AcrossLimits is currently participating in the Practical AI Training Tool for Digital Transformation of SMEs (PAITool) project, which is funded by Erasmus+, an EU funding programme which is centred around education. Its main aim is to develop and test new flexible opportunities for VET on Artificial Intelligence (AI), that will support SME staff in adapting… Continue reading The PAITool project: Facilitating the digitisation process of SMEs
On the 1st of May, the WINBLUE project, funded under the EMFAF call for proposals on Women in the Blue Economy, kicked off. Within the blue economy, the contribution and potential of women remains overlooked and undervalued, especially within roles related to STEM. They face barriers for employment and advancement in many of the blue… Continue reading WINBLUE Project: Empowering Women and Mainstreaming Gender Equality in the Blue Economy
The Interreg programme supports cooperation across borders through project funding. The aim is to tackle common challenges and find shared solutions in various fields such as health, environment, education and transport. Interreg is divided into 3 main strands of cooperation, which are: Cross-Border Cooperation Transnational Cooperation Interregional Cooperation You can access all the different Interreg… Continue reading Interreg North-West Europe: Overcoming regional challenges together
International Women’s day, celebrated on March 8, serves to highlight certain issues faced by women, such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. AcrossLimits has participated in a number of EU projects over the years which are targeted mainly at women, especially in relation to career-seeking, female empowerment and entrepreneurship. Take… Continue reading Women’s Day Special: AcrossLimits projects focusing on women
The key aim of the Horizon Europe programme (HORIZON), formerly known as Horizon 2020, is to fund research and innovation, with a budget of €95.5 billion. It tackles climate change, helps to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and boosts the EU’s competitiveness and growth. What’s new in Horizon Europe? The European Innovation Council (EIC):… Continue reading Horizon Europe: Research and Innovation Opportunities in the EU
The Erasmus+ Programme is one of the most well-known of the EU’s initiatives, with many students having taken advantage of the opportunity it offers to carry out a period of study in another European country. However, many are not aware that the Erasmus+ funding Programme is not just for students who want to study abroad.… Continue reading Erasmus+ Funding Opportunities for Cooperation Projects
One of our recently completed projects, Becoming a Woman Coder, has recently been awarded the « Bonne Pratique » Label by the Erasmus+ National Agency in France. The project was targeted at employment counsellors, providing them with tools to encourage women to pursue coding careers. You can read more about the project by checking… Continue reading Becoming a Woman Coder project awarded « Bonne Pratique » Label
Each year the European Commission (EC) holds an SME week with a focus on Entrepreneurship, while also generating public awareness about the opportunities out there for people who wish to start a business or existing businesses who would like to expand their business activities. SMEs also have the opportunity to promote their businesses to a… Continue reading SME Week: Entrepreneurship opportunities in the EU
My proposal didn’t get funded, what do I do now? A lot of effort goes into creating a proposal, from bringing together the right consortium, to planning the project methodology and workplan, to drafting the proposal document itself. So it can be incredibly disheartening and disappointing when you receive that dreaded notice that your proposal… Continue reading Resubmitting a funding proposal
In Europe, only 60% of women work in contrast to 76% of men, mainly because of gender segregation in the labour market. Moreover, more than a third of European working women have jobs which are generally paid less and are often part-time, such as care work, sales and cleaning jobs.Unemployed, low-qualified women and women in… Continue reading BWC Project: Encouraging women to take up coding as a career
After the first LTT of “MARS – Methodological Approach for Real Social Effects in Adult Education” project, which took place in Bulgaria, the partners have started working on the 2 Intellectual Outputs. Specifically, Norwegian partner E-Consultants is working on the e-book (IO1), a manual that builds on the unique and innovative approach to crisis management… Continue reading The MARS Project: Making Steps Forward
During July the partners of the Erasmus+ project SOLIS gathered in Malta, together with teachers from each partner country to partake in SOLIS training focused on digital storytelling and the unique expertise brought by this experienced group from the UK, Norway, Turkey, Malta, Italy, Lithuania, Spain and Greece. This culminated in the recording of over… Continue reading The SOLIS Project: Making Steps Forward
