Entrepreneurship: a step to the future Erasmus Project

Project Title

Entrepreneurship: a step to the future

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: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Economic and financial affairs (incl. funding issues); Early School Leaving / combating failure in education

Project Summary

The Erasmus+ project “Entrepreneurship: a step to the future” with the students and teachers from six countries; Lithuania, Portugal, Italy, Romania, Greece and Turkey had the new possibilities to learn about European Union and six countries of the project, to travel, to improve their geographical knowledge and deeper comprehension of the world which were deficient in the beginning of the project.The project organizers searched the ways to inspire young people to take the initiative, encouraged experienced entrepreneurs to share their experiences and skills about organization and development successful business, promote discover their creativity, innovation and entrepreneurial abilities. The most important aim of the project “ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A STEP TO THE FUTURE ” was to foster the economic and entrepreneurial skills of school communities, to develop the ability to work in international teams in different economic and entrepreneurial projects, to create business plans, to foster national heritage and to adapt them to the modern competitive environment.

To reach the aim, the project fulfilled several objectives:
1. involved young people into positive economic and cultural activities of the country, acquired students with skills for entrepreneurial initiatives in the world of economy, enabled access to the traditions, business change in the region, country, the European Union and the world;
2. while developing entrepreneurial skills of the students it was necessary to provide economic, legal, cultural knowledge needed not only for business but also for the presence in it as an employee;
3. educated creativity, responsibility, diligence, integrity, achievement of the objective values needed for both business and personal life, taught to express their needs convincingly, realistic assessment of the circumstances, as well as the ability to plan, organize and to implement the work qualitatively to take risks in decision-making.
4. presented the professional courses as a valuable alternative in which young people could not only achieve various competences but also, conclude their compulsory education and create conditions for a transition to working life.
The target group: students aged 13-17 from Lithuania, Turkey, Romania, Portugal, Italy, Greece.The partners were chosen via eTwinning platform.To reach the aim and objectives 4 teaching/learning activities were organized where students worked together in multinational and multidisciplinary groups. The creation of a single group, with members from different countries, cultures, genders, religions, and social and economic conditions, worked on a theme that was transnational, involving different strategies and methods with the same goal. The skills and competences that students acquired would be useful in different contexts nowadays and in future mobilities and experiences within Europe or worldwide where might find employees/ employers from different cultures and different working conditions and methods.One more important moment-donation of products students sell at their Students’ Training Companies, presented at the last meeting. Through this action, we wanted to let them experience the joy of helping others. Besides, for project management 2 transnational meetings were held for signing the agreement in the beginning and evaluation when the project ends.Several innovative learning methods were used such as thinking based learning, collaborative learning, modern and digital teaching/learning methodology which was organized during the mobilities, within a real-world environment.During the project a few final products were prepared:1. Students Training Companies set up in each partner school;2. Documentary about the economic situation in each country;3. Economical e vocabulary in English-Lithuanian-Romanian-Turkish-Portuguese-Italian-Greek languages.For educational purposes, all the materials will be free and open to everyone.As a result, this partnership not only helped our learners to develop spoken skills in foreign languages and build their European citizenship but has raised their future social inclusion opportunities as well.Teachers involved were given the opportunity to develop their language skills and learn the teaching practices related to discipline in the partner countries, how to incorporate innovative digital and ICT teaching tools in their practices and make their classes more engaging and more challenging for their students.
Taking part in Erasmus+project gave a broader view of European values, as well as the impact of knowledge and experience for the future projects.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 82640 Eur

Project Coordinator

Kretingos Marijono Daujoto progimnazija & Country: LT

Project Partners

• IPS VERSARI MACRELLI
• PLATON M.E.P.E
• Hasköy Ortaokulu
• Escola Básica e Secundária Gonçalves Zarco
• COLEGIUL NATIONAL IENACHITA VACARESCU