PEEB

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Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of economies, accounting for about 90% of businesses and decisively contributing to job creation and economic development. Nevertheless, the business environment is changing rapidly, not least due to developments in digital technology. Countries like Palestine and Tunisia must teach SME managers and entrepreneurs the skills they need to adapt to the digital global economy, which will boost the digitalization of SMEs, their growth, and the consequent creation of jobs. Blockchain - a shared, immutable ledger that facilitates the process of recording transactions and tracking assets in a network - technologies have disrupted our social, business, and technical domains and will continue to do so in the coming years. “Promoting Education for Entrepreneurs on Blockchain” (PEEB) will respond to those challenges by creating and mainstreaming a new Blockchain training model that will enable education providers to teach blockchain technology to their SME and entrepreneur learners in Palestine and Tunisia. The training model will include three innovative resources: - Guide to Blockchain Skills Development for SMEs and start-ups in Palestine and Tunisia, a publication that introduces the importance of blockchain training for SMEs with high growth potential, illustrates this with a series of case studies examples. - PEEB Problem-based Learning Resources, a suite of Open Educational Resources, will be designed for use by entrepreneurship educators in small groups or coaching scenarios. - PEEB Online Course is a multilingual, interactive learning course in which SME managers and entrepreneurs can access training directly independently of their location or time of day. The project is expected to significantly impact three specific target groups: Entrepreneurship educators, Managers of SMEs and start-up entrepreneurs, and University entrepreneurship units, incubators, and start-up accelerators.