Entrepreneurial Youth For Green Europe

About this project

<p>Our project will develop an innovative training model for young entrepreneurs with a focus on the eco-friendly field. We have identified needs we seek to answer: - Shortage of eco-friendly enterprises in Poland - Entrepreneurial career is not in the centre of interests - Low ecological awareness Our target groups are young people 16 – 24 years old and teachers, lecturers and trainers of entrepreneurship. The project will achieve its aims through these activities: 1) Creation of an entrepreneurship education model with focus on eco-friendly field 2) Development of a Library of Resources for teachers/trainers. 3) New ideas of eco-friendly entrepreneurial ventures developed by young people 4) Training visit of Polish educators to IS to observe eco-friendly entrepreneurial programmes; 5) Training visit of Polish educators to NO to learn about modern education design; 6) Training visit of young future entrepreneurs to IS; 7) Entrepreneurship training seminar in PL with NO and IS experts;</p>

Bilateral cooperation results

The main aspects of the consultations included the use of creative thinking methods in teaching, especially in the area of business, entrepreneurship taking into account multi-track analysis. Project participants took part in a series of training sessions organised by Newschool, during which they became acquainted with a new teaching tool (the MIRO programme), which can be used in stationary as well as remote work. Trainings were an excellent opportunity to learn about technological innovations, which perfectly enrich the educational process, what is more, they give wide opportunities for integration and dialogue. Newschool conducted Vision Backcasting workshops for staff working on the model. This influenced that the most important messages shaping the project and its results were: - seeing the learning process as a creative collaboration between its participants; - building teams that inspire and complement each other; - education should be engaging, creative and not shy away from risk. The Icelandic partner pointed to innovation as an overriding factor that is required to build the model properly. A meeting with the director of the innovation centre FabLab was particularly influential: inspiration, mobilisation and spreading positive role models is the key to successful implementation of the model. Education needs to keep up with new trends in entrepreneurship, without this connection it is impossible to educate effectively.

Project partners

• NORTH Consulting ehf Donor project partner· Iceland
• Newschool AS Donor project partner· Norway
• School Complex No. 3 in Kielce Project partner· Poland
• The University of Łódź Project partner· Poland
• Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski Building Schools Complex in Konin Project partner· Poland