Digital Education for Social Innovation Reframed Entrepreneurship Erasmus Project

Project Title

Digital Education for Social Innovation Reframed Entrepreneurship

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 school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

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

Project Summary

Building resilient societies is among the goals of EU as sustainable development has been for long at the heart of the European project. The EU is committed to development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
With the proposed action for development of digital social entrepreneurship training we aim at developing the competencies of schools and teachers to provide meaningful entrepreneurship learning for the social economy as well as pupils’ personal development and growth as responsible, sensible and conscious citizens, sensitive to the issues society is facing. A sense of initiative and entrepreneurship is an essential transversal skill identified by the EU both to create jobs in the future and in building resilient societies. In moving towards these goals, we need to increase the relevance and attainment levels of pupils studying entrepreneurship with focus on providing solutions for pressing societal challenges and aiming at greater social impact. We seek to provide learning for pupils based in the real world, to enable them to turn ideas into action. By focusing on the skills and competencies for the social economy, we invite schools, teachers and pupils to think more creatively and innovative about how they can address societal issues around them by developing entrepreneurial ideas into actions. The proposed training aims not only to set pupils minds at developing successful social ventures but to develop key mindsets and skills that help make successful social entrepreneurs.
We would support teachers to integrate entrepreneurship into their subject area which has been identified as a challenge for teachers and barrier to increasing the relevance of entrepreneurship education. Challenges we as society are facing require complex approach and ability to interrelated knowledge and skills from different life areas. By bringing learning in to the real world we will be adding new context and meaning to lessons. Through pupil projects with local businesses, we aim to empower young people to take an active role in shaping their own future.
The project brings together organizations from 6 countries with different expertise and capacity in development and validation of training materials, digital training content, 1 active open innovation platform, 1 business support organization and 3 schools to share and develop innovative learning methodology and materials together.
The overall expected impact of the project is to improve the key competencies, skills and mindsets of young people to take initiative and action to solve societal problems (rather than complaining about what is wrong), in other words to become responsible citizens and be active within the society.
By working with schools and teachers the project will make a direct impact at the local and regional level where these schools operate.
In order to achieve the objectives, outcomes and outputs from this proposal, we will work with 2 pilot partner junior high-schools and 1 Education and Trainign center in three countries – Bulgaria and, Greece and Spain; 9 teachers and approximately 30 pupils will be trained directly during the project lifetime. All pupils from these three schools, approximately 1300, will be informed and witness the training process. Through multiplier events, dissemination and exploitation activities and memoranda of understanding we aim to reach another three schools which will impact around 1000 pupils (the rest of the students from those schools), around 90 teachers as well as education providers and local education departments attending the multiplier events in the end of the project. The project results will be freely available as open online resources during and beyond the project. The digital content for social entrepreneurship training for junior high-school pupils will be available through the specifically dedicated section on the project website.
Through the multiplier events held in the end of the project we aim to ensure a new wave of enthusiasm and inspiration from the learning content in order to enhance the multiplying effect based on the principle that small acts multiplied by many people create a huge change for the better. This will have a lasting impact on the way entrepreneurship is delivered and the quality of education young people receive.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 206582 Eur

Project Coordinator

RUSENSKA TARGOVSKO INDUSTRIALNA KAMARA & Country: BG

Project Partners

• EUROCREA MERCHANT SRL
• Babele Create Together SRL
• Associacio Programes Educatius Open Europe
• AINTEK SYMVOULOI EPICHEIRISEON EFARMOGES YPSILIS TECHNOLOGIAS EKPAIDEFSI ANONYMI ETAIREIA
• First Private School Leonardo da Vinci Ltd
• Institut Gabriel Ferrrater i Soler
• A & A Emphasys Interactive Solutions Ltd