Young entrepreneurs – The Future of Europe Erasmus Project

Project Title

Young entrepreneurs – The Future of 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 : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education

Project Summary

BACKGROUND
All four partners had identified a need for further development of its entrepreneurship education in light of fewer possibilities for young people in the labour market in Europe. The need for international perspective on business & entrepreneurship education was obvious.

OBJECTIVES
The main objectives of the project have been to introduce participating students to the different aspects of entrepreneurship and setting up a business in order to inspire them and install self-confidence so that they will be more likely to turn ideas into actions and create jobs for themselves and for others in the future.

Another main objective was to exchange best practices in the field of entrepreneurship education between participating schools and to inspire each other.

Other important objectives have been to offer the students an opportunity to feel that they are citizens of Europe and a possibility to improve their English language skills within a real-life situation.

ACTIVITIES
Each of the four LTTAs has been unique and has addressed necessary aspects of entrepreneurship and the start-up of a business. The work has been documented in order to produce a guide on how to start a business. Staff meetings have had exchange of experience on entrepreneurship on the agenda. Every LTTA has also had cultural exchange for both students and staff on the agenda.

At the first three meetings the programmes were extensive with informative days of lectures, workshops, students presentations and company visits as well as cultural visits. The fourth meeting was shortened to three days due to the fact that it was virtual. Although a lot is lost in virtual meetings compared to physical ones, we managed to cover most of the planned topics.

RESULTS AND IMPACT
The main achievement is that participating students have been equipped with high quality skills and competences that will enable them to create job opportunities for themselves and others thus they can expect a brighter future. They also have the tools and the motivation to become entrepreneurs.

In general, the project has not only improved the practical ability to start a business but also inspired participants to be creative and think outside the box.

A very important result has been the deepened knowledge about the other countries, their people, and their unique cultures. The project has also resulted in improved proficiency in English for participating students and a unique opportunity to start building a European network for the future.

Dissemination of the project and its results has been spread after each mobility within the individual schools through presentations to other students thus inspiring them to learn more about entrepreneurship. Participating teachers have exchanged ideas and inspiration in order to develop entrepreneurship training on a larger scale.

An international e-learning manual for entrepreneurship is another result that will help trainers and users in the process of creating a business project or developing an e-commerce. The manual is sufficiently detailed to guide an entrepreneur-to-be or a trainer in the right direction throughout the process of setting up a successful business. The guide is easily available on the projects webpage, through eTwinning and School Education Gateway and through the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform.

Furthermore, the e-learning manual will be integrated into the entrepreneurship education at each participating school. This ensures that the results of the project will benefit future young students.

LONG TERM BENEFITS
We strongly believe that young entrepreneurs ARE the future of Europe and our project contributes to the realization of that vision.

Research has shown that people who have received even moderate entrepreneurial training are more likely to start a business later in life, to employ a greater number of people, to run more viable businesses and to be unemployed to a lesser degree. The projects focus on entrepreneurship will gradually improve entrepreneurship training in schools in Europe and will result in more young people being prepared to create job opportunities for themselves and for other Europeans.

Entrepreneurs and leaders of tomorrow will work in an international environment. A deepened knowledge about the cultures and people in Europe bring Europeans closer together and lowers the threshold for taking businesses and people abroad. In the long run people will begin to perceive that they are part of a common market to a larger degree than is the fact today.

We are convinced that our project will serve as an inspiration for continued work with international projects to promote entrepreneurship to the benefit of young Europeans.
More widespread entrepreneurial skills and competences will mean that more job opportunities to the benefit of individuals, nations, and the European union. This in turn will stimulate the economy in Europe and improve social justice in the long run.

Project Website

https://sites.google.com/view/1youngentrepreneurs/home?authuser=0

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 110299,7 Eur

Project Coordinator

ProCivitas Privata Gymnasium AB Malmö & Country: SE

Project Partners

• ITIS “S. CANNIZZARO”
• Liceul Teoretic “Aurel Lazar”
• IES Valle de los Nueve