Pilot Project of FACET/SEON

FACET/SEON will develop a support system aimed at supporting micro-entrepreneurs in managing a financial crisis situation. The pilot project will be developed in the province of Utrecht and shall consist of

A website with tools including - A situation assessment - Tips for market research/marketing - Format for a crisis action plan - Standard letters - Other relevant documents for Crisis Intervention (tips, tricks & FAQs) - Links to relevant organisations
Telephone consultancy
Email consultancy

Due to the fact that various parties already offer related advice services to (starting) entrepreneurs, it will be crucial to the position of FACET/SEON in this field, by

emphasising that the services offered are aimed at a distinct target group and are low costs so micro-entrepreneurs can afford them and
obtaining support from organisations that entreprenurs already trust and work with.

The email and telephone advice will be provided by an experienced business and debt adviser and former entrepreneur who possesses excellent knowledge and skills to adequately answer the questions of entrepreneurs in crisis. For a detailed presentation on FACET/SEON’s pilot project, please click here. For a detailed report on FACET/SEON’s pilot project, please click here.

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News

European Handbook available

The European Handbook U-Turn: Towards Business Success is now available for download in English, German, French and Spanish! click here

Conference is over!

The "U-Turn: Towards Business Success" conference is over! More than 100 participants attended the conference which was held on Thursday, 20th September at the chamber of crafts , Hamburg. We like to thank all those who took part!

Final conference

Reserve some space in your schedule: The final project conference will take place on the 20th of September in Hamburg. For details, please click here. No costs involved for participation.

Microempresa en Acción starts its services

Microempresa en Acción, the pilot of Fundació Un Sol Món, successfully started on the 27 of February 2007. The service consits of telephone advice (inbound and outbound) for entrepreneurs having received a microcredit from the savings bank Caixa Catalunya.

Three new best practice partners:

The circle of the project team is once again broadend: Zuidweg & Parters (The Netherlands), the Ondernemersklankbord (The Netherlands) and Associaciò de Mentors i Emprenedors (Spain) have joined and raise the number of best-practice partners up to 13. Presentations of our new best practice partnes will be on-line soon.

First pilot project starts its operation:

With SOS-Ondernemers of FACET/SEON, the first pilot project in the frames of the project is set up. The mulichannel approach of FACET will include a website with tools and worthwhile information, an email-consultancy service and telephone advice.