The SKI.F.T. project aims to support micro and small enterprises in the social economy in becoming more environmentally sustainable in their business models and operational activities.
More specifically, the project aims to enable small and micro enterprises in the social economy to:
- develop sustainable business models, thanks in part to the use of new digital technologies;
- strenghtening its role in relations with other public and private actors and in the creation of green and local value chains;
- communicate their commitment to sustainability more effectively.
The project, launched in October 2023, is co-funded by the EU COSME programme. It brings together social economy intermediary organisations and training providers from Denmark, Poland and Italy, as well as two European networks: Kooperationen (DK), FISE (PL), CSA COESI (IT), Demetra Formazione (IT), Legacoop Emilia-Romagna (IT), REVES aisbl e CECOP.
Through SKI.F.T. project partners will provide specific advisory and coaching services to micro and small social economy enterprises, enabling them to review their business model towards stronger environmental sustainability.
Moreover, beneficiary enterprises will have the opportunity to receive direct financial support to purchase additional training and mentoring responding to their specific needs and fields of interest. For example: creation of local green value chains, communication, use of digital tools to facilitate processes of change.
Specific attention will be paid to a collective approach, which will encourage stronger cooperation between micro and small social economy enterprises as such as well as between enterprises and their different partners and stakeholders.
A main objective and challenge of the SKI.F.T. consortium for the months to come is thus to develop a training offer which would be most closely related to the operational activities of the target enterprises, take the aforementioned challenges into account and be tailor-made to the specific needs of the enterprise.
For more information: https://skift.kooperationen.dk/forside/
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