This microlearning unit equips higher education teaching staff, entrepreneurship support networks, and community partners to design, implement, and evaluate social entrepreneurship initiatives that mobilise students, local enterprises, and civil society.

The emphasis is on:

• co-creation,

• competence-based entrepreneurship education, and

• building sustainable mentorship ecosystems that support community-driven innovation.

By the end of the module, participants will be able to:

• Design and implement structured social business idea competitions that mobilize students, local enterprises, and civil society to co-create community-driven innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives.

• Understand and apply the EntreComp framework to map, assess, and enhance entrepreneurial competences within higher education curricula and extracurricular learning environments.

• Develop strategies to build sustainable mentorship and partnership ecosystems, engaging private sector and community actors to support student-led innovation and employability.

• Integrate experiential, challenge-based, and competence-oriented pedagogies that promote creativity, problem-solving, and value creation for society.

• Assess institutional maturity and readiness for entrepreneurship education using self-assessment tools to guide planning, policy formulation, and continuous improvement aligned with the SEED project’s objectives.

Topic 1: Peer-to-peer qualitative assessment of the proposed plan for the social business idea competition

Topic 2: Self-assessment using the EntreComp readiness matrix based on the evaluation grid provided