An Еcopreneur focuses on environmentally friendly topics and causes, aiming to do business in a way that benefits the environment.

Ecopreneurship is a rising trend in business and an important response to our global environmental challenges.

What is an Ecopreneur?

“Ecopreneurship is characterized by some fundamental aspects of entrepreneurial activities that are oriented less towards management systems or technical procedures and focused more on the personal initiative and skills of the entrepreneurial person or team to realise market success with environmental innovations.”

Ecopreneurs therefore often embed personal mission, beliefs and drivers in their business activities e.g., to reduce food loss and food waste, packaging use, improve animal welfare or reduce the ecological footprint of food production.

Manning L, Smith R, Conley G, Halsey L. Ecopreneurial Education and Support:

Developing the Innovators of Today and Tomorrow. Sustainability. 2020

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What’s About?

Ecopreneurs is a European initiative that promotes sustainable entrepreneurship education through the use of gamification and thinking-based learning as facilitating and integrating approaches. The project’s vision is to cultivate entrepreneurial mindsets and behaviors with an emphasis on environmental preservation while fostering sustainability competencies, taking into account the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the EU Green deal and the core EU principles such as accessibility and inclusion.

Who we are?

The project team behind the ECOPRENEURS brings together solid expertise in the fields of education, entrepreneurship, research and consulting in sustainable development, game-based learning and game production.

Seven organisations from Sweden, The Netherlands, Spain, Romania, Greece and Turkey gather their efforts together to contribute to cultivating sustainable entrepreneurial mindsets and behaviours.

HÄLSINGLANDS UTBILDNINGSFÖRBUND
Sweden
www.hufb.se
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HÄLSINGLANDS UTBILDNINGSFÖRBUND
Halsingland Education Association has three member municipalities. HEA provides public upper secondary education, adult education and Swedish for immigrants.
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INTHECITY
Project Development B.V.
The Netherlands
www.inthecitystudio.com
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INTHECITY
Project Development B.V.
Inthecity Project Development is a creative company, that specializes in the development, piloting and roll-out of innovative digital media learning formats and their application in a range of educational settings. These formats include online learning, mobile & blended learning resources, gamification and challenge-based learning and modular training materials for face-to-face and virtual learning environments.
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Fundación
Canaria Insular
Spain
www.fifedetfe.es
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Fundación Canaria Insular
para la Formación, el Empleo y el 
Desarrollo Empresarial
FIFEDE is an insular foundation for training, employment and business development. It has been established in the year 1998 by Tenerife island local government in order to work for boosting employment, entrepreneurship, training and international collaboration.
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YASAR
UNIVERSITESI
Türkiye
www.yasar.edu.tr
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YASAR UNIVERSITESI
Established in 2001, Yasar University has quickly become an ideal environment for research, personal development and learning by its 10 faculties, graduate school (more than 50 graduate Master and Ph.D. programs), vocational school, EU Research Centre, Open and Distance Learning Centre, Knowledge & Technology Transfer Office and Continuing Education Centre with English as the medium of instruction for most of the programmes. Since 2005, Yasar University has participated in around 130 EU funded projects, established international partnerships and developed strong links with business sector and other universities.
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Fundația Centrul
Educațional Spektrum
Romania
www.sec.ro
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Fundația Centrul
Educațional Spektrum
in Rethymno, Greece, promotes lifelong learning and educational cooperation across Europe. EELI designs and manages educational programs, develops training materials, and organizes seminars and workshops. It also provides technical assistance to public and private institutions for EU programs and research projects.
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European Education &
Learning Institute
Greece
www.eeli.edu.gr
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European Education &
Learning Institute
is dedicated to providing education and training that fosters proactive and successful communities, with a focus on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Offering non-formal courses for various groups, including SMEs, VET students, and disadvantaged individuals, SEC aims to equip the region's workforce for economic changes and promote entrepreneurship. With significant participation in Lifelong Learning projects, SEC aims at key competence development, sustainability, and innovation in education through its highly qualified staff.
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Lozano
Consulting
Sweden
rodlozano@org-sustainability.com
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Lozano
Consulting
is a company focussed on helping organisations become more sustainability oriented. LC has been working with different organisations worldwide in topics such as circular economy, education for sustainable development, assessment and reporting for sustainability, and evaluation of European projects. LC has many years of experience and its director is a leading expert in sustainability issues.
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What we aim at?

This project has the main objective to provide VET students with the know-how and knowledge of developing entrepreneurship in a sustainable way.

It proposes to design a new alternative VET pedagogical resources and digital tools for integration of sustainability aspects into entrepreneurial education.

The aim is to educate quality human resources that will represent successful entrepreneurs for future establishing viable businesses in different fields.

What we are doing?

1

Competency Profile of Ecopreneur

Identifying the most significant skills for Ecopreneurship and designing a Competency Profile of Ecopreneur to scope key characteristics and competences of entrepreneurs linked with sustainability and environmental responsibility.
2

Online Game

Producing an Online Game designed to build and improve skills and knowledge in ecopreneurship and motivate VET learners to apply sustainable entrepreneurial competences.
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VET Teachers Training Guide

Developing a VET Teachers Training Guide to provide VET educators with didactical approach and blended training to integrate sustainable entrepreneurship into their teaching practice.
4

European competition

Organising a European competition for concepts that are motivated by sustainability and ecopreneurship.

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Actions &
Experience

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

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