"The ""joint classes"" implementation strategy will be developed in digital workshops with the educational and private sector actors of the three ecosystems and summarised in a document. We plan 3 workshops (1 WS start-ups perspective, 1 WS educational actors perspective, 1 WS joint), 2 hours each and estimate about 10 participants per workshop."

Match-making tool

A match-making tool bringing together interns and start-ups, enabling toexpress expectations.

The first concept of the »joint classes«

A common course curriculum, contents and materials (with 3 modules,9 ECTS, each module 3 ECTS) will be developed and prepared for piloting in close cooperation with teachers from the HEIs of all three ecosystems.

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (5)

First co-ideation challenges

We will conduct a co-ideation challenge (series) with the identified partners and future founders. (1 event per cohort planned).

A complete and wellfunctioning course

Based on the report (D2.3), the joint classes will be optimized, tested with the second cohort of students and finalized in 2025.

Awareness Campaign to address students

Awareness Campaign to address students. We will use established communication channels of HEIs to students (e.g. email lists, newsletters, websites, social media, student councils etc.) and present the project and possibilities for involvement during information days at different HEIs in the three ecosystems. Additionally, the team will be present at specific events such as ruhrSUMMIT, ANDERSMACHER, world factory or ICT Cluster- Varna. Potential synergies arise during development of the joint classes.”

First internships in start-ups

First internships in start-ups. Step-by-step towards a high quality internship programme forfuture founders. We estimate 5-10 people per cohort, 1-2 months internship.

Piloting the mentoring programme

Toolkit including transferable good practices of mentoring sessions by private sector actors. The Mentoring Toolkit will be based on results from the piloting and will be online tool that includes resources from best practices and tips to support mentors and mentees throughout the mentoring experience. It will also contain checklists, mentoring program tip-sheet, mentor-mentee matching questionnaire, mentoring content and mentoring program proposal framework.

Publications

Other (3)

„Im Ruhrgebiet tut sich was“. Stärken und Schwächen des Gründungsökosystems Ruhr

Auteurs: Flögel, F.; Meyer, K.; Butzin, A.; Rabadjieva; M.
Publié dans: Forschung Aktuell, Numéro 05/24, 2024
Éditeur: Institute for Work and Technology
DOI: 10.53190/FA/

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems & the Youth. Unlock- ing the Potential for Lagging Regions Final report of the Ecosys4you project

Auteurs: Butzin, A., Flögel, F., Kircheva, I., Krüger, B., Letonja,M., Meyer, K., Rabadjieva, M., Vilman, Z., Zhekova, R. and Zlateva, M.
Publié dans: 2026
Éditeur: Institute for Work and Technology
DOI: 10.53190/INNO/202602

Internationalisierung von Gründungsökosystemen am Beispiel des Projekts Ecosys4you

Auteurs: Butzin, Anna; Rabadjieva, Maria; Flögel, Franz; Meyer, Kerstin
Publié dans: Forschung Aktuell, Numéro 06/24, 2024
Éditeur: Institute for Work and Technology
DOI: 10.53190/FA/202406

Peer reviewed articles (1)

Beyond start-up formation: Effects of entrepreneurial ecosystem support activities for developing lagging regions

Auteurs: Franz Flögel, Marina Letonja, Kerstin Meyer, Maria Rabadjieva, Zineta Vilman, Ralitsa Zhekova, Mariya Zlateva, Anna Butzin
Publié dans: Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, Numéro 39, 2025, ISSN 0269-0942
Éditeur: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/02690942241311805