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TourEurope- Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs
TourEurope – Objective
• to create and consolidate European competitive tourism related SMEs by developing capabilities, business opportunities and networking of entrepreneurs through cross-border mobility within the EU
Partners in TourEurope
UK:Manchester MetropolitanUniversitywww.mmu.ac.uk
Spain:Concorcio ProvincialDesarrollo Económico de Cordobawww.cpde.es
Finland:Seinäjoki Universityof Applied SciencesLevón Institutewww.seamk.fi
Italy:FederturismoConfindustriawww.federturismo.it
Activities between NE & HE
• Market research and developing new business opportunities• Project development, innovation and R&D• Taking a fresh look at existing business operations• Understanding SME finance• Branding, sales and marketing• Work on concrete projects on above topics
Support to the Entrepreneurs
• Matching – both NIO and HIO assist the entrepreneurs to find a suitable match first from partner countries then from other European countries. However, entrepreneurs’ own activity is important.
• Accommodation – the HIO assist the incoming NE to find accommodation
• Social network – the HIO assist the NE to network with e.g. Chambers of Commerce
• Support – the HIO is the contact point for the NE and HE at the area where the exchange is taking place
• Financial Support – the NIO signs a financial agreement with NE about the grant to support the relationship
Matching at IT-tool
Monthly Financial Assistance paid to New Entrepreneurs
Country of Stay Support in Eur per month
Albania 530
Austria 900
Belgium 830
Bulgaria 560
Czech Repubblic 610
Croatia 720
Cyprus 780
Czech Republic 610
Denmark 1100
Estonia 670
Finland 950
France 900
Monthly Financial Assistance paid to New Entrepreneurs
Country of Stay Support in Eur per month
F. Y.R.O.M. 560
Germany 830
Greece 780
Hungary 670
Iceland 900
Ireland 1000
Israel 950
Italy 900
Latvia 610
Lithuania 560
Liechtenstein 1.100
Luxembourg 830
Malta 720
Monthly Financial Assistance paid to New Entrepreneurs
Country of Stay Support in Eur per month
Montenegro 560
Netherlands 830
Norway 1100
Poland 610
Portugal 780
Romania 560
Serbia 560
Slovakia 610
Slovenia 720
Spain 830
Sweden 950
Turkey 750
United Kingdom 1000
TourEurope Results
SeAMK, Finland Federturismo, Italy MMU, UK CPDE, Spain
Target Applications + Relations
Target Applications + Relations
Target Applications + Relations
Target Applications + Relations
NEs 13 12** 13 7*** 11 2 13 9(*)
HEs 12 9 13 5 13 6 12 6
Total 25 21 25 12 25 8 25 15
Applied for TourEurope2Feb 2014-Jan2016
Finland:Seinäjoki Universityof Applied SciencesLevón Institutewww.seamk.fi
UK:Manchester MetropolitanUniversity
www.mmu.ac.uk
Italy:FederturismoConfindustriawww.federturismo.it Spain:
Concorcio ProvincialDesarrollo Económico de Cordobawww.cpde.es
Portugal:Inovobejawww.inovobeja.pt
Sweden:Tourism Innovation Centrewww.rts.se
TourEurope2 offers
• Wide network among tourism sector• Training and resource centre on PM4SD• Assistance in matching/building relationships• Financial support for 4 month exchanges for
tourism sector SMEs • Targets (incl table)
Targets for TourEurope2- 60 matches = 120 entrepreneurs
average 4 monthsNew Entrepreneurs(NE)
Host Entrepreneurs (HE) Totalmatches
Finland Italy Spain UK Portugal Sweden
Finland 2 2 2 2 2 10
Italy 2 2 2 2 2 10
Spain 2 2 2 2 2 10
UK 2 2 2 2 2 10
Portugal 2 2 2 2 2 10
Sweden 2 2 2 2 2 10
Total 10 10 10 10 10 10 60
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
www.erasmus-entrepreneurs.eu
Anne-Maria MäkeläTourEuropeProject Lead CoordinatorSeinäjoki University of Applied SciencesE-mail: [email protected].: +358-40-830 2335
Valeria FantozziFederturismoE-mail: [email protected] Tel.: +39 6 90 80 504
Silvia BarboneJlag EuropeE-mail: [email protected].:+32 498 796 168
ERASMUS for Young Entrepreneurs- TourEurope 1 and 2
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