Femmes Chefs d'entreprise à l'Export hors de l'EU

European SMEs play a vital role in the economy, with 600,000 exporting outside the EU, contributing 35% of total EU exports and creating 6 million jobs. However, only 18% of European SMEs are invo...

●Enhancing global competitiveness: efforts were made to boost the “export” and internationalisation competitiveness of EU female SMEs operating in various sectors and industries through innovative, practical training programs. ●The creation of an open educational resource (OER) platform that is free, in open access and multilanguage version, which represents the digital hub of the project, digital library of all content, and more importantly, digital legacy of the project for continuous exploitation of results by partners, targets and related network of stakeholders ● E4F tackle and addresses the skills, knowledge and attitudinal gaps that prevents female-led business in venturing into internationalisation pathways by providing for robust and reliable training content on the discipline of export business management ● Equip the VET system with new training content developed, tailored and tested to addresses this specific service area and domain of education

PR1 E4F OER PLATFORM available in 5 languages A1 PLATFORM SETTING T1.1 Mapped all the features the consortium needed to meet E4F’s project’s specific needs T1.2 Defined the structure, developed and programmed of the general platform architecture T1.3 Defined OER contents and capabilities A2 MANTAINANCE AND OPERATION OF THE PLATFORM T 1.1 developed the ultimate OER T 1.2 Content management T 1.3 Testing the platform PR2 MAP EXPORT DYNAMICS, CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEMALE-RUN BUSINESS A2.1 Defined a common methodology T2.1.1 defined a common methodology that all partners used T2.1.2 identified sources and resources for secondary assessment T2.1.3 defined literature and other sources for secondary assessment T2.1.4 analysed documents T2.1.5 Structured of reporting and aggregation tools T2.1.6 Common schedule A2 Map, trends, dynamics, challenges and opportunities PR3 DEVELOP E4F TOOL-KIT IN 5 LANGUAGES A3.1 DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOFT SKILLS TRAINING MODEL T3.1.1 Development of a common E4F training model for partners T3.1.2 Translation of the E4F Tool-Kit in 5 languages T3.1.3 Definition of the Plan for Pilot Validation T3.1.4 Delivered training to 120 learners PR4 PUBLIC POLICY UPSKILLING AND TRAINING UPTAKE GUIDELINES A4.1 DESIGNED THE TRAINING UPTAKE GUIDELINES A4.2 WROTE THE E4F PUBLIC POLICY REPORT TO SCALE IMPACT AT SYSTEMIC LEVEL

●Development of the E4F OER Platform (PR1): This platform, available in five languages (EN, FR, IT, SI, ES), hosted all PRs (PR2, 3, 4) and served as a hub for promotion, knowledge dissemination, and networking. The OER platform was specifically tailored to the needs of female entrepreneurs, export management consultants, international trade agencies, internationalization experts, public authorities, national/regional business support points, non-formal VET institutions, and other interested users. To ensure sustainability and lasting impact, maintenance and content updates for the OER platform were conducted for an additional three years after the official project completion. ●In-Depth Desk Research on Internationalization Dynamics (PR2): This research focused on the dynamics, challenges, and international trade opportunities for female entrepreneurs and female-led businesses. The research was conducted in the national contexts of each partner involved (no BE as IHF operates at pan-european and transnational level) and at a European level. Key findings were synthesized and presented in a formal executive document, highlighting main findings from all research and analysis conducted by partners.. The objective was to identify challenges, opportunities, inhibitors, etc. to internationalisation pathways for female-led small enterprises and most importantly, training areas of interest to enhance and strengthen knowledge, skills and overall attitudes in the filed of business and export ● Development and Translation of an Online Toolkit (PR3): This toolkit comprised training content, operational tools, case studies, guidelines, best practices, and a glossary structured around four main themes: “Strategies for Internationalization,” 'E-commerce and International Digital Marketing,' 'Social Selling,' and 'Sociological and Cultural Aspects of Extra-EU Export.' Delivery of the training content took place in the partners' respective contexts to test and validate the relevance and pedagogical legitimacy of learning objectives and learning outcomes, ease of use, accessibility of the material ● Development of Public Policy Upscaling and Training Uptake Guidelines (PR4): These guidelines served as tools for public administrations and other professionals in the domain of entrepreneurial VET to enhance, from a perspective of policy and practice, local, national, and international competitiveness and the growth of female-led businesses beyond the EU. They also facilitated the sustainability of the project by promoting project results (from PR1 to PR3) beyond the project's temporal limits. Please see more : website E4F https://e4f-network.eu/ A shared drive is also available for further details.