BYTE

Key facts

Project title: BYTE (Blockchain for Refugees Entrepreneurship)

Website: https://www.byteproject.eu/home 

Programme: Erasmus+

Key action: Strategic Partnership

Action type: Cooperation partnerships in adult education (KA220-ADU)

Role: Partner

Project number: 2022-1-RO01-KA220-ADU-000088269 

Project duration: 1. November 2012 – 30. October 2024

Results

• Resources

• FB page

Leader

• Asociatia SIMO (Romania) 

Partners

• University of Ioannina (Greece)

• BICERO Ltd. (Slovenia)

• FORUM DELLE CAMERE DI COMMERCIO DELL'ADRIATICO E DELLO IONIO (Italy)

• Social Cooperative Enterprise Drosostalida (Greece)

Summary

The objective of BYTE is to help migrants (including refugees from Ukraine) become self-employed (building a successful enterprise profit-generating with social objectives).

Objectives

1. Enhancement of the early integration of refugees into the labor market.

2. Enhancement of the role of entrepreneurs as mentors.

3. Raising entrepreneurs’ and local communities' awareness regarding the benefits of the insertion of highly skilled migrants in the labor market.