The objectives of the project were related to multiple targets of the sending organization - Cyprus College Nicosia: - To give students the opportunity to unleash their creativity, leadership, and self-awareness toward entrepreneurship, - To give instructors the opportunity to learn new methods of teaching to foster the spirit and form of entrepreneurship in students, - To enhance the student-centered approach of the College, - To enable participants' multicultural ethos in working in another European country.
We applied for this project following College's Development Plan based on six strategic pillars: 1. Improving the image of the College among students, staff, and community, 2. Improving communication and cooperation between all stakeholders: management, instructors, students, and other actors of the College community, 3. Advancing instructor competence in teaching through appropriate training as well as personal experience from other European education systems, teaching practices, and policies, 4. Promoting new and innovative learning approaches, 5. Helping students understand and come closer to the European multicultural environment, 6. Improving students' employability through practical training and experience in an international environment. Erasmus+ mobility project focused on the development of entrepreneurial competencies of our students and the pedagogical competencies of our staff are in line with the above strategic framework. In addition to the aim of meeting the need to improve students' employability and advance teachers' competencies, another goal was to gain additional experience in the field of mobility application, find partners, project implementation, and facilitate future involvement in new projects.