B-Wise Project

💻 The European WISE Alliance held its first Working Group meeting last month, on the 27th of May, in Barcelona and online!

🔍 Participants explored how can play a pivotal role in the twin transitions through skills development, innovative partnerships, and EU-backed initiatives.

🤗 Special thanks to Patricia Pedelabat, Policy Officer at the European Commission, for her insightful presentation on the Union of Skills and on the opportunities it implies for and the social economy.

🌍 Thanks to all the speakers intervening from Italy, Romania, the Netherlands, France, and Croatia, for coming up with their excellent practices on the implementation of the skills strategies developed by B-WISE and on the adaptation of the project's curricula.

📢 Stay tuned as we continue building a vibrant, action-oriented community through the European WISE Alliance!

🔗 Learn more: https://www.bwiseproject.eu/en/alliance

📅 ONE WEEK TO GO! 📅

☺️ Join us next Tuesday, 27 May, in Barcelona or online for the European WISE Alliance Working Group Meeting, organised as a follow-up to the B-WISE project. The event will present the Alliance’s goals, activities, and membership opportunities, with updates on EU support, national roll-out plans, and curriculum adaptation for .

⚙️ Open to all interested stakeholders, the meeting is a key moment to connect, share practices, and strengthen collaboration across the WISEs ecosystem.

🔗 More info and register: https://bit.ly/3YR1DV3

🌟 Join the European WISE Alliance Working Group Meeting!
🗓 27 May 2025
🕓 16:00 CEST
📍 Hotel Best Front Maritim, Barcelona & online via Zoom.

📣 Organised as a follow-up to the B-Wise Project, this meeting will present the European WISE Alliance’s objectives, activities, and membership opportunities. It will feature updates from the European Commission, showcase national roll-out plans, and highlight how the B-WISE curricula are being adapted to empower through digital upskilling.

🤝 The event will also provide a space to foster collaboration, explore synergies with ongoing projects, and strengthen our collective impact within the social economy. It is open to all current and prospective members committed to advancing inclusion, skills development, and responsible business practices.
🌍 Join us and be part of shaping the future of WISEs across Europe!

👉 Register here: https://forms.gle/9P3H9rFqkDBfr2jn6
🔗 Learn more about the Alliance: bwiseproject.eu/en/alliance

🤗 Last week, B-WISE was there at the baSE policy lab on skills in the proximity and social economy ecosystem, organised by Social Economy Europe and Diesis Network. Alongside Marta Bruschi from the Project and Mickaël Bianchin from CECOP, we explored ways to enhance upskilling and reskilling opportunities while ensuring alignment with the ecosystem's principles and values.

💡 A key takeaway was the role of SocioComp, developed through the project, as a crucial tool for harmonising skills and competences within the ecosystem, including those of hashtag . This initiative will help structure and streamline skills development across various actors in the sector.

⚙️ European Network of Social Integration Enterprises - ENSIE’s Project Coordinator, Martina Paterniti, representing B-WISE, highlighted the evolving skills needs of WISE staff — enablers, supporters, and workers with support needs. She emphasised how these needs shift throughout a WISE’s lifecycle: in start-up phases, managers focus on team-building skills, while in consolidated WISEs, the priority shifts to organisational development and decision-making strategies.

👀 Looking ahead, we are eager to learn more about and contribute to the Union of Skills, which will be soon launched by the European Commission.

🔗 More insights and data on these trends are available in the Report on trends and challenges for WISEs in Europe, developed by B-WISE, at the link here: https://bit.ly/42Z4IVM

🤩 Hey B-WISE followers! There's a new project in town.

💡 Following the path and drawing from the achievements attained by B-WISE, Digit-Able enhances the digital capacities of Social Enterprises, especially WISEs and those providing services to people with disabilities, by identifying digital needs and developing tailored training programs.

💻 Digit-Able promotes digital transition through capacity-building activities and the Digital Innovation Hubs, fostering collaboration between Social Enterprises and tech companies.

⏩ Want to stay in touch with this? Follow Digit-Able!

🤗 The B-WISE Consortium thanks warmly everyone who contributed and participated to our Final Conference!

🤝 But it's not over yet! B-WISE is launching a European Alliance to secure long-term impact for WISEs, bringing together WISEs, VET providers, and industry stakeholders. This Alliance, based on sustained partnerships, will continue B-WISE’s work, implementing a Sectoral Skills Strategy at both national and European levels to strengthen the WISE sector.

