SUCCESS4ALL project: E-course on Entrepreneurship Skill - an inclusive education approach
- Nov 6, 2025
- 5 min read
Updated: Jun 18
Start date 01-09-2016–End date 28-02-2019
EU Grant–331.359,52 €
Programme–Erasmus+
Key Action:
Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
Action Type:
Strategic Partnerships for higher education
Countries covered–3
Coordinator
SAS ESGCV - PSB PARIS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
🇫🇷 France
Summary
From 2016 until 2019, there were very few solutions available in Europe for providing inclusive educational support. There are several major platforms specifically designed for people with disabilities, but most of them are based outside Europe. Furthermore, the online learning platforms currently available offer MOOCs (massive open online courses) on entrepreneurship or certain aspects of it, which have always been a subject of major interest. Moreover, it is difficult to find an online course on inclusive entrepreneurship or any other course that uses an inclusive educational approach or specifically targets people with disabilities.
The overall objective of the project is to develop an innovative e-learning platform enabling students at European universities to access training in entrepreneurial skills, with a focus on people with special needs by integrating them and adopting an inclusive educational approach; this objective has been fully achieved. The Success4all online course is a high-quality, free, on-demand and modular course on entrepreneurship, using an inclusive approach.
The specific objectives of the project have also been achieved:
• to promote entrepreneurship and strengthen students’ skills, with a particular focus on encouraging students with disabilities in Europe;
• to share successful practices and expertise in entrepreneurship training and online education;
• to contribute to the inclusion of students with disabilities in higher education and to the promotion of the ‘Education for Inclusion’ programme;
• to raise awareness amongst businesses of the need to employ young people with disabilities, to meet their needs and to harness their specific potential;
• to develop, test and validate an innovative online course on entrepreneurial skills, fully adapted to people with disabilities;
• to develop an innovative e-learning methodology specifically designed to meet the needs of the target group;
• to contribute to the integration of entrepreneurship education into higher education.
The project’s target groups were identified as follows: students, including people with disabilities, and entrepreneurs, including people with disabilities. In total, 577 users, including people with disabilities, benefited from the various versions of the platform and had the opportunity to evaluate it.
The project was implemented by a very strong consortium.
- Two universities: SAS ESGCV – PSB Paris School of Business and South-West University Neofit Rilski
- Two organisations specialising in research, analysis and business consultancy: Centre for Research and Analyses and BIEDRIBA EUROFORTIS
- Three non-profit organisations supporting people with disabilities and entrepreneurs with disabilities: Centre for Independent Living, NODIBINAJUMS INVALIDU UN VINU DRAUGU APVIENIBA APEIRONS, H’up Entrepreneurs (formerly UPTIH)
- An organisation specialising in project management and the design of communication and dissemination tools, including websites and project portals: EuroQuality
The most significant outcomes of the project are:
- An innovative Success4All methodology tailored to the needs of the primary and secondary target audiences. This methodology is the result of extensive research into the target group’s needs regarding: entrepreneurship training and innovative pedagogical approaches to inclusive education. This methodology can be transferred for use in other projects or by other organisations, either in its current form or adapted.
- An online course in English, French, Bulgarian and Latvian, which is open, free of charge and accredited at EU level, and adapted to the national context.
- An e-learning platform designed to address accessibility issues.
Furthermore, the project has the following impacts:
- Promoting entrepreneurial thinking and strengthening entrepreneurial skills (transversal skills) among students, particularly by encouraging students with disabilities across Europe.
- Contributing to the implementation of inclusive education.
- Raising awareness amongst businesses of the need to employ young people with disabilities, meet their needs and harness their specific potential.
- Promoting innovative information and communication technologies and driving the modernisation of higher education provision through the development of high-quality open-source training courses via a virtual platform, thereby acting as a solution to reduce youth unemployment in the EU by encouraging self-employment and business start-ups.
Partners
BIEDRIBA EUROFORTIS
🇱🇻 Latvia
CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING ASSOCIATION
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
EVROPROJECT OOD
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
NODIBINAJUMS INVALIDU UN VINU DRAUGU APVIENIBA APEIRONS
🇱🇻 Latvia
SOUTH-WEST UNIVERSITY NEOFIT RILSKI
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Union Professionnelle des Travailleurs Indépendants Handicapés
🇫🇷 France
ZENTYR ZA IZSLEDVANE I ANALISI
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Results
Practical & reusable resources for the practitioners:
Access4all Booklet
Description
In this book, practices and techniques that align with a strategy for developing accessible digital learning resources are presented. Graphical summaries of them are included as an appendix. They are designed to be printed as a poster or quick reference guide to be used in environments where developing accessible e-learning material takes place.
Contents
Global Success4all Methodology
Description
This document presents a strategic analysis of the needs of higher education learners, including disabled ones, and of young entrepreneurs, including those with impairments. On the basis of an on field market research, it draws up an inclusive pedagogical and methodological approach for inclusive e-learning course in core document transferrable to other projects or adaptable to other educational approaches.
Contents
Best Entrepreneurship Practices Guide
Description
The Guide introduces a series of “best practices" on entrepreneurial training. Thy are presented, providing reference to an institution applying the respective pedagogical practice, a brief summary of
the practice, learning objectives and details on the concept that would facilitate its implementation in an entrepreneurship educational programme.
The Success4all overall pedagogical approach to teaching entrepreneurship is based on the belief that
would-be entrepreneurs requires not only knowledge and tools, but also empowerment. In this respect, the best practices included in this guide also contribute to this educational objective.
Contents
SUCCESS4all e-learning platform
Description
Success4all e-learning platform offers an inclusive online course in Entrepreneurship, distributed in 4 training modules with 4 chapters each in English, French, Latvian and Bulgarian languages. To view it, please follow the link:
Its target groups are students and young entrepreneurs, including those with disabilities. It is designed to follow the universal principles of design, especially the requirements and guidelines for creating online content for people with visual, hearing and learning disabilities (dyslexia). It is compatible with special software for people with impairments, which is largely tested and verified. The representation of the course is adjustable to the users' own preferences which makes it suitable for all.
Contents
Training modules
Description
Training modules are the e-learning course content, developed in English and translated in French, Latvian and Bulgarian languages. Traditional and innovative content designing methods are applied to attract and retain users attention. It is adapted to the use of multimedia support and self-learning and is designed to foster entrepreneurial spirit among e-learning platform users by applying practical and casual approach. All students and entrepreneurs, including those with disabilities are encouraged to join the e-course.
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