Context The project has been drawn with the intention of bringing students from different European countries closer, creating space for learning from each other and gathering so as work on common goals. Sophisticated as it may seem, entrepreneurship should be a key skill of modern citizens, thus it is not astonishing that they should learn it as early as at a primary level. Students' sense of initiative creates a space for personal growth and will enable them to find an area where they may become leaders at later on. Needless to say, benefits of the strive to inculcate some entrepreneurial skills into students will pay off in the future. Modern and entrepreneurially-aware students will find it easy to push their ideas even in the times of economic changes and uncertainty and in the areas of low-income, where almost all these schools are based. Such a skill confronts to the Recommendation 2007/962/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2007 on key competences for lifelong learning. The idea behind the project, which is sense of initiative and entrepreneurship, constitutes one of the eight competences laid out in the framework. Objectives 1. To endow students with tools to develop their sense of initiative 2. To discover and explore opportunities that the UE gives 3. To spread tolerance and popularize diversity juxtaposing European cultures 4. To give space for international collaboration with the richness of cultures 5. To improve communicative and language skills of students 6. To gain some knowledge connected with entrepreneurship 7. To spread the idea and knowledge of start-ups 8. To focus on the development of creativity and critical thinking 9. To form ground for cooperation between schools and local entrepreneurs Participants The target group consists of approximately 200 students who are 12-14 years-old Students facing social, economic, integration challenges will be fully supported to engage in the activities, so as to encourage their participation. The actual participants will be 96 students, out of whom 24 are facing various challenges (C2-C5) and 44 teachers – 12 teachers attend C1, while 32 mobilities for accompanying teachers are planned for C2-C5. Transnational events Poland - C1 - Nov 2019: Start-ups. Financial and Management Basics - short term joint staff training event Portugal – C2 - April 2020: Entrepreneurial skills and competences - student exchange Romania - C3 - Oct 2020: Start-up ideas from around Europe - student exchange - Turkey - C4 - Feb 2021: Start-ups and advertising - student exchange Greece - C5 - May 2021: Start-ups – Going online - Student exchange Results Some results we plan to produce are: workshop materials (theoretical aspects as well as worksheets, students’ collaborative products, recorded performances of students, exercises to develop creativity, negotiation, communication, planning skills), meetings with local entrepreneurs, interviews designed by students, business ideas developed at a basic level which will be included in the project final brochure, and finally an EE Kit for lower-secondary students. We also want to reach a set of outcomes, among which improved personal skills, improved cooperation of teachers and students at European level, more prepared and more motivated students, improved knowledge of European similarities and differences. Impact Students will get acquainted with entrepreneurship and will become more knowledgeable about what a start-up is, what resources are necessary to initiate it and how they can promote and advertise it. This will improve, in the short run, their performance in other school projects. The project will improve the expertise of each school in terms of international cooperation. It will enable teachers and students in the same school to cooperate, thus improving their working relationships. Therefore, better cohesion will be attained in each school. The teachers and students will become better organizers, will improve their planning and problem-solving skills, thus achieving long-term benefits. The success of the project and the positive impact it will have on the participants will prompt the teaching staffs in schools to continue their European initiatives and apply for future Erasmus+ projects.
Context: The project “I Will Be In Business World” has brought students from different European countries (Turkey, Romania, Greece, Portugal, Poland) closer creating space for learning from each other on common goals. Sophisticated as it may seem, entrepreneurship is a key skill of modern citizens, thus it is not astonishing that they learnt it as early as at a primary level. Students' sense of initiative created a space for personal growth and enabled them to find an area where they became leaders. Objectives we envisaged were: 1. To endow students with tools to develop their sense of initiative 2. To discover and explore opportunities that the UE gives 3. To spread tolerance and popularize diversity juxtaposing European cultures 4. To give space for international collaboration with the richness of cultures 5. To improve communicative and language skills of students 6. To gain some knowledge connected with entrepreneurship 7. To spread the idea and knowledge of start-ups 8. To focus on the development of creativity and critical thinking 9. To form ground for cooperation between schools and local entrepreneurs Participants: The target groups were students of primary schools ( Huseyin Ayaz Ortaokulu – Turkey, 2nd Primary School of Iraklia – Greece, Agrupamento de Escolas do Vale de S. Torcato – Portugal, Scoala Gimnaziala "Grigore Moisil" – Romania, Zespol Placowek Oswiatowych w Platerowie, Poland) and their teachers. Transnational events: Poland - December 2019: Start-ups. Financial and management basics - short term joint staff training event; Romania - April 2022: Start-up ideas from around Europe – virtual; Portugal – May 2022: Entrepreneurial skills and competences - student exchange; Greece – May/June 2022: Start-ups – going online - student exchange; Turkey – June 2022: Start-ups and advertising - student exchange. Results: Results of the project are: workshop materials (worksheets, students’ collaborative products, recorded performances of dances, presentations, exercises and activities for developing creativity, negotiation, communication and planning skills), meetings with local entrepreneurs, interviews, business ideas and EE Kit. We also reached a set of outcomes, among which improved: personal skills, cooperation of teachers and students at European level, more prepared and more motivated students, knowledge of European similarities and differences. Impact: Students got acquainted with entrepreneurship and became more knowledgeable about what a start-up is, what resources are necessary to initiate it and how they can promote and advertise it. This improved their performance in other school projects. The project improved the expertise of each school in terms of international cooperation. It enabled teachers and students in the same school to cooperate, thus improving their working relationships. Therefore, better cohesion attained in each school. The teachers and students became better organizers, improved their planning and problem solving skills, thus achieving long-term benefits. The success of the project and the positive impact on participants prompted the teaching staffs in schools to continue their European initiatives and apply for future Erasmus+ projects.