Basic Employability and Entrepreneurship Skills at a Young Age Erasmus Project

General information for the Basic Employability and Entrepreneurship Skills at a Young Age Erasmus Project

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Project Title

Basic Employability and Entrepreneurship Skills at a Young Age

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 Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment

Project Summary

This project was centered around teaching basic employability and entrepreneurship skills (BEES) required by employers in an constantly evolving labor market. As identified in the summary above, the skills identified, such as communication, teamwork, flexibility, planning and design, etc., are transferable across markets, countries and technological advancements. This project educated young children, at primary level, in these skills, and facilitated teachers’ training in being able to teach these skills in an innovative way. This programe of education has been integrated with the existing educational curricula across seven European schools. The project incorporated several thousand participants at a variety of levels spanning pupils, teachers, parents and wider communities in each school area. The project consisted of six Learner Teacher Training Activities. These addressed the teaching of the ‘BEES’ skills in a thematic or subject specific manner. The first of which focused on Drama and Cooperative Learning strategies in Ireland. The other LTTA mobilities took the following topics as their center point: Communication through Visual Art in Poland, Web2Tools and ICT skills in Italy, Numeracy training in Scotland,Commercial Awareness in Spain, Entrepreneurship, Planning and Design in Italy. The two Transnational Meetings which took place at the beginning and end of each project were used to plan, monitor and evaluate previous, ongoing and upcoming project activities. Planning meetings were also held during each mobility to assist in the management and implementation of the project. During each mobility, apart from the subject specific BEES theme workshops, each school also engaged in Global classrooms, Language sessions, and Cultural displays. Aside from the mobilities in the form of LTTAs and TPMs, this project consisted of a wide variety of activities which each partner participated in a local school level. The results of these ongoing activities were also shared among participants through the BEES website and social media. The agenda of these activities is set out in a detailed manner in the project application. This section of the application served as a To Do list to plan and monitor activities. Such activities included a Logo Competition, Skype meetings with pupils, Blogs, Card / Letter exchanges, Video clip presentations, Drama & Art days, Talent Shows, Market Day, Job Fair, Photo hunting, creating a Trailer, Funny Maths events, and Playground designs. Job Shadowing was one of the very successful initiatives implemented as part of this project.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 122720 Eur

Project Coordinator

Scoala Gimnaziala Stefan cel Mare & Country: RO

Project Partners

  • Kildare Place School
  • C.E.I.P. Los Arévacos
  • Yusuf Savas Ilkokulu
  • Kilbowie Primary School
  • Szkola Podstawowa nr 153 im. ks.prof.Józefa Tischnera w Krakowie
  • Frica Brivzemnieka pamatskola
  • I.C. Pontecagnano Sant’Antonio