The primary strategic objective was to improve the development, validation, and recognition of transversal entrepreneurial skills within the VET system through operationalizing European competency frameworks. Achieving this objective encompassed five complementary specific goals. First, conducting a systematic review of European competency frameworks regarding definition, valorization, recognition, and support of transversal entrepreneurial skills. Second, developing and disseminating an innovative conceptual 3I model (Insight-Independence-Initiative) for assessing, shaping, and strengthening transversal entrepreneurial skills. Third, achieving increased knowledge, awareness, and skills among VET educators regarding practices, initiatives, and tools supporting transversal entrepreneurial skills. Fourth, enhancing the substantive potential of partner organizations and internationalizing their activities through joint planning and implementation of an international project. Fifth, developing sustainable international partnerships and network cooperation that would enable continuation of activities after project completion and transfer of developed solutions to broader VET ecosystems. These objectives were designed to create lasting
The project constituted a logical extension of the previous project KA210-YOU-8205E7F4, implemented by the EFORT Foundation and ETN network partner. During the implementation of the preceding project, partners identified a significant gap in entrepreneurship education - the lack of systematic approach to developing transversal entrepreneurial skills within the VET system. Analysis of national educational ecosystems revealed that Polish and Bulgarian competency frameworks concentrate primarily on business-technical content, while transversal skills categories remain practically unaddressed. The European Skills Agenda indicates growing labor market demand for transversal skills such as collaboration, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving. The project responded to the need for operationalizing European competency frameworks EntreComp through developing a universal methodological model that would enable systematic development of transversal entrepreneurial competencies across different VET education levels, thereby filling the identified gap between educational theory and practice. The initiative addressed the critical need for comprehensive tools that could bridge the disconnect between European policy imperatives and pract