YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS IN ACTION Erasmus Project

Project Title

YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS IN ACTION

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 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning

Project Summary

Learning, working, creating, rational and responsible spending, and saving are the most important parts of our lives. In modern times, learning and work are losing value. People often take other people’s solutions. They lost the motivation to research, create their own products and services.
With modern economics and globalization, the young generation is forced to spend more money on their daily lives, and it is difficult for people to control themselves in an environment that promotes lavish living. Everything we learn in childhood will last forever. That is why we have taught children good habits in the project, developing a positive attitude towards work, creation, learning, responsibility and saving. Financial discipline and independence are one of the most important lessons parents of this generation must teach their children. Kids learn by example. If you teach them something, you have to follow suit. It’s not just finances, they think that parents and teachers should be an example in all other things. So, our project involves educations and workshops for parents, teachers and students. Understanding the flow of “money in / money” is a basic life skill that should start as early as possible in life. Early learning of financial literacy can significantly affect the future of young people as adults, when the ability to budget, save, spend and raise money determines one’s financial health and well-being. It is no exaggeration to say that today there is more encouragement – and opportunity – for young people to spend money than ever before. They face the promotion and advertising of the brand on all fronts – websites and blogs as well as traditional channels such as TV, radio and newspapers. With that said, the rise of reality TV shows and the increased focus on celebrities and what they wear. Entrepreneurship and financial literacy education is a process that must begin in childhood. Knowledge of personal finance and money management gained during this period plays an important role in defining a person’s quality of life, happiness and well-being. Accordingly, the goal is to help children internalize terms such as money, earning and spending money, investing, risking, starting entrepreneurship, and preparing the substructure for the future with education to reflect these concepts in their daily lives. Early childhood and elementary school is the period in which learning is fastest and stimulating can be actively addressed. So this project is aimed at supporting and improving their personal and social development, creativity, confidence, math and digital skills, logic and problem solving skills.
Our goals
– Encourage students and teachers to take an active approach to developing entrepreneurial spirit and acquiring entrepreneurial competences
-prepare teachers for introducing new working methods and teaching suitable for acquiring entrepreneurial, financial and digital skills, attitudes and competences
– introduction of systematic education for entrepreneurship and financial literacy into the education system
– Encourage parents to actively collaborate with schools to plan and fully influence their children
Topics around which we organized project activities
What are the financial institutions? What services do they offer customers?
What is money? How has this evolved throughout history? History of National Money
Money in the digital age: e-coins, transaction security
What is savings? How and why to save?
Rational and responsible use of all available resources (money, clothing, food, energy, school supplies)
What is entrepreneurship? How we can develop entrepreneurship in educational institutions for children and young people
Ideas development and production of own products / services
What is a business plan? How to develop a good business plan?
What is cash flow? Learn to track the cash flow from idea development to product / service placement to end users
What is branding? How to develop and protect your brand?
The importance of protecting intellectual property
Marketing your own products / services (logo, internet advertising)
Public events (exhibitions, performances, fairs in schools and local communities)
Volunteering and donating
ICT as a tool for learning, collaboration, creativity and innovation
The motivation and interest of all participants in the project (students, teachers and parents) was compounded by the fact that this is an international project involving six different schools with similar and same problems. We want to give every student an education for a better and more secure future. To every student, regardless of the family he comes from, the difficulties he or she struggles with on a daily basis, diversity. We are all active participants in our common European future. We all have the potential to contribute to the European family. Through this project, we were all motivated to develop our own potentials and to acquire skills for the future and well-being of the whole of Europe.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 133175 Eur

Project Coordinator

l. osnovna skola Cakovec & Country: HR

Project Partners

• Masarykova zakladni skola a materska skola Velka Bystrice
• AKÇANSA FATIH SULTAN MEHMET ORTAOKULU
• Agrupamento de Escolas de Vale de Ovil
• Istituto Comprensivo Carducci Paolillo
• Osnovna skola Vezica