THEIR CHALLENGE

ECOKT – digital up-skilling platform for young unemployed.

In 2015 the European Commission’s Directorate‑General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) issued a call for proposals for the implementation of a €2m pilot project called the European Commission Open Knowledge Technologies (ECOKT) – Digital Up-skilling Platform for Young Unemployed. The platform aims to bridge the gap between the digital skills of the young unemployed in Europe and changing needs of the European labour market. A €2m co-funding grant was available to support the development of the project over 2 years and the competition for this substantial grant was very intense.

CLIENT

Consortium of Expertise France, Siveco (Romania), Lai Momo (Italy) and Dara Creative (Ireland)

SECTOR

EU Funded Projects

WHAT WE DID

  • Set up the bid team, collaboration process and tools to work remotely
  • Developed a Project Vision that exceeded the project objectives and scope
  • Defined each partner’s core strengths and Positioning Strategy for the offer
  • Created an innovative User Led Methodology and Project Based Learning approach
  • Defined the Platforms’ key target audiences and a strong Value Proposition
  • Provided technical expertise and copywriting for the Technical Offer
  • Coordinated the preparation of the Grant Budget between the partners
  • Managed the preparation, design and production of the grant proposal
  • Provided consultancy to finalise the grant contract post award decision

THE RESULTS

We helped the Consortium to win the Call for Proposals and secure the
€2m grant to develop the pilot project over 2 years.