Partners

COPIE is managed by the Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs in Germany through the ESF unit.

The lead partners are:

• ASTURIAS (SPAIN): Regional Ministry of Industry and Employment - General Directorate of Trade, Self- Employment and Social Economy - Department of Self-Employed, Social Economy and Entrepreneurs; since May 2011 Regional Ministry of Economy and Employment - General Directorate of Trade and Entrepreneurs - Department of Entrepreneurs (Lead partner: Integrated Start-Up Support)
• CZECH REPUBLIC: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Department for ESF Management, (Co-lead partner: Access to Finance)
• FLANDERS (BELGIUM): ESF Agency Flanders (Lead partner: Access to Finance);
• GERMANY: Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs (Lead partner: Quality management / Action Planning / European Tool)
• SPAIN: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs — European Social Fund Unit (Lead partner: Entrepreneurship Education)

The group of partners consists of:

• ANDALUCIA (SPAIN): Regional Ministry of Employment - Regional Employment Service
• EXTREMADURA (SPAIN): Regional Ministry of Equality and Employment
• GALICIA (SPAIN): Regional Ministry of Economy and industry - Business & Innovation Centre (BIC Galicia), Regional Ministry of Labour (Directorate-General for Recruitment and Entrepreneurship) and Regional Ministry of Treasure (Directorate-General for Economic Planning)
• LITHUANIA: Ministry of Social Security and Labour
• WALLONIA (BELGIUM): ESF Agency French-Speaking Belgium

The Incyde Foundation in Spain, the Ministry of Economy of the German Federal State of Baden-Wuerttemberg and the German Microfinance Institute participate in COPIE as dissemination partners.

For more details and individual contact persons please go to the ‘people’ section of this website.