Bridging the Gap (BTG) employment centres, to work through on-going support from project alongside local entrepreneurs individuals who have taken the so they can engage also with same journey. Bridging the Gap (BTG) is a marginalized/disadvantaged project funded by the European learners in order to empower Edgbaston Golf Club, Birmingham (UK) Commission’s - Lifelong them to develop the qualities, Learning Programme (LLP), skills, experiences, attitudes Bridging to the Future offices, Edgbaston Golf Club, Birmingham (UK) Leonardo da Vinci (LdV), necessary to initiate their own Tansfer of Innovation. The enterprises. The project will project's main aim is to transfer involve 6 organisations from and adapt an innovative different EU countries that have The later is to be achieved methodology of training and an expertise and experience in through the Bridge model, an developing entrepreneurship, business incubation and VET enabling and empowering "The Bridge Model (TBM)”, from training, as well as in working training methodology consisting the UK to Spain, Greece, the with target groups made up of of practical group and 1-on-1 Netherlands and Bulgaria. hard to reach individuals e,g, – coaching sessions, workshops, Thus, the TBM will be used and youth, migrants, disabled. access to contemporary tested in new economic, information and continuous and linguistic The Bridge model (TBM) support from active business contexts. More specifically, the experts. TBM consists of The overall objective is BTG Project will produce a delivery led by a successful to bolster participants’ training methodology and entrepreneur and a VET trainer enterprises and entrepreneurial materials to enable business and a series of one-on-one competencies and aspirations incubators, VET trainers and coaching sessions, business
Bridging the Gap (BTG) project Bridging the Gap (BTG) is a project funded by the European Commission’s - Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP), Leonardo da Vinci (LdV), Tansfer of Innovation. The project's main aim is to transfer and adapt an innovative methodology of training and developing entrepreneurship, "The Bridge Model (TBM)”, from the UK to Spain, Greece, the Netherlands and Bulgaria. Thus, the TBM will be used and tested in new economic, and linguistic contexts. More specifically, the BTG Project will produce a training methodology and materials to enable business incubators, VET trainers and employment centres, to work alongside local entrepreneurs so they can engage also with marginalized/disadvantaged learners in order to empower them to develop the qualities, skills, experiences, attitudes necessary to initiate their own enterprises. The project will involve 6 organisations from different EU countries that have an expertise and experience in business incubation and VET training, as well as in working with target groups made up of hard to reach individuals – e,g, youth, migrants, disabled. The Bridge model (TBM) The overall objective is to bolster participants’ enterprises and entrepreneurial competencies and aspirations through on-going support from individuals who have taken the same journey. Edgbaston Golf Club, Birmingham (UK) Bridging to the Future offices, Edgbaston Golf Club, Birmingham (UK) The later is to be achieved through the Bridge model, an enabling and empowering training methodology consisting of practical group and 1-on-1 coaching sessions, workshops, access to contemporary information and continuous support from active business experts. TBM consists of delivery led by a successful entrepreneur and a VET trainer and a series of one-on-one coaching sessions, business
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