Good practice

Transformando, Spain Transformando aims at developing training methods for micro-enterprises which are run by socially excluded groups. In matters of crisis intervention a working plan is elaborated in the first session with the consultant processed in face-to-face meetings which take place every 15 days. ‘To-dos’ for the entrepreneur are followed up via telephone or email. To get a clear impression on the effectiveness of the guidance the entrepreneur is also visited at his premises. The service is free of charge for the entrepreneur. It is financed by EU (50%), regional (25%) and local (25%) funds.The personalised advice in crises and management change can be depicted as follows:

1st meeting to identify the situation and need of guidance
A consultant is assigned depending of the area/s to be worked with and depending of the industrial sector of the activity
A working plan is then elaborated and presented to the client (the financer) and to the solicitant (it is a free service for them). It will vary between a total of 15 and 40 hours depending of the objectives to be accomplished
Weekly meetings will take place face to face, in Transformando offices or else in the solicitant´s premises, to review the tasks assigned and assign new ones to be done before the next meeting
An internal committee is always available in case of need of specific advice or difficult decision making

A control report will be updated after each session and a final report will be written with the global impressions and new situation of the client.

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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.