“Developing Social Entrepreneurial Skills in Higher Education” (SEinHE) project organized an international IP week (intensive programme) in Rezekne Academy of Technologies, Latvia with partners from Finland, Cyprus, Lithuania and Belgium.

During the intensive programme, 26 students developed social entrepreneurship skills and competencies by participating in lectures, workshops, performing practical tasks, and modeling situations based on real societal challenges.

Before the IP week, students had to prepare a pre-assignment at their institutions – to do research on social problems in various communities while understanding how existing social enterprises are addressing them. By doing so, students advanced their understanding of social entrepreneurship (SE) while familiarizing with various SE approaches. During the second phase, which took place in Latvia, lectures/workshops, case studies and group work in international teams, generating innovative ways to solve the problems of social enterprises, were organized.

Students participating to the course will be awarded 3 ECTS in case of successful implementation of the course. These 3 ECTS gained are expected to be recognized and transferred into transcripts by home institutions.

The Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership in Higher Education project “Developing Social Entrepreneurial Skills in Higher Education (SEinHE) (2020-1-LT01-KA203-078013) has been coordinated by Kaunas University of Applied Sciences and implemented together with partners from Finland, Belgium, Cyprus and Latvia since 2020. The project aims to develop an understanding of social entrepreneurship in higher education and provides its benefits to the community, expanding the competences of teachers in social entrepreneurship.

The final conference of the project will be held on 25^th of November in Kaunas University of Applied Sciences.