econet/PNO, is a leading grants consultancy in Europe, with 34 offices in 13 countries across Europe and approx. 400 consultants. Grants consultancies PNO Consultants and econet merged in order to better address grant opportunities for European organizations, offering the full range of grantsconsultancy services, including:

• identification of grant opportunities
• application of grant proposals
• compliance services
• project design & project management
• lobbying
• consortium management
• Public-Private Partnerships

URL: www.econetandpnohavemerged.com

e-skills and employability

econet/PNO is engaged to develop partnership platforms and projects which utilize the available instruments to improve e-skills and employability all across Europe: more grants, better chances e-skills and employability. Some examples of this engagement are:

EUGA: EUROPEAN UNION GRANTS ADVISOR

European Public-Private Partnership that stimulates skills for Employability projects and supports the use of available public funding to boost impact of Employability projects for training and job creation. econet is part of the this board that will lead the ICT sector’s contribution on the development and implementation of the long term digital literacy and e-skills agenda in Europe.

• €120M of EU and national government funding awarded as a result of EUGA.
• 105,000+ people to be trained from grants awarded.
• Delivering It-literacy, IT practitioner skills and IT professional skills.
• 113,000+ SMEs and 267 local government organizations benefiting.

www.microsoft.com/emea/euga/

EUROPEAN ALLIANCE ON SKILLS FOR EMPLOYABILITY

European Public-Private Partnership that stimulates skills for Employability projects and supports the use of available public funding to boost impact of Employability projects for training and job creation.

• Fit the Employability Alliance initiatives in the EU Policy.
• Support the launch of local chapters of the Employability Alliance.
• Build public private sustainable funding models for e-skills initiatives.

www.employabilityalliance.com

@lditec

Project developed under the Leonardo da Vinci EU initiative to help develop the “Technological Dynamisation Local Agent” profile that will help SMBs across the EU address their e-skills development projects.

• Creation of a new professional profile.
• Creation of an on-line training platform.
• 60 already formed “ Technological Dynamisation Local Agents”.
• 60 Innovation Plans for SMEs accomplished.
• Execution of the project in 3 different countries: Spain, Rumania and UK.

EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUNDS PROJECTS

Projects developed to implement e-skills employability pathways to allow municipalities in convergence regions support their citizens in finding jobs.

• Proximitas Plus - A Coruña.
• Factor e - Segovia.
• Crea Talavera - Talavera.