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Inspiring stories from Croatia

During the first steps of the project, one of them was to do a short analysis about entrepreneur skills in each partner region. For this task, each partner create a study with the young entrepreneurs they worked. In the case of Croatia, they work with a small focus group of youngers. They presented their businesses […]

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2nd online meeting

Last week, the 1st of July, took place the second online meeting with the partners of the project. After the study of each region about the entrepreneur skills throw the surveys and focus groups, the partners collected a list of all. Entrepreneur skills: Creativity Social skills Adaptability Flexibility Persistence Leadership Responsibility Collaboration Ability to learn […]

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Entrepreneurship in each country

Entrepreneurship is a skill that can be learnt. It´s not necessary to be an entrepreneur since you were a child to run a successful business. An entrepreneurial mindset and skills can be developed or improved. One of the first steps in the framework of the project including in the Intellectual Output 1 is to take […]

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Motivation and Personal Competencies

Some researches conducted in the late 1960s by David McClelland, psychologist at Harvard University, are based on the assumption that everyone has an inner motivation to improve. That´s why we think that entrepreneurship can be learnt. Empretec’s unique methodology is based on that studies and if you take a look to it, there are 10 […]

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1st online meeting

The 26st of march took place the first online meeting of the project. The initial idea of the event was meant to be in person in Croatia but due to the COIVD crisis it was impossible to travel so the partners decided to continue with an online meeting. The meeting was coordinate by Polina from […]

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Riga kick-off meeting

The kick-off meeting of UPENSKILLS was held the 11th of December 2019 in the city of Riga, the capital of Latvia. The meeting was hosted by the Baltic Ontopsychology Association (BOA), the project coordinator, in the imposing skyscraper of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Our charming host, Dr Nina Linde, head of BOA, welcomed the […]