💡 Alliance members gain access to resources, networking, and collaborative learning opportunities focused on digital upskilling and innovative work integration. By joining, members can actively shape and support the future of the WISE sector, contributing to a powerful network dedicated to sustainable and inclusive employment. If you’re committed to advancing social enterprise and skill-building, the B-WISE Alliance welcomes your insights and collaboration.

Want to join us?
📽 Watch the video: https://bit.ly/4eqg9rD
🔗 Visit the webpage: bwiseproject.eu/alliance

⏩ The afternoon session of the B-WISE Final Conference started with three workshop, focusing on different topics:

💻 During the workshop on how to boost digitalisation in WISEs, partners delved into different methodologies on how to provide digital upskilling to WISEs and analysed synergies with the DigitalBoost and the DIGIT-ABLE project, who carry on their activities pursuing this objective.

📚 Another workshop featured an insightful discussion on how the results of the research carried on by B-WISE can be exploited for advocacy purposes.

🤝 A third workshop focused on the synergies developed among Blueprint project such as B-WISE within the framework of the Large Scale Partnership on Proximity and Social Economy.

💡 Every workshop featured insightful discussions and reflections on the future of the project, leading to the final panels of the Conference, focusing on the next steps of the B-WISE project.

🔴 You're still on time to follow, join us online: https://bit.ly/4flycjF

⏩ The morning session of the B-WISE Final Conference moved on, focusing on the results of the research carried on by B-WISE.

🔎 The research focused on the skill gaps within the WISE sector at the European level, identifying personas and occupation profiles depicting the staff working within a WISE. Then, tailored curricula were developed for each of the profiles. Read more about B-WISE and its research on our website: https://lnkd.in/eW6KnCHU

⚙ After presenting the research, the Conference featured contributions from workers from ACT Printlab, Fondazione OPIMM, PLOES, and Restaurant Freud, some of the organisations and WISEs involved in the piloting of the project.

🔴 Keep following us! Hear about these and more achievements of B-WISE by connecting LIVE with the B-WISE Final Conference: https://bit.ly/4flycjF

🔴 The final conference, "Boosting employment of workers with support needs and boosting skills for work integration" kicked off this morning at the EESC - European Economic and Social Committee.

Join us and discover how B-WISE has developed a cross-European approach to skill development, comprehensive of tailored training materials to enhance the work integration of workers with support needs.

🔗 Follow the conference LIVE on Zoom at this link: https://bit.ly/4flycjF

📢 The B-WISE Final Conference is coming soon!

🤝 Meet Baptiste, policy officer at European Network of Social Integration Enterprises - ENSIE. Passionate about social economy, EU policymaking, and in the potential of WISEs role in protecting Europe's social fabric, he is excited to be there and moderate an insightful panel on how to leverage the results of B-WISE for advocacy and policy-making.

💡 Don't miss this opportunity to discover this and more key insights on skill development and advocacy actions for WISEs!

🤗 Join us in person and online on the 13th of November!
🔗 More info and register: https://bit.ly/4dvnFkO
💻 Follow the event online: https://bit.ly/4flycjF

🎙 “The Blueprints and the Pact for Skills are here to stay,” says Felix Rohn, Policy Officer at DG EMPL, European Commission. With him as one of the speakers, at the B-WISE Final Conference we will explore how these initiatives support workers with support needs and strengthen skills for work integration in the social economy sector.

⚙ As part of B-WISE, we will conference will bring together experts, policymakers, and practitioners to discuss best practices and strategies to empower WISEs. Discover how the European WISE Skills Strategy is advancing skills development and fostering inclusive employment across Europe.

💬 Highlights include:
🔹 Insights into the B-WISE approach to skills development.
🔹 Interactive discussions on creating sustainable employment pathways.
🔹 Opportunities to network with social economy leaders and advocates.

🔗 Don’t miss the chance to contribute to this transformative dialogue. Register now: https://bit.ly/4dvnFkO

📢 Join us next week at the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels for a key event focused on strengthening skills in the WISE sector. The event will dive into B-WISE's strategies for skills development and the European WISE Skills Strategy.

Our speaker Biancamaria, from Scuola Centrale Formazione, states that co-participation is the key to drive WISEs into the future. This event will delve into new ways of fostering collaboration and inclusive skill-building, to create new pathways for workers with support needs. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and share best practices that can help make WISEs more resilient and future-ready! 💼🌍

📅 When: 13 November 2024
📍 Where: European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels
👉 Register now to secure your spot: https://bit.ly/4dvnFkO