Project information:
Official name of the project: ETHIKAS Empowering Migrant Women Using Design Thinking Approaches for Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Duration of the project: 31.5.2021 - 30.11.2024
Project coordinator: VAMK
Funding: EU, Erasmus+
Contact person in VAMK:
Tanja Oraviita, Project Manager (Design Centre MUOVA)
tel. +358 207 663 636, tanja.oraviita@vamk.fi
Project Description
The ETHIKAS project aims to support immigrant women in social and sustainable entrepreneurship through human-centered approaches, which include the skills, knowledge, and mindsets needed to build a system that works for all: society, economy, and the environment.
Within the ETHIKAS project:
- An e-book will be developed to promote social entrepreneurship among immigrant women.
- An open educational resource (OER) toolkit on social entrepreneurship based on design thinking will be created.
- A learning platform for downloading open educational resources will be developed to raise awareness of the project.
Project Consortium
- Internationella Kvinnoföreningen (Sweden)
- STEPS SRL ((Italy))
- Innovation Training Center, S.L. (Spain)
- CSI CENTER FOR SOCIAL
INNOVATION LTD (Cyprus) - SYMPLEXIS (Greece)
- Associazione per l’Educazione Giovanile (Italy)
- Vaasan ammattikorkeakoulu – VAMK (Finland)
- Fundatia Centrul Educational Spektrum (Romania)
Project Organizers
Vaasa University of Applied Sciences
Tanja Oraviita | Project Manager
tanja.oraviita@vamk.fi
+358 40 163 2940
