globalskillsnetwork

Global Skills Network OÜ is a social innovation enterprise think tank and RTO (research & technology organization) that serves as a catalyst for innovation, collaboration and collective action. We form strategic partnerships that work collectively towards transforming the systems that underlie issues and topical challenges by engaging in problem solving at an organizational level, supporting citizen science at a community level, and promoting open schooling methodologies for formal and non-formal learning environments.

Global operates as both a living lab of ideas, incubating initiatives that contribute towards addressing grand societal challenges, as well as mechanism for community engagement and citizen science in projects that drive positive change and address grand societal challenges. Through a participatory and inclusive approach, we aim to empower stakeholders to work together towards building a better future for all.

Our main goal as a generative social enterprise is to create social value by engaging in activities that can generate profit to invest in activating change. Sponsored activities are aimed at addressing both immediate and long-term social and environmental challenges we co-create programming that fosters systemic changes and sustainable solutions to grand societal challenges via collective action for systemic impact.

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Global Skills Network was created as a generative social innovation enterprise in 2003, with destination goals that provide a roadmap to navigate an exciting organizational journey towards making meaningful contributions that can create lasting social and environmental change. Our mission is simple yet profound: to create social value and enrich lives. This is not just a statement it's the driving force behind everything we do as a catalyst for positive change. As a generative social enterprise, we operate with a sustainable business model that allows for a reinvestment of profits back into our mission our activities are aimed at balancing financial sustainability with a strong commitment towards creating positive social and environmental impact. We work to create social value by engaging in activities that can generate profit to invest in activating change, with sponsored activities aimed at addressing both immediate and long-term social and environmental challenges.
Our work is focused on promoting Fourth-Sector activities by convening a multiple-helix - cross-sectoral representation to engage in problem solving via interactions between academia, industry, public bodies, the civil society and the natural environments of society and the economy as drivers for knowledge production and innovation. Our mission is to define socio-ecological opportunities for the knowledge society and knowledge economy such as innovative learning environments, entrepreneurship and social innovation to address the triple transitions taking place: circular economy / sustainability to address the climate crisis, digitalization and resilience as well as economic development for rural communities and entrepreneurship education and training for people of all ages and walks of life.

The Fourth Sector of the economy combines market-based approaches of the private sector with the social and environmental aims of the public and non-profit sectors to address pressing problems and societal challenges.

The knowledge triangle refers to the interaction between research, education and innovation, which are key drivers of a knowledge-based society. In the European Union, it also refers to an attempt to better link together these key concepts, with research and innovation already highlighted by the development of the Lisbon Strategy

* Our Social Responsibility Department is entrusted to the Living Labs Network - www.LivingLabsNetwork.com to put ideas into motion and support communications, dissemination, exploitation and impactful storytellilng withi data at our Media Lab www.MediaLabAnnex.com to follow EU project guidelines

* EntreComp Education, at www.EntreCompED.eu, aligns with the European Union's framework for creating value via entrepreneurship education and training

* Water Literacy around oceans, seas, rivers and lakes is created by Blue Anew at www.blueanew.net, supported by our media lab at www.MediaLabNexus.com for multi-media presentations and by our pedagogical specialists at www.KnowledgeBuildingActions.com

* And speaking of expertise in pedagogy, we have connected people across the globe in collaborative, innovative learning and teaching for over 20 years - www.LearningPills.net

* Visionary Ruralities focuses on contributing to the resilience and economic development of rural communities - www.visionaryruralities.com

* Our newest venture into social innovation is housed

within the Zero Food Waste Hub at www.zerofoodwastehub.com

CONTACT US TO JOIN OUR SOCIAL INNOVATION PARTNERSHIPS

Core Partner and workpackage leader for communications, dissemination and exploitation, with a component of impactful storytelling with data.

The Horizon Europe project GS4S supports multi-level policies on labor migration governance and alternative ways for addressing skill shortages in three sectors: care, digital and construction, and related issues around migration and development. Focus area: Europe, EU, the Western Balkan, Middle East and Northern Africa, West Africa, and South/South-East Asia. Using mixed-methods research, the interdisciplinary consortium (with partners in Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Egypt, Nigeria, and Bangladesh) GS4S aims to provide exploitable datasets and practical tools for policy makers, businesses, and educational institutions towards improved matching of skills to address labor market needs. In doing so, the project aims to contribute to a socially sustainable (well-being oriented) global strategy for skills, migration and development.

CONTACT:

info@gs4s.eu

Core Partner and workpackage leader for instructional design and teacher training.

The Horizon SHORE Project brings together 14 core partners and seven Associate Partners collaborating in a 36-month project to promote and deliver ocean literacy across society by working not only with schools but also with scientists, policy makers and the public.:
* SHORE acts as a bridge between research and education to increase the professional development of educators towards fostering lifelong learning that leads to creating agents of change at an early age

* expands and broadens ocean and water literacy in primary and secondary schools in cooperation with the Network of European Blue Schools and EU4Ocean coalition to expand the network and engage in twinning activities supported with cascade funding

* promotes open schooling methodologies including developing training material aligned with environmental and other science curricula aimed at engaging students with pedagogies adapted to regional and cultural differences

* supports a Community of Practice

* sponsors school events that will increase awareness and ocean literacy, providing cascade funding to support 100 school projects in the amount of 10.000EUR each

