In 2007 the European Council and the European Parliament adopted the European Reference Framework of Key Competences for Lifelong Learning. Known as the ERF, this Framework defines eight ‘key competences’ that European citizens require for their personal fulfilment, social inclusion, active citizenship and employability in a changing, knowledge-based knowledge-based society. Over the last year, Rinova has been…
We are delighted to announce that an application developed by Rinova, in partnership with a new consortium led by North London Community Finance, has been appointed to run the pan-London Business Start-up Loans programme for young people. Originally launched in the 2012 Budget statement, young people aged 18-24 can now get access to up to…
Enterprise Enfield, working in partnership with Rinova, has been appointed as the successful contractor to the London Councils Response to Social Disorder Programme 2012-14 for Enfield. As well as Rinova and Enterprise Enfield, the ‘ERA’ (Enfield Rises and Achieves) partnership consists of Barnet and Southgate College, Metropolitan, Gingerbread and Enfield Education Business Partnership. ERA will recruit at…
We are pleased to announce our participation in the European Youth Enterprise initiative (EYE-i), following the approval of the project earlier in the Summer. Over the next two years, EYE-i will explore the potential of social enterprises (including cooperatives and mutuals) to address the challenges of mass youth unemployment in the EU, by exploring how new…
