BeComE
Be Competent in Entrepreneurship: Knowledge Alliances for Developing Entrepreneurship Competencies for the Benefit of Higher Education and Business (BeComE)
Description

The idea of the project is to excel entrepreneurship education in higher education by creating effective knowledge alliances (KA) between higher education institutions (HEI) and businesses. It is focused on developing students’ entrepreneurship competencies (ECs) to meet the labor market expectations towards professional competencies of employees and entrepreneurs taking into account the macro-level developments such as globalization, technological advancements and demographic shifts. The project includes both diagnoses of divergences between employers’ needs and actual students’ entrepreneurship competences (ECs), proposition of the new entrepreneurship education (EE) framework embedding ECs together with innovative teaching and learning approaches and its application in practice.

The novelty of the project is connected with a combination of university and business resources in order to provide both theory grounded and practice oriented EE aimed at strengthening the development ECs of target groups (students, employees, teaching staff, entrepreneurs) in changing and developing business environment. Inclusive character of the project is guaranteed by cooperation of diverse partners interested in different but innovative teaching and learning approaches for students and future workforce with competences meeting societal challenges. The Project includes new and innovative tools and teaching and learning opportunities, which are different from the existing experiences in HEI and businesses today. These include: self-assessment tools to assess the level and need for ECs according to societal needs; new innovative study and training programs relying on entrepreneurship competence-based approach; innovative teaching and learning approaches based on embedding the development of ECs in EE and subject-specific courses; roadmap for the development of expansive entrepreneurial learning environment at the workplaces supporting ECs development. The project is focused on providing innovative solutions for both, universities and businesses and is supporting the development of innovative and reflective European societies with an innovative HEIs and businesses in a context of growing global interdependencies.

Internal Partners
Research Centre Research Group Role in Project Begin Date End Date
BRU-Iscte Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Group Partner 2019-10-02 2019-10-02
External Partners
Institution Country Role in Project Begin Date End Date
Tallinn University of Technology (TALTECH) Estonia Leader 2020-01-01 2022-12-31
Tampere University (TAU) Finland Partner 2020-01-01 2022-12-31
University of Lodž (LO) Poland Partner 2020-01-01 2022-12-31
UNISANNIO (University of Sannio ) Italy Partner 2020-01-01 2022-12-31
Vincit Group Oyj (VINCIT) Finland Partner 2020-01-01 2022-12-31
Ramboll Finland Oy (Ramboll Finland Oy) Finland Partner 2020-01-01 2022-12-31
Shumee S.A. (SHUMEE) Poland Partner 2020-01-01 2022-12-31
Jack the Maker, Lda. (Jack the Maker, Lda.) Portugal Partner 2020-01-01 2022-12-31
Indie Campers SA ( Indie Campers SA) Portugal Partner 2020-01-01 2022-12-31
BE PACKAGING S.R.L ( BE PACKAGING S.R.L) Italy Partner 2020-01-01 2022-12-31
GEOLUMEN SRL (GEOLUMEN SRL) Italy Partner 2020-01-01 2022-12-31
Harju Elekter Elektroonika (Harju Elekter Elektroonika) Estonia Partner 2020-01-01 2022-12-31
Kaubamaja AS - Tallinn Department Store (Kaubamaja AS - Tallinn Department Store) Estonia Partner 2020-01-01 2022-12-31
Estonian Association of SMEs (EVEA) Estonia Partner 2020-01-01 2022-12-31
Project Team
Name Affiliation Role in Project Begin Date End Date
Henrique Manuel Caetano Duarte Professor Associado (com Agregação) (DRHCO); Integrated Researcher (BRU-Iscte); Local Coordinator 2019-10-02 2019-10-02
Álvaro Dias Professor Associado (com Agregação) (DMOG); Integrated Researcher (BRU-Iscte); Researcher 2021-01-01 2022-12-31
Ana Junça Silva Professora Auxiliar (DRHCO); Integrated Researcher (BRU-Iscte); Researcher 2020-02-18 2022-12-31
António Caetano Associate Researcher (BRU-Iscte); Researcher 2019-10-02 2019-10-02
Paulo Bento Professor Auxiliar (com Agregação) (DMOG); Associate Researcher (BRU-Iscte); Researcher 2021-01-01 2022-12-31
Renato Pereira Professor Auxiliar (com Agregação) (DMOG); Integrated Researcher (BRU-Iscte); Researcher 2021-01-18 2022-12-31
Susana Correia Santos Integrated Researcher (BRU-Iscte); Researcher 2019-10-02 2019-10-02
Susana M. Tavares Professora Associada (DRHCO); Integrated Researcher (BRU-Iscte); Researcher 2019-10-02 2019-10-02
Project Fundings
Reference/Code Funding DOI Funding Type Funding Program Funding Amount (Global) Funding Amount (Local) Begin Date End Date
612582-EPP-1-2019-1-EE-EPPKA2-KA -- Contract Erasmus+ - -- 806720.0 110020.0 2020-01-01 2022-12-31
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Title News Media Entity Type Publication Date
Empreendedorismo de Estilo de Vida" no Centro Cultural website News 2025-05-20
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Be Competent in Entrepreneurship: Knowledge Alliances for Developing Entrepreneurship Competencies for the Benefit of Higher Education and Business (BeComE)
2020-01-01
2022-12-31