About SDG-CONFYI

SDG- CONFYI is a project funded within the Erasmus+ programme, KA2 VET Small-Scale partnership.

The 3 partners (Starkmacher Impact from Germany, FormAP from Italy, Clearlight Consulting from Slovakia) wish to review and grow in their knowledge as consultants, educators & trainers, so as to accompany other companies and organisations in fighting together with climate change, achieving the UN SDGs, and growing the social impact of their activities.

Project objectives

With this project the three partner consultancy companies (DE, IT and SK) intend to expand their consultancy and training skills for social enterprises focused on the Green Deal, the digital dimension, a people-centred economy and, last but not least , on the priorities of the European Commission in the field of social economy and sustainable development. The partners want to capture the impact of the social economy in the fields of environmental sustainability and the digital dimension. 

Through this project the partner organizations will increase the quality of their work, launch and consolidate their position in social impact counseling and training.

Activities

The project focuses on three fundamental topics that will be addressed in three corresponding activities: 

1) Social entrepreneurship as a business activity that can contribute in an innovative, pragmatic and long-lasting way to a significant and positive change in a society (the so-called general meta-economic goals).

The content of this activity is the comparison of the development of social entrepreneurship in the three countries participating in the project, with the aim of capturing its impact in different sectors.

This analysis will help partners to understand the type of offer present in the consulting sector and to better understand the opportunities and needs of their potential clients and colleagues.

2) SE networks that can assist in implementing education and training opportunities that increase the flexibility of career counseling and training in line with market needs.

In the three countries, partners will examine the most significant experiences and good practices, identifying possible innovative and systemic ways to increase the flexibility of VET opportunities for social economy actors within their companies, organizations and countries.

3) In recent decades, a new type of consulting has begun to emerge: social impact consulting (SIC). While traditional management consulting focuses on improving the performance of organizations that often follow industry best practices, SIC takes a broader approach and focuses on creating social improvements for various stakeholders involved in the organization.