O.K.+ 2007- 2014 Erasmus Project

Project Title

O.K.+ 2007- 2014

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 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education

Project Summary

Numerous studies have proved that in all societies financial literacy is poorly developed, which can be traced back to ignorance and lack of basic financial knowledge. The development of financial literacy is a common goal for all economic actors. This is why the appearance of financial knowledge in public education gains particular importance within the EU. The greatest opportunity lies in the trainings of young people, as they are open to learn new skills, and wish to actively participate in shaping their future, thus are willing to acquire basic financial, management and economic knowledges. This is why our realised project was essential.
Within the framework of the international strategic partnership, the development of new, innovative practices and methods, and their implementation and transfer was achieved, in order to increase the quality of education.
The goal of the strategic partnership was to further develop the educational-training curriculum of conscious financial, economic and management skills, developed by the OTP Fáy András Foundation. Furthermore, it wished to make this curriculum available abroad as well, by: expanding EU knowledges; developing new curriculums adjusted to the two partner countries; transferring said knowledges to students from primary and secondary schools, aged between 10-18, in Hungary, Romania and Slovakia; and by transferring the methodology to the teachers of the partner schools. Achieving such formulation of societal awareness was done by providing world class tools, content, and pedagogical and androgological methods.
Project features:
– introducing European way of thinking, bearing in mind national characteristics and social differences
– forming a cross-country cooperative approach through education
– reducing economic migration and encouragement of local vision
– collecting experiences – awareness by considering national characteristics – knowledge transfer – forming future vision

The project coordinator was the 25 year old OTP Fáy András Foundation, whose financial, economical and management curriculum were based on the actual needs of students, and which are available in the OK Educational Centres, where the trainings are held based on the Foundation’s own inspirational pedagogical methodology. So far more than 100,000 students have participated in the training sessions, which main aims are to improve their social awareness.
Partners include Slovakian and Romanian Hungarian speaking primary and secondary school:
– ‘Základná škola s vyučovacím jazykom maďarským-Alapiskola’; Buzita, Slovakia
– ‘Základná škola s materskou školou’; Almágy, Slovakia
– ‘Székely Mikó Kollégium’; Sepsiszentgyörgy, Romania
– ‘Csiky Gergely Főgimnázium’; Arad, Romania
Project activities and results:
1. Project management activities during the implementation;
2. Production of intellectual outputs:
4 new training modules, each 4 hours long, expanding and processing EU knowledges in Hungarian:
-The past, present and future of a family in the EU – basic EU knowledges for primary school students
-Livelihood, living costs and everyday life in the EU without borders – EU economic skills for primary school students
-What does the EU mean? – EU integration history, member countries, decision-making and future – EU basics for secondary school students
-Higher education, entrepreneurship and living in the EU – EU economic skills for secondary school students
E-learning curriculum was prepared in Hungarian, Slovakian and Romanian related to the new modules.
The 4 new and the Foundation’s existing 8 financial, economic and management training materials (5-12. grades) have been adapted (with the help of the teachers of the partner schools) to both Romanian and Slovakian economic and educational environment, and the Romanian and Slovakian versions of the 12-12 adapted modules have been completed.
3. 5158 Hungarian and Hungarian speaking Romanian and Slovakian primary and secondary school students have been educated, during the 3 year period of the project, in interactive financial, economic and management trainings. Furthermore, 100 teachers from the partner schools have received methodological trainings
4. Following primary research, 3 studies have been made.
5. The participants of the project met 4 times during international project meetings.
6. 3 multiplier events were organized.

Impacts:
– exemplary European educational model have been created
– the project has contributed to the reduction of economic migration through the transfer of management and entrepreneurship skills. Improved quality of education through attitude formation, skill development, knowledge expansion
– the key competences of 10-18 year olds have developed, their community awareness have improved
– future generation’s perception was realised from self-sufficient individual to the responsible entrepreneur
– the project’s educational material can be integrated into national education systems
– equal opportunity to access

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 324124,5 Eur

Project Coordinator

OTP Fáy András Alapítvány & Country: HU

Project Partners

• Colegiul Csiky Gergely Arad
• Szekely Miko Kollegium
• Základná skola s materskou skolou Gemerský Jablonec
• Zakladna skola s vyucovacim jazykom madarskym