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Entrepreneurship – an advantage in my job

2020-1-BG01-KA116-0781972020VET learner and staff mobility with VET mobility charterfinalized
Countries: BG · Grant: €120,535

Objectives

The objectives of the project "Entrepreneurship - an advantage in my job" are part of the overall strategy "Europe 2020". With its realization our goal was together with our German partner F + U Sachsen gGmbH to acquire one of the main competencies of the European reference framework, namely "initiative and entrepreneurship", to reach European standards in entrepreneurship education and organizing travel agency activities. high school students. Agricultural Vocational High School "Kl. Timiryazev" has been implementing the training programs for years: Training company and Education company, as well as the initiatives of Junior Achievement Bulgaria in entrepreneurship. Upgrading, we wanted to use the project to give young people the opportunity to expand their understanding of the economy, the way and processes of starting a business, working in a real environment. Their participation in mobility aimed at forming and developing skills such as creative thinking, initiative, perseverance, ability to assess risk and a sense of responsibility. Through this we wanted to help turn their ideas into action and develop common competencies applicable in all areas of life. As one of the goals of the project we defined the sharing of the practical features in the application of the dual system for vocational education and its suitability for Bulgaria. This is one of the motives for the mobility of teachers in vocational training. They considered the new systems and methods of training in vocational education, introduced into their practice new ways of educating and strengthed their skills for team building and development. The project aimed to develop and use Europass and ECVET documents by signing a Memorandum of Understanding. Each participant received a Europass Mobility certificate.

Background

The Activity Plan "ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2020" states that "Entrepreneurship education is one of the areas in which Europe can invest with the highest returns." The aim is to link education to real life through practical models of learning. With the help of a transparent and precise procedure, 47 students from the profession "Economist-Informatics", profession "Organizer of travel agency activity" , "Agroecologist", profession "Technician-technologist in food and beverage quality" aged 16 to 18 years and 6 teachers. Participants were divided into three mobilities. In the first mobility were trained 6 teachers trained. They considered the new systems and methods of training in vocational education, with the application of role-playing games, which enriched their competencies. The second mobility was from the profession of 8 students from the profession of "Organizer of tourist and agency activities", 16 students "Technician-technologist for food and beverage quality" and 6 students from the profession "Agroecologist". They were accompanied by three teachers - in economics,tourism and a foreign language. We believe that teachers play a crucial role in entrepreneurship education, they are the main carriers of change in education. The third mobility - were attended by 17 students from the profession of "Informatics-Economist", aged 16 to 18, accompanied by two teachers - in economics and a foreign language. The project facilitated their access to quality education by linking it to European economic standards and studying the specifics of the business environment in Germany. Involving students and teachers in a real multicultural foreign language business environment contributed to the development of their creative and aesthetic sense, their teamwork skills, culture of behavior and business ethics. Key competencies were increased - basic skills in the field of international tourism, hospitality, catering, food technology and management of technological processes in the production of food and beverages, new skills in working with modern technological equipment and civic competencies.

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