Ethics and Young Entrepreneurs in Europe Erasmus Project

Project Title

Ethics and Young Entrepreneurs in Europe

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 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Ethics, religion and philosophy (incl. Inter-religious dialogue)

Project Summary

Success is not only related to numbers and figures, but has to do also with respect, honor, integrity, results-oriented, risk-taking, passion, creativity, innovation, project management, reaching purposes, persistence, environmental friendly; features to be applied both to school both to business climate. The project emphasizes the vital role of entrepreneurship education in creating economic values that are bounded by ethically and socially responsible business practice, taking into account that one of the main challenges of a young entrepreneur is to maintain its core values towards the community, people and environment in a ruthless competition.

The main topic is the promotion of Ethics and Entrepreneurship Education by matching formal, informal and non formal competencies.

The objectives of EYEE are:
– Promoting the culture of doing business ethically among young people at European level.
– Proposing to do business as a possible source of employment after high school.
– Creating a path of integration and cultural exchange between young people of different origins.
– Appreciating the common values in the way of doing business, combining the legitimate profit with the centrality of the human person and the social responsibilities.
– Promoting the development and the creation of start-ups, starting by the schools.

The project activities:
– elaborated a common framework for the assessment, validation and recognition of informal and non-formal competences and skills concerning Ethical entrepreneurship and propose a unified profile on Ethical entrepreneurship fundamentals;
– provided a valid instrument for teachers/trainers/mentors to recognize these competencies in the students/learners;
– trained teachers and trainers on: how to recognize competences and skills assessment related to Ethical Entrepreneurship; how to address skills and competencies to build an Ethical enterprise, how to develop online training contents; how to admin Moodle platform; how to acquire an entrepreneurial mentoring approach.
– moved students/learners/youngsters through the stages of maturation of entrepreneurial concepts for ensuring the development of an ethical and social entrepreneurship;
– provided a training course (online and face-to-face) on Ethical Entrepreneurship for students, learners, startuppers and other beginners;
– built a permanent platform with information and online training modules on Ethical entrepreneurship fundamentals and start up;
– created a community where schools, start-ups, SMEs, Local Authorities, Universities, VET providers can develop contents, evaluate their business plan and create a network.

EYEE project involved in 2 years 300 high school students, 20 schools, 100 professionals and entrepreneurs in 10 European cities in 8 countries to promote an ethics and entrepreneurship path that help youngsters to start from 0 and to create their own business ideas.

EYEE project results have longer-term benefit providing a format for ethics and entrepreneurship education that can be used in schools all over Europe in next years. Some of the students that participated to the project created business ideas that can be transformed in next years in in real businesses and startups.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 280059 Eur

Project Coordinator

ARTES – Associazione Toscana Ricerca e Studio & Country: IT

Project Partners

• AMADEUS VEREIN FUR TRANSNATIONALE BILDUNG
• Istituto Tecnico e Professionale Statale Paolo Dagomari Settore Economico e dei Servizi
• Gewerblich, Kaufmännisch, Landwirtschaftliche Schule Wangen
• eLearning & Software
• INDEPENDENT ACADEMIC RESEARCH STUDIES INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE
• Fundacja Na Rzecz Integracji Srodowiska Akademickiego Miasta Poznania ,,Jeden Uniwersytet”
• Cap Ulysse