New start-ups Erasmus Project

Project Title

New start-ups

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Cooperation between educational institutions and business

Project Summary

The main aim of the project New start-ups is to promote the implementation of practical entrepreneurial experiences in education for the target group of the future start-ups among the students of the secondary vocational schools and by this way to improve the employability of the graduates of secondary vocational schools in their own businesses or their new employment in the states of the EU. The rationale of the project is to contribute the increase the employment rate in the states of the European Union, to support the courage of self-employment among students of secondary vocational schools and to support the creation of new businesses and creation of new jobs within them. Project partners have knowledge of the lack of practical transferable competencies, skills and knowledge in entrepreneurship of the secondary vocational schools’ students who would like to start a business. The aim of the project is to develop, create and test practical intergenerational education workshops. The evaluation module will be prepared on the base of interviews with successful and experienced entrepreneurs and needs of vocational school students. It will be created on the basis of their knowledge needs for successful entrepreneurship or employment.
The lectors and coaches of education workshops are not teachers but successful entrepreneurs. All consecutive intellectual outputs will be available at the project website in English and all three partners languages in created Education portal.
The developed Evaluation module and Education portal will be offered to other vocational schools to extend their educational program.
The project has 3 partners from the Czech Republic, Italy and France. The survey of competencies, skills and knowledge leading to success in business is done among 60 entrepreneurs, the survey of knowledge needs for business is done among 60 vocational school students (future start-ups). The innovative evaluation module with education portal will be tested in one classroom with 10 students in each partner country.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 173692 Eur

Project Coordinator

Okresni hospodarska komora Prerov & Country: CZ

Project Partners

• Med.O.R.O. scarl
• COOPERATIVE D’INITIATIVE JEUNES