Gamification to develop sense of initiative and entrepreneurship in youths Erasmus Project

Project Title

Gamification to develop sense of initiative and entrepreneurship in youths

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 youth

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education

Project Summary

Entrepreneurship creates new companies and jobs, opens up new markets, and nurtures new skills and capabilities. However, in the last 10 years, the share of people preferring self-employment to be an employee has dropped in 23 out of the 27 EU Member States. For these reasons, one of the main recommendations by the EU Commission Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan is to promote entrepreneurial education and training.

The uptake and the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education in Europe are still far from being fully satisfactory. This is mainly due to the lack of suitable materials and a lack of skills for trainers.

In June 2016, the European Commission has released a brand new European common reference framework EntreComp for the Sense of Initiative and Entrepreneurship (SIE) inviting all the actors of the education and youth sector in Europe to use it.

Youths with disadvantages backgrounds pose a strong challenge to youth educators and trainers, as they refuse the standard educational methodologies.

GADE successfully developed the Sense of Initiative and Entrepreneurship (SIE) in youths (18-29 yo) by using gamification techniques and methodologies. Gamifying a learning process is useful because it is fun!

Thanks to GADE, nowadays:
– a bespoke course on assessing and developing the Sense of Initiative and Entrepreneurship (SIE) based on gamification techniques is freely available in 6 EU languages
– a bespoke e-course for trainers on how to use the course and gamification techniques to develop the Sense of Initiative and Entrepreneurship (SIE) in youths is freely available in 6 EU languages

GADE benefitted from a consortium composed of 5 organizations engaged in youth and entrepreneurial development based in FR, EL, IT, BG, AT.

More than 17.000 people and organizations were informed about the project, and more than 490 youth educators and youths were fully engaged in its development.

GADE’s long-term impact will be assessed in the next future but starting from today youth can (finally) benefit from a new bespoke course based on gamification to develop their Sense of Initiative and Entrepreneurship (SIE)!

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 151569,52 Eur

Project Coordinator

Coopérative pour le Développement de l’emploi dans les métiers du patrimoine & Country: FR

Project Partners

• AINTEK SYMVOULOI EPICHEIRISEON EFARMOGES YPSILIS TECHNOLOGIAS EKPAIDEFSI ANONYMI ETAIREIA
• DIE BERATER UNTERNEHMENSBERATUNGS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
• AGENZIA PER LO SVILUPPO DELL’EMPOLESE VALDELSA
• INSTITUT ZA PODGOTOVKA NA SLUJITELIV MEJDUNARODNI ORGANIZACII ZDRUZHENIE