Title: ‘EMSA’ – Entrepreneurial Mindset and Key Skills For All
Date: 2023 to 2025
Location: Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine.
Donor: ERASMUS+
The EMSA project (Entrepreneurial Mindset and Key Skills for Third Countries) is a cross-border initiative that brings together partner organizations from Europe and the Southern Mediterranean with a shared objective: enhancing entrepreneurship education and vocational training systems through innovation, collaboration, and knowledge exchange.
The project focuses on the joint development, piloting, and validation of high-quality curricula and training materials aimed at strengthening key competencies and entrepreneurial mindsets among learners. Aligned with the European Reference Framework (ERF) and the EntreComp framework, EMSA supports education and training providers in delivering relevant, future-oriented learning experiences that respond effectively to labour market needs.
Through transnational meetings, collaborative work packages, and capacity-building activities, the EMSA project promotes modern, learner-centred approaches and reinforces entrepreneurship as a key competence across different learning contexts. In line with this approach, the consortium held its Third International Cross-border Meeting and Principal Trainer Workshop on the European Reference Framework (ERF) in Nicosia, Cyprus, from 25–29 November 2024.
The meeting enabled partners to strategically plan the pilot delivery and certification of the previously developed EntreComp training materials and to finalise the new ERF-based training resources. A dedicated trainer workshop equipped participants with the methodologies needed to effectively deliver both curricula, marking a significant step toward the project’s implementation phase. These activities underscore the project’s commitment to fostering strong cross-border partnerships that contribute to employability, sustainable development, and economic resilience in the region.
As part of the project’s communication and dissemination efforts, this press release highlights the outcomes and next steps following the third international meeting in Cyprus. Readers are invited to access and read the full press release in the attached document below, where further project-related materials are also available.
The EMSA project is co-funded by the European Union, reflecting the EU’s continued commitment to supporting education, skills development, and international cooperation.
The consortium is comprised of: MMC Mediterranean Management Center – Cyprus, Dimitra – Greece, Arab Collage of Applied Science– Palestine, Have A Dream– Eygpt, Cyprus Certification Company-Cyrpus, and Jordan Youth Innovation Forum -Jordan.
