Our work on the project focused on transforming the EU economy into a green one and developing new skills for green jobs and entrepreneurship. The project aimed to bridge the 'gap' in the education system between the need for new green skills and the lack of adequate educational content to develop such skills, by creating a methodology for the benefit of teachers for blended learning in green entrepreneurship. Teachers and students directly involved and interested in the topic actively participated in the project. The project has had a significant impact on teachers and students as well as on the partner organisations and other stakeholders. Through the implementation of the project, we aimed to improve the relevance of school education to the realities of current and future trends in the development of the European and global green economy and to improve the applied entrepreneurship education in European secondary schools, to increase the effectiveness and improve the performance of teachers, to increase student interest and satisfaction with the results achieved.
On the road to a green economy, we need a fundamental transformation in all economic sectors as well as in production and consumer behaviour. New skills are needed - both for green jobs and for entrepreneurship. The importance of green entrepreneurial skills for the sustainable development of the European economy is highlighted in 2 key documents of the Euro-framework for Action on the Green Economy - improving the resource efficiency of SMEs; supporting green entrepreneurship; facilitating market access for green businesses and developing skills for an environmentally friendly economy. Our project brought together the efforts of 4 organisations from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Romania working in the field of education in an attempt to offer a long-term solution to a key pan-European challenge related to the development of green thinking among young people in Europe. The activities aimed to cover the needs of EU countries for transformation towards a green economy, as well as the development of competences needed for green job creation and entrepreneurship through the creation and use of a blended learning methodology applicable in secondary education.