e-CAFE

The objective of E-CAFE therefore is clear: to facilitate entrepreneurship for under educated or disadvantaged target group by providing tailored and targeted entrepreneurship education resources in a learning friendly, low-threshold environment.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Entrepreneurship plays a key role in Europe’s Economy. In order to generate innovation, growth and jobs and unleash the potential of the diverse groups of potential entrepreneurs, we need to remove existing obstacles and revolutionize the culture of entrepreneurship in the EU. We need a much more supportive environment and an entrepreneurial mindset, that includes all previously excluded target groups.

TARGET GROUP
It is a real cause for concern that participation of adult learners in the UK, and in many other EU countries, has fallen to a record low. The UK has seen nearly 4 million lost learners since 2010. Adults in lower socio–economic groups are half as likely to take part in learning than those in higher socio–economic groups. Increasing the number of adults accessing education and training will be vital both to boosting productivity and to supporting adults to adapt to rapid economic change. Beyond the economic benefits, evidence also shows that adults who take part in learning are more likely to have better health and wellbeing, and to be active in their communities. As one of E-Café’s subtarget groups, the EU Commission identifies the potential of female entrepreneurs as an ‘under-exploited source of economic growth’ and has launched the Europe 2020 strategy to tackle this.

By addressing the needs of adult learner target groups who are often excluded from professional success and even social participation, we simultaneously address two other priorities in the EU: social inclusion of migrants and increasing the number of female entrepreneurs.