• Workforce Development

B-WISE- Blueprint for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills in Work Integration Social Enterprises

B-WISE aims to develop a European strategy to tackle the digital skills gaps in the Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISEs) sector.

Blueprint for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills in Work Integration Social Enterprises (B-WISE) aims to develop a European strategy to tackle the digital skills gaps in the Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISEs) sector. The project targets the skill needs of disadvantaged workers who do not have the same access to the labour market, their support workers such as job coaches, and their managers. The project will also promote the attractiveness of the WISE sector as a career choice and will raise awareness on the importance of the use of digital technologies to support disadvantaged groups in work placement.

Main target groups
  1. Disadvantaged employees
    • Persons with Disabilities
    • Long-term unemployed
    • Migrants
    • Persons not in Education nor in Employment or Training (NEETS)
  2. Supporters
    • Job coaches
  3. Enablers
    • Managers
Activities
  • 3 reports on current situation of skills gaps, needs and occupational profiles in the WISEs sector
  • 3 universal training curricula in English and 12 other languages that will tackle the digital skills gaps of disadvantaged workers, their supporters and their managers
  • Toolkit to provide information and practical guidance for teachers/trainers and help the trainers to plan, deliver and evaluate the learning programmes
  • Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) on Digital Skills for the WISEs sector. 
Partnership
EASPDFundacion ONCE, SpainFundación Coremsa, SpainRES - Réseau d’Entreprises Sociales, BelgiumRAR Inwestor sp. z o.o. (Rudzka Agencja Rozwoju “Inwestor” sp. z o.o), Poland
The European Network of Social Integration Enterprises (ENSIE), BelgiumArbeit Plus, AustriaExcellia, BulgariaFaculty of Law in Zagreb University, CroatiaEuropean Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises, Italy
JKU - Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, AustriaLichtwerk, BelgiumACT group, CroatiaAIAS Bologna onlus, ItalyScuola Centrale, Italy
NASOR - National Association of the Socially Responsible Employers, BulgariaAFPA, FranceEv Zin, GreeceIdee In Rete, ItalySamaritan Association of Latvia
Fédérations française des Entreprises d'Insertion, FranceRise RomaniaSENT, SloveniaDe Omslag, NetherlandsStowarzyszenie Współpracy Regionalnej, Poland
ADV Fundatia Alaturi de Voi, RomaniaMargarita, GreeceCene Štupar, SloveniaEuropean Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises, ItalyROC van Amsterdam, Netherlands
Social Entrepreneurship Association of Latvia    
Duration

January 2021- December 2024

Contact

Ivana Davidovska, Head of Projects, EASPD

Nóra Györke, Project Officer, EASPD

Project website