DIFME
What is DIFME – what will the project do?
The DIFME project seeks to deliver a curriculum to meet the real needs of entrepreneurs in the areas of financial literacy and digital skills. Through an in-depth analysis of the needs of entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurship programmes offered by Higher Education Institutions in the EU (and beyond) it will identify the fundamental competencies required in the two disciplines and the gaps in existing provision. The project will then design and test a curriculum to deliver these skills in a combination of methods including an e-learning platform.
Access to the learning platform and signposts to other valuable information sources will be made available through an online SME HUB which will assist both micro and larger entrepreneurs to find digitally innovative ways to internationalise their businesses. The partners will collaborate to collect and distribute all useful information (knowledge, government and other relevant assistance programmes) on national and European level.
The DIFME partnership was carefully set up having in consideration the identified needs, the objectives of the project as well as the knowledge, skills and competences required by the tasks and activities to be developed in the lifespan of the project. The partnership and the successful application for funding was put together by Malta Business Bureau, which project was selected from a large number of EU wide submissions.
Partners
DIFME is a transnational result-driven partnership made up of 5 higher education institutions and 6 business organisations:
- University of Malta, Malta
- Dublin Technological University, Ireland
- University of West Attica, Greece
- Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg, Germany
- University of National and World Economy, Bulgaria
- Malta Business Bureau (MBB)
- doLEARNFinance, Ireland
- IDEC, Greece
- Institute for Socio-Scientific Consultancy, Germany
- Inqubator Leeuwarden, Netherlands
- Eurocrea, Italy
Project Objectives
- A situation-based assessment report, tackling the skills gaps between enterprise requirements and management studies curriculum
- The development of a training model addressing the main topic of the financial literacy and internationalisation techniques. The model aims to enhance entreprenuers’ capacity to undertake responsible financial choices and to understand digital techniques readily available to boost their enterprise internationally
- The development of a free-to-use Toolkit for Microenterprises and SMES based on edutainment methodology
- Standardized skills curriculum with focus on Internationalisation skills and digital competencies
- A cooperative learning model, fostering collaboration between HEIs and entrepreneurs – a qualification ensuring transfer of competences, transparency of learning outcomes and clearness for the learner
- Promoting greater integration of young people into the entrepreneur market, consequently reducing unemployment and encouraging their business success
- The Creation of a SME HUB with a community-driven open source repository of solutions which will encourage start-ups and established SMES to share experiences and solutions with each other
- A memorandum of cooperation to further develop a joint qualification programme with EU qualifications standards
- Dissemination events to raise awareness and reaching stakeholders across Europe
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