Creating more enterprising and entrepreneurial individuals and organizations is essential for our fu

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• Creating more enterprising and
  entrepreneurial individuals and organizations is
  essential for our future economic and social
  well-being. The role of enterprise and
  entrepreneurship educators is therefore
  fundamental.
• European Commission

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EwB Network Meeting Agenda

• Best Practice Communication Exercise from EWB
• Project presentation concept
• Project goals and results
• Implementation
• Step-by-step activity plan
• Meetings Events
• Budget
• Group Work Project Milestones

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European Core Programme Roster
From economic literacy to business skills to
entrepreneurship...

• Business Skills
• Creativity/Innovation
• Teamwork Problem-solving
• Responsibility and Motivation

• Our Community
• Europe and Me
• Economics for Success
• Its My Business
• Company Programme
• Enterprise without Borders
• Graduate Programme

Primary
Middle
Secondary
many other local international programmes
University/College
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Company Programme in Europe

• 38 countries
• 226,184 students
• 7,256 schools
• 13,177 business volunteers
• Full-Year program from Sep to June
• Supported by large network of private and public
  sponsors
• Runs inside the school system with the support of
  trained teachers and JA-YE staff
• Volunteer-Assisted model
• Best Practice in Entrepreneurship Education
• Students gain practical experience of business
  and enterprise through setting up and running
  their own real company

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EwB WHAT IS IT?

• Enterprise without Borders (EwB) is designed
  to give students in Company Programme running
  mini-companies the opportunity to create
  cross-border international partnerships as part
  of their JA-YE experience. Through a website,
  teachers and schools can register for
  participation and students can upload their
  company profiles and enter an entrepreneurial
  dating game.

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EwB Objectives

• Project objectives
• Promote the spirit of enterprise among educators
  and students
• Raise awareness of entrepreneurship education in
  the wider community
• Introduce students to trade across borders,
  setting up and managing an enterprise, working
  with business cultures
• Promote attitudes for personal success, lifelong
  learning and employability
• Foster sensitivity to other cultures, as well as
  cross-cultural understