Erasmus+ KA220 Project

“Sustainable Alliance Manager: Learning Experience towards Collaborative Skills with Green Consciousness”

No. 2023-1-ES01-KA220-HED-000157968

The beginning of the project: 01/10/2023

End of the project: 30/09/2026

Total project budget: 400 000,00 €

• The main partner: Mu enpresagintza coop. (Spain)

Partners:

• Lithuania business college (LBC, Lithuania)
• Universitatea de vest din timisoara (Romania)
• Universita degli studi di foggia (Italy)
• Uniwersytet ekonomiczny w katowicach (Poland)
• Valuedo srl (Italy)

Objectives of project:

The short term objective of the project is to develop the SAM Experience which is an international, digital, flexible and personalized learning experience for Sustainable Alliance Managers (SAM). The long term objective is to provide professionals with the necessary collaborative and green skills to create and manage sustainable alliances within SMEs in the manufacturing sector. The overall SAM profile development aims at fulfilling the SMEs need for sustainable intercompany growth.

Implementation of project:

The project applies quantitative/qualitative investigation to define Sustainable Alliance Manager profile (SAM profile) further supported by close labor market validation with SMEs. Aligned with the SAM profile, the consortium will design a learning experience of collaborative-green skills providing personalized Learning Paths to the self – assessed level of skills of each of the participants of the pilot in Spain, Italy, Romania, Lithuania, Poland (50 students/country).

Results of project:

The project provides a methodology to train collaborative-green skills of Business Management/Engineering students to specialize them in the SAM role. It will i) decrease the high ratio of alliances failures in SMEs ii) help SMEs grow through intercompany collaboration and formalize the SAM role in their organizational structure iii) adjust the intercompany collaboration to the overall sustainability goals and sustainable development of SMEs.

Project participants in LBC:

• Prof. Dr. Simona Grigaliūnienė – Project Manager [email protected]
• Prof. Dr. Šarūnas Banevičius – Project Researcher [email protected]
• Dr. Angelė Lileikienė – Project Financier [email protected]
• Prof. Dr. Kristina Puleikienė – Project Coordinator [email protected]
• Modestas Vaikšnoras – Project Administrator [email protected]