International Nordic Entrepreneurship Erasmus Project

Project Title

International Nordic 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 vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Enterprise, industry and SMEs (incl. entrepreneurship); Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education

Project Summary

Context/background of the project

The project has focus on main goals of the Copenhagen Process, to improve vocational education popularity and quality, to develop, take in use common learning tools and to strengthen mutual learning.
Europe needs more entrepreneurs and more people with an entrepreneurial attitude. Encouraging entrepreneurship should already start at school. Teachers and schools curriculums should stimulate entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial attitude among young people within VET. This International Nordic Entrepreneurship project was a good testing and learning platform, not only for students to test their skills, also for teachers to exchange best practices on an international level.

Objectives
The main goal of all Partners in the project is to establish one stronger and closer connection better School and the World of Work.

Number and profile of participating organisations
The Partnership consist of 8 partners from 4 Nordic countries and some silent partners. The partners are School-owners, Schools, Inovation centers and their Networks.

Description of undertaken main activities
The aim of this project is to hold four international entrepreneur Camps for students and four International Workshops for teachers in 4 countries and at the same time collect best practices for future usage. The camps and workshop gave students and Teachers understanding and practice learning about entrepreneurship.

An entrepreneurial attitude is characterized by initiative, pro-activity, independence and innovation at work, in personal and social life. It also includes motivation and determination to meet objectives, whether personal goals or aims held in common with others, including at work.

Results and impact attained

The project gave participants the opportunity to explore best practice in the field of training tool, joint ventures and trade fairs.
The project has also encourage the balance between social and professional skills for students and teachers learning about Nordic countries, culture and language.

The project has:
– show new possibilities for teacher for use of Entrepreneurship as a learning methods and tools.
– establish closer cooperation between Schools and World of Work.

The results of the partnership has been used and will be used in future in every day entrepreneur studies. The project tested new practical tools and collect best practices that can be used as a teaching methods later on in partner organizations. Entrepreneur Camps and Workshops is one model and for VET student’s it is a very useful tool to learn how to create business from the very beginning. All partners are highly interested and have good experiense about Camps method with their students in the practical nature. We all are priced the Handbook 1-2-3

The best expirience are implemented for teaching across the subjects in all participants regions.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 136305 Eur

Project Coordinator

Nord-Trøndelag Fylkeskommune & Country: NO

Project Partners

• Leksvik videregående skole
• Fjölbrautaskólinn í Breiðholti
• NYSKOPUNARMIDSTOD ISLANDS
• Raision seudun koulutuskuntayhtymä
• Den jydske Haandværkerskole
• LEKSVIK INDUSTRIELL VEKST AS
• VARSINAIS-SUOMEN YRITTAJAT RY