European Programs

What does it mean to turn care into your profession? What is it like to be a working person whose role involves caregiving for children, parents, and an entire community every day? In this episode of our podcast, Pinelopi Theodorakakou speaks with Anna Konstantinou, Mini Hub Manager at the WHEN Hub, Greece’s first coworking space with on-site creative activities for children.

Can a culture of caregiving exist within businesses and organizations when there are no policies and procedures? In the new episode of our podcast, Stella Kasdagli discusses with George Filtsos, Head of Employee Relations and People Advisory at Kaizen, how the culture of a business or organization is formed beyond policies, and how the tools used by large companies can be applied to small businesses and organizations.

What are the personal care challenges that founders and owners of small businesses and organizations often, if not always, face? How do these personal challenges affect their own role as leaders of teams that help them carry out the work of entrepreneurship? In the new episode of WHEN on Topic, Stella Kasdagli talks to Marisa Antonopoulou, entrepreneur and former COO of AFI, about achieving balance between personal and professional life for people who have founded small businesses.

Why is there a need for personalized, hybrid work models with flexible hours, and how can they contribute to the personal development and growth of employees? In the new episode of WHEN on Topic, Penelope Theodorakakou talks to Anestis Bozoglanian, co-founder of “Child first,” a small organization that shows in practice how caregiving can become an everyday choice and not just a nice idea.

In this episode of WHEN on Topic, Stella Kasdagli talks with Anastasia Chalkidou, Co-Founder and CFO of Quantum Bits (and a valued collaborator of WHEN!), about whether small businesses and organizations actually need policies and procedures.

WHEN, within the framework of the European HERA project, designs and implements HERA Labs – innovative ecosystems for learning, action and solidarity for women aged 45+. Our goal is to create a community of support and empowerment, where every woman can feel safe, accepted and inspired to take the next steps in her life. Through experiential and participatory meetings, you will have the opportunity to discover your strengths, boost your self-confidence and develop skills for redefinition, reskilling and upskilling.

Eliminating the gender pay gap is imperative, not only for reasons of equality and justice, but also for reasons of economic development, as the full utilization of women's potential enhances productivity and competitiveness. In this context, the FAIR PAY Project is being implemented...

HERA (Helping Empower Women through Reskilling and Advancement) is designed to increase the participation of women aged 45+ in adult education, fostering inclusion, social cohesion, and economic growth in the face of rapid digital and green transitions...

CAREdiZO: “Gaining from caring” - A new European project by MIGS on gender equality at work, at home and in society. his European project aims to promote the equal share of care and close the gender gap by empowering organizations and businesses through  innovative digital tools, training, and networking opportunities. 

In the FoWoSe program (Fostering women's social entrepreneurship) we collaborated with organizations from 5 different countries in Europe, to train and guide organizations involved in the promotion of entrepreneurship, so that they become more equal, first as employers, and then towards the entrepreneurs they support.

FEMIN-ICT is a collaboration between 7 organizations from Greece, Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Stockholm, Spain and Sweden, which aimed to address the underrepresentation and difficulty of advancement of women in the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) sector, encouraging more women to enter the industry, giving them the tools they need to succeed, and promoting their equal participation, representation and treatment within the ecosystem.

Through this project, we train and guide organizations involved in the promotion of entrepreneurship, so that they become more equal, first as employers, and then towards the entrepreneurs they support. We aim to foster a more inclusive mindset in incubators, NGOs, business competitions and funding organizations, so that they in turn promote the equal participation of women in entrepreneurship. 

FEMIN-ICT is a collaboration between 7 organizations based in 6 EU countries, and aims to bridge this gap by encouraging more women to enter the industry, giving them the tools they need to succeed, and promoting their equal participation, representation and treatment.

BeMyHelp is an Erasmus+ project that aims for the inclusion of the mentoring method in socio-professional projects targeting socially excluded groups, including women, as an effective tool in personal development and assistance in returning to the labor market.