Need help in applying? Contact: info@blueanew.net

Manager for skills development and training of agrotourism operators via E-learning coursework focused on achieving the 3Ps of Sustainability - PEOPLE * PLANET * PROSPERITY - for operations of non-urban industries - A Sustainability Toolkit for Actions Agrotourism Operators and Others Can Take To Help Address Grand Societal Challenges

Erasmus+ KA2 small partnership project between Italy and Portugal to promote sustainability in agrotourism and other non-urban industries - https://sustainagro.net

- ECO SEAL certification scheme for non-urban industry operators to demonstrate their commitment to circularity and sustainability

Available in English, Italian and Portuguese

Sponsored by INDIRE, the Italian National Agency of Erasmus+

Core Partner and workpackage leader for instructional design

this 30-month project funded by the Erasmus+ KA2 Capacity-Building Program brings together partners in formal and non-formal learning environments from Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo and Montenegro for curriculum infusion of EntreComp, the EU framework for entrepreneurship education and training. Includes a mobility component that sends students across borders, a teacher training module to transform educators into learning facilitators, and a Community of Practice linked via a virtual innovation hub.

Funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Commission, BalVET promotes entrepreneurship in the Western Balkans.

Hosts of an innovation platform for news, insights, communication and professional networking around the issues impacting the Baltic Sea Ecosystem that have a profound impact on its health and sustainability. Measures such as reducing nutrient inputs, improving wastewater treatment, promoting sustainable fishing practices, controlling invasive species, and mitigating climate change impacts are essential for restoring and protecting the Baltic Sea ecosystem and require collective efforts from countries bordering the Baltic Sea - Estonia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden - as well as international cooperation to support the implementation of sustainable practices. Funded by Horizon.

CONTACT:

info@bluebalticecosystem.com

From agrifoods to agrivoltaics, soil science to experimental gardens, aquaponics to protein production from biomass, the Molinara Innovation Living Lab sponsors multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving and co-creating solution paradigms, offering unique opportunities for experiential learning and collaboration that prepare individuals and organizations alike for the challenges of the future for rural communities and non-urban industries. Designed as a summer institute for hands-on experimentation in soil sciences and analytical techniques, hosts for Erasmus+ KA1 mobility programming for students and teachers as well as small group learning in agricultural studies, forest resources, sustainability and alternative energy: Summer Ag Institute, Sustainability Academy

CONTACT:

info@molinarainnovation.com

Member of the grantwriting team for submission of ‘Climate smart, ecosystem-enhancing and knowledge-based rural expertise and training centres’ (RURALITIES) to Horizon. Project delivers an ecosystem-enhancing and climate action- driven expertise and learning framework organized in hubs throughout Europe and Africa. ‘RURALITIES’ is comprised of a series of innovative methodologies with the learner at its core, supported by a comprehensive network of living labs to assist engage, connect and empower actors. Responsible for preparing 52 partners to participate in the 60-month project.

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OUR WORK

Global Skills Network brings together stakeholders around challenges to co-create solutions to problems with public funding from European Commission programming (Horizon, Erasmus, COSME Single Market Program, LIFE, European Social Fund, etc.) and other multi-lateral funders. Once funded, we offer strategic and project management services, including Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation Plans in English, the native language of most of our staff.

Departments within the Global Skills Network include:

- Blue Baltic Ecosystem (www.bluebalticecosystem.com)

- The Creativity Portal (www.creativityportal.org)

- SDG One Plan 4 One Planet (www.sdgoneplan4oneplanet.org)

- Global Education Innovative Learning Environments (www.globalediles.com)

- Molinara Innovation Center (www.molinarainnovation.com)

We are always looking for opportunities to partner!

Contact us at info@globalskillsnetwork.com

We work with municipalities and Regional Development Agencies, universities and schools, clusters and innovation centers, business support organizations and chambers of commerce universities & NGOs to make the most of funding from the European Commission and other multi-lateral funders as well engage in international partnerships. Specialists in Erasmus KA1, KA2 and KA3 with experience also in the European Social Fund, Horizon, Interreg and COSME.

As Consortium Administrators, we manage the entire project cycle, beginning with an analysis of the eligibility and financing criteria and formulating funding strategies. Our staff has extensive experience in trans-European partnership development and English-language bid writing, including definition of a work plan. We are able to lend technical assistance with environmental scans and market surveys to complement the needs assessment components of a project as well as formative and summative assessments of programming success. Expertise in the triple transitions (sustainability, digitalization and resilience), education and training, professional development, rural economic development, the Future of Work and the circular economy.

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We support European project activities focused on the optimal implementation of projects funded directly by multi-lateral funders and private foundations. We offer agile project planning and management and adhere to standard Quality Management System principles, while carefully managing a project's budget, costs and risks / mitigation strategies to enable a smooth project run within timescales and objectives. Project management begins prior to receipt of funding, with an oversight of the validation process and pre-programming consortium administration to assure all documentation is in order. Management and coordination of the funded projects takes place in their various stages of implementation that includes monitoring activities so that partners are held to the standards established for reporting of programming, expenditures and outcomes. We define short, medium and long term priorities and plan cost control mechanisms, support and participate in consortium meetings, and prepare technical and financial reports, which are submitted to the funder in a timely manner in order to receive the official evaluation of the project outputs produced during the project's life cycle, submission of payment requests, and provide support for the closure of projects and preparation of possible audits.

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