Apprenticeship Model for developing Entrepreneurial skills Erasmus Project

Project Title

Apprenticeship Model for developing Entrepreneurial skills

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education

Project Summary

The AppMod.E project was carried out between November 1, 2017 and October 31, 2019 over a period of 24 months in 6 different countries: France, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania, Spain.

The AppMod.E project aimed to promote the acquisition of entrepreneurial skills among adult apprentices / students accommodated in training centers. In this perspective, the project includes the development of partnerships between training centers and companies. The learning model includes the methods of gamification and problem-solving learning (PBL).

As part of this project, a consortium of 6 European partners has been brought together (IDEC-Greece, EUROCREA-Italy, RCCI-Bulgaria, AOA Age-Romania, PIT-Spain, Sud Concept-France). All these partners work in the field of professional training.
The project consisted of creating collaboration between training centers and companies for the benefit of apprentices. This is why, each partner, as a training center, has signed three agreements with different companies. In all, the project will have involved 18 companies in the following sectors: silver economy, cooperative of generalist entrepreneurs, heritage preservation, electronics and security system, sales and marketing, mechanics, project administration.

The AppMod.E project made it possible to develop 3 intellectual productions:
– A learning model for acquiring entrepreneurial spirit and skills
– A trainers’ guide for trainers in training establishments and companies
– A guide for implementing partnerships between training centers and companies for learning.
In addition, the project was nourished and was supplemented by activities allowing the involvement of people and outside organizations.
A seminar bringing together 87 people was organized to make the trainers (training centers and companies) aware of the teaching methods chosen for this project: gamification and Problem based learning.
An experimentation phase of the learning model involving 16 students and 16 trainers was set up. A webinar with 19 participants was conducted to present the AppMod.E project: methodologies (Gamification and PBL), EntreComp Framework, EQF levels , evaluation methods. A dissemination event presenting the results of the project was carried out in each partner country, bringing together more than 150 people, from all countries.

The project has enabled the implementation of a total of 18 agreements between training centers and companies. It made it possible to involve 19 apprentices in total.
The project raised the awareness of around 200 trainers and tutors to the method proposed within the framework of the AppMod.E project, all actions taken together.
The project enabled the creation of three deliverables available free of charge on the website created within the framework of the project (www.appmode.eu).

In the short and medium term, the impacts / benefits observed on trainers (in training centers) and on tutors in companies are the improvement of the transmission of entrepreneurial skills, better management of the human resources needs of companies: trainees / apprentices, a better match between the tasks entrusted and the initial skills of the apprentices, an improvement in the perception of learning and an increased motivation of the company, better preparation of the trainer, better collaboration between trainers and tutors.
The tools proposed within the framework of the AppMod.E project will in particular have made it possible to transmit a learning design model integrated with gamification and PBL methodologies, while proposing an evaluation and monitoring method with the implementation of objectives and success in the training of apprentices, standards / results and the concept of perceptions and recommendations.

With regard to apprentices, the learning model developed by AppMod.E promotes motivation and the acquisition of skills necessary for business creation among former apprentices involved in the experimentation phase as evidenced by the course of some apprentices as a result of their involvement in AppMod.E. Indeed, the project allowed apprentices to improve their entrepreneurial skills in the following areas: strategies and development, organization and planning, ingenuity, decision making, problem solving

Over the longer term and in general, the project made it possible to implement a real process of collaboration between training centers and companies which led to better monitoring of apprentices.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 262244 Eur

Project Coordinator

SUD CONCEPT & Country: FR

Project Partners

• EUROCREA MERCHANT SRL
• ASOCIATIA OAMENILOR DE AFACERI ARGES
• POLITEKNIKA IKASTEGIA TXORIERRI S.COOP
• RUSENSKA TARGOVSKO INDUSTRIALNA KAMARA
• AINTEK SYMVOULOI EPICHEIRISEON EFARMOGES YPSILIS TECHNOLOGIAS EKPAIDEFSI ANONYMI ETAIREIA