STEPup

Project Overview



Project Title

Strengthening innovative social entrepreneurship practices for disruptive business settings in Thailand and Myanmar

Acronym

STEPup

Specific Activity

Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Contact (Project Coordinator)

FH JOANNEUM Gesellschaft mbH,
University of Applied Sciences
Assoc. Prof. (FH). Dr. Birgit Burböck
[email protected]

Contact (PSU Partner)

Faculty of Natural Resources
Asst. Prof. Dr. Chutima Tantikitti
+ 66 74 286 005
[email protected]

List of Partners (Project Coordinator italicized)

Partner InstitutionCountry
FH JOANNEUM GESELLSCHAFT MBH AUSTRIA
BURAPHA UNIVERSITYTHAILAND
CHIANG MAI SOCIAL ENTERPRISE COMPANY LIMITED THAILAND
MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY THAILAND
MANDALAY UNIVERSITY MYANMAR
NATIONAL MANAGEMENT DEGREE COLLEGE MYANMAR
PAYAP UNIVERSITY THAILAND
PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITYTHAILAND
STICHTING BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES NETHERLANDS
UNIWERSYTET EKONOMICZNY W KRAKOWIE POLAND

Project Number

609711-EPP-1-2019-1-AT-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP

Grant Awarded (Euros)

908.297,00

Year

2020-2023

Project Summary

Thailand and Myanmar are facing key social problems such as economic disparities, demographic challenges and educational gaps that hold back the countries´ development and advancement of its people. This has led to an increased interest in using social entrepreneurship to address some of the most pressing issues by delivering both social impact & economic benefit. Despite this wave of innovation, there is a lack in really disruptive ideas that create sustainable, yet profitable businesses. Higher education institutions are in need of modernizing their physical infrastructure & upgrading of teaching capacities in order to be able to react to current educational developments & to develop future change makers.