A Pilot Project financed by European Commission under the Leonardo da Vinci Programme - call 2006 (agreement n I/06/B/F/PP-154126)

The Leonardo da Vinci II Program has among it’s objectives that of developing, through transnational cooperation, the quality, innovation and the size of European Professional Training, adding to the promotion of a knowledgeable Europe.

 

Within the scope of the Program, the Pilot Project “MOSE – An Innovative Training Model for Social Enterprise Professional/Qualifications” was developed, which focuses its attention on the Third Sector through the study and the definition of a Professional Training Model for Manager’s of Social Enterprises. This extremely innovative model, must first emphasise the experience of best practices, and from there define an integrated training course where the formal and informal approaches coexist and complement each other, with the final objective of creating management systems more adequate to the development of Social Enterprises at a European level. The model, which will be identified within the next two years of the project, will seek to achieve two main objectives:

 

-  Identify, define and describe the qualifications of top and middle management for Social Enterprises, with a particular focus on the roles of Social Enterprise Managers, Econom-ics Specialists, and Communication Specialists;
-  Identify, define and develop innovative training courses based on the blended approach, which will allow the utilisation of a necessary mix of formal and informal training, utilis-ing modern information technology where applicable.

 

Within the MOSE Project, communication towards the stakeholders has a substantial value: it does not only seek to inform, but also to intercept and connect all of the potential interested parties, directly or indirectly implicated in the development of a Social Enterprise. The advantaged viewpoint is that of sustainability, or the capacity of the Project to produce action, results and final products that can be distributed and utilised within the relevant context, not only during the lifecycle of the Project, but after its conclusion as well.

 

Partners from five European nations will be contributing to the development of the MOSE Project. In addition to the Comune di Avellino (Municipality of Avellino, Italy), which is the Project Promoter, and SILabo srl – Laboratorio per la Società dell’Informazione (Italy), which is the Project Coordinator, other Italian participants include VITA Consulting, ASVI, Cooperativa sociale La Locomotiva ONLUS and Associazione Diogene ONLUS. Other partners include CIES-Centro de Investigacion de Economia y Sociedad from Spain, The Co-operative College and Leeds Metropolitan University from the United Kingdom, the Caritas of Danzica from Poland and Apopsi from Greece.

In order to succeed in its mission of research and development of innovative training systems, the MOSE Project is open to the participation of persons or organisations within the European Third Sector that wish to exchange ideas and experiences, to make comparisons and to suggest possible new paths to discover. We invite you to register and enter into the MOSE community.