1. TourEurope
- Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs

2. TourEurope – Objective
• to create and consolidate European
competitive tourism related SMEs by
developing capabilities, business
opportunities and networking of
entrepreneurs through cross-border mobility
within the EU

3. Partners in TourEurope
UK:
Manchester
Metropolitan
University
www.mmu.ac.uk
Spain:
Concorcio Provincial
Desarrollo Económico
de Cordoba
www.cpde.es
Finland:
Seinäjoki University
of Applied Sciences
Levón Institute
www.seamk.fi
Italy:
Federturismo
Confindustria
www.federturismo.it

4. Activities between NE & HE
• Market research and developing new business opportunities
• Project development, innovation and R&D
• Taking a fresh look at existing business operations
• Understanding SME finance
• Branding, sales and marketing
• Work on concrete projects on above topics

5. Support to the Entrepreneurs
• Matching – both NIO and HIO assist the entrepreneurs to find a suitable
match first from partner countries then from other European countries.
However, entrepreneurs’ own activity is important.
• Accommodation – the HIO assist the incoming NE to find
accommodation
• Social network – the HIO assist the NE to network with e.g. Chambers
of Commerce
• Support – the HIO is the contact point for the NE and HE at the area
where the exchange is taking place
• Financial Support – the NIO signs a financial agreement with NE about
the grant to support the relationship

6. Matching at IT-tool

7. Monthly Financial Assistance paid to
New Entrepreneurs
Country of Stay Support in Eur per month
Albania 530
Austria 900
Belgium 830
Bulgaria 560
Czech Repubblic 610
Croatia 720
Cyprus 780
Czech Republic 610
Denmark 1100
Estonia 670
Finland 950
France 900

8. Monthly Financial Assistance paid
to New Entrepreneurs
Country of Stay Support in Eur per month
F. Y.R.O.M. 560
Germany 830
Greece 780
Hungary 670
Iceland 900
Ireland 1000
Israel 950
Italy 900
Latvia 610
Lithuania 560
Liechtenstein 1.100
Luxembourg 830
Malta 720

9. Monthly Financial Assistance paid
to New Entrepreneurs
Country of Stay Support in Eur per month
Montenegro 560
Netherlands 830
Norway 1100
Poland 610
Portugal 780
Romania 560
Serbia 560
Slovakia 610
Slovenia 720
Spain 830
Sweden 950
Turkey 750
United Kingdom 1000

10. TourEurope Results
SeAMK, Finland Federturismo, Italy MMU, UK CPDE, Spain
Target Applications
+ Relations
Target Applications
+ Relations
Target Applications
+ Relations
Target Applications
+ Relations
NEs 13 12** 13 7*** 11 2 13 9(*)
HEs 12 9 13 5 13 6 12 6
Total 25 21 25 12 25 8 25 15

11. Applied for TourEurope2
Feb 2014-Jan2016
Finland:
Seinäjoki University
of Applied Sciences
Levón Institute
www.seamk.fi
UK:
Manchester
Metropolitan
University
www.mmu.ac.uk
Italy:
Federturismo
Confindustria
www.federturismo.itSpain:
Concorcio Provincial
Desarrollo Económico de Cordoba
www.cpde.es
Portugal:
Inovobeja
www.inovobeja.pt
Sweden:
Tourism Innovation Centre
www.rts.se

12. TourEurope2 offers
• Wide network among tourism sector
• Training and resource centre on PM4SD
• Assistance in matching/building relationships
• Financial support for 4 month exchanges for
tourism sector SMEs
• Targets (incl table)

13. Targets for TourEurope2
- 60 matches = 120 entrepreneurs
average 4 months
New Entrepreneurs
(NE)
Host Entrepreneurs (HE) Total
matches
Finland Italy Spain UK Portugal Sweden
Finland 2 2 2 2 2 10
Italy 2 2 2 2 2 10
Spain 2 2 2 2 2 10
UK 2 2 2 2 2 10
Portugal 2 2 2 2 2 10
Sweden 2 2 2 2 2 10
Total 10 10 10 10 10 10 60

14. INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
www.erasmus-entrepreneurs.eu
Anne-Maria Mäkelä
TourEuropeProject Lead Coordinator
Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences
E-mail: anne-maria.makela@seamk.fi
Tel.: +358-40-830 2335
Valeria Fantozzi
Federturismo
E-mail: v.fantozzi@federturismo.it
Tel.: +39 6 90 80 504
Silvia Barbone
Jlag Europe
E-mail: silvia@jlageurope.com
Tel.:+32 498 796 168

15. ERASMUS for Young Entrepreneurs
- TourEurope 1 and 2
Thank You!