On June 13, 2025, project partners of the Erasmus+ project NICE – Innovative Operational Tools for Microenterprises’ Competitiveness and Staff Well-being – gathered in Pescara, Italy for the 2nd Transnational Project Meeting (TPM2). Hosted by IDP, the meeting marked a key milestone in the project’s implementation, with the finalisation, peer review and official validation of the two main deliverables of WP2: the Executive Summary and the Summative Operational Matrix.
These two outputs consolidate the research, country-level analyses and transnational findings produced throughout WP2. They offer a structured overview of innovative business practices, competences and training needs to support MSME competitiveness and staff well-being in the post-pandemic era. The Executive Summary presents transnational evidence and shared challenges, while the Matrix establishes dynamic interconnections between key competences identified in WP2 and the six operational areas foreseen in WP3 for the training development.
During the meeting, partners also aligned on the upcoming activities of WP3, including the curriculum structure and evaluation framework. The meeting closed with sessions on quality assurance and dissemination and monitoring tools presented by IDP and XLR8 respectively. Additionally, a focused roundtable was held on two horizontal and cross-cutting priorities of the project: the embedding of green practices into operational settings and the integration of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) principles. These topics were explored through interactive presentations and roundtable led by UNIDU.
All validated WP2 deliverables are now available online on the project website in English and translated versions.
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📄 Access the WP2 Executive Summary here – ENG version: WP2 Executive Summary
📊 Access the WP2 Summative Operational Matrix here – ENG version: WP2 Matrix
📷 Project partners during TPM2 in Pescara, June 13, 2025
