Our project aims at developing the social entrepreneurship skills of students by means of the method learning through working, as well as at raising the level of basic skills competence, communication and presentation skills, and the ability to work in a team or the so- called “soft skills”. The project will present its activities and products mainly in 2017, which is declared a European year of Entrepreneurship. We want to give our pupils the best possibilities for developing their social entrepreneurship skills but also to make them face the social realities motivating them for doing voluntary work. We will put efforts in cultivating self- awareness towards different people, empathy towards the ones that suffer and a desire to share the value to help each other. That is why volunteering is the second important point that will be present in our project. If a person is surrounded with models which express an urge for helping others, the chances to adopt these models are really great. This is a project which will encourage the study of English language in the sphere of entrepreneurship by writing a handbook “Successful steps in entrepreneurship” and the use of English language as a working base with the students from the partner countries. The main aim of the project, which includes 5 schools from 5 different countries, is to establish the criteria for successful implementation of an entrepreneurial idea on the European market. To achieve the goal of the project, the following activities will be organized: a competition, called “Personal incubator” on a given topic in every country; “Entrepreneurship”- when students meet and they will also be supported by mentors, PTA representatives and NGOs. The final product will be a handbook “Successful steps in Entrepreneurship”. This handbook will present all mandatory stages that every entrepreneurial idea goes through from its origin to its fulfillment. We are 5 secondary level schools from different countries and we have planned to make two training meetings in the middle of each year. At these meetings the participating teachers and students will discuss the criteria and features that every successful entrepreneurial idea should conform to. During these training meetings voluntary initiatives, aiming at solving both a social and ecological issue, will also be organized. The voluntary initiative with eco focus will be “Plant a tree, save the Earth”- cleaning a particular region, collecting waste, planting trees and from the waste collected- making an art product. The voluntary initiative solving a social issue will be called “Dance with me”- a dance lesson in SOS children’s villages/ family-type accommodation centers/ nursing homes. The ideas, participating in “Entrepreneurship”, will be presented to business representatives, other students and educational institutions, too. Thus, the participants in the project will become part of global education, aimed at performing the goals of sustainable development. These goals will definitely be a priority in the next 15 years. Entrepreneurship and initiative, one of the key competences mentioned in the European Framework of Reference, can solve one of the global problems. Project activities will be based on what present skills requires and that is flexibility. That is why, students will combine knowledge in ICT, foreign languages, entrepreneurship, business research, geography and even psychology. Good practices and innovation will also be applied in the curriculum. We will cooperate with non-governmental organizations, local formal and informal institutions, similar schools and schools in the region to distribute products and project results. This synergy is shown in the fact that the project unites students with different interests, coming from different socio-economic environments. Our aim is to define common points of interest and create products which will be a symbol of cross-border cooperation through entrepreneurial skills. One of the best activities will be the organization of voluntary initiatives. The best art products will be awarded and long-lasting dissemination will be ensured. We will achieve project sustainability by making films for each stage on CDs. The handbook “Successful steps in Entrepreneurship “ will be presented to each partner country on paper and uploaded online on project’s page. Partners will prepare and publish two issues of magazines. Number of people involved: Mobility of teachers: 32 Mobility of students: 68 People, accompanying students: 96 Total number of participants: 336
The Erasmus entrepreneur and Volunteer citizens project, Entrepreneurial Citizens and Volunteers, KA219, has come to an end after two years of work (2017-2019). The project has been carried out by five schools in the following countries: Turkey, Northern Republic of Macedonia, Italy, Poland and Spain, the last being the coordinator. The project has brought together in really diverse five schools, but with very similar social values. They all became strongly involved in thisproject and contributed to enrich it with their experiences, but at first, at the first transnational meeting held in Barcelona (December 2017), the partners shared their fears to the project coordinator, Mrs. Núria Vila, who decided to change the order of mobilities written in the application. As partners did not have any specific subject related to Entrepreneurship at their schools as, Sagrada Familia has, they coordinators, in consensus, decided to modify the planning initially set out in the application, to facilitate the development of all the activities described in it. So, the first mobility of students was decided to be in Barcelona in April 2018. The activities in each mobility are the same as in the application. This was not modified at all. The target students were those in secondary stage, but also primary school students, depending on the educational system of the participating countries. After these two years of association, we can conclude that all schools have discovered that, although there was no subject on their curriculum, for example called "Entrepreneurs", as it is the case of our school,SAFA, they did perform actions in which the entrepreneurial spirit and personal initiative of their students were promoted. It is therefore one of the achievements of this project: the awareness on the importance of implementing in each of the partner schools entrepreneurial and volunteer actions. For our school, it has been all very significant, since by our charism, we have been able to export something very own and unique at SAFA. Specific objectives have been satisfactorily achieved. Through the "Learning by Doing" method, the initial purpose was to give students appropriate tasks to develop awareness of being an Entrepreneur and, through the "Learning by Serving" method , they were asked to carry out volunteering actions. Activities such as "Personal Incubators" helped students to develop skills needed to train future citizens. Thait is to say, the so-called "Soft skills", such as self-confidence, communication/presentation skills, team play..., and also, students lerant about the so-called "Hard skills" such as Finance, ICT and languages. Volunteering tasks have made it easier for students to cultivate empathy, accept difference, and develop values such as commitment and reponsability. In addition, the project has offered two great advantages: -Motivating students to use and improve their English -Contribute to their global education, in which they enhance a sense of exchange, inclusion and a positive attitude towards the different cultures of the European Union and its values. Through a Masterclass held in Barcelona with a coach specialized in Entrepreneurship,Mr. Paul Hewitt, students were able to begin to discern what qualities an entrepreneur should have. The final result of the reflections carried out by the students in the different mobilities of these two years has culminated in a manual "Online Handbook" that will be published on the websites of the centres and will also be sent printed copies to the centres for consultation. The manual also includes a detailed description of the entire project development process, so it has become a kind of final project memory, highly recommended for your consultation as well. Another product that has been shared before each mobility has been the "Travel MAPS". A very useful guide for students and teachers to prepare each mobility and to be shared with more groups of students interested in meeting the countries involved. The project has mobilized around 32 teachers and 68 students. People, accompanying students: 96. Total number of participants: 336. These are general figures, we are sure the impact in all school's communities has been greater. See please: http://www.csfamilia.com/en/content/erasmus-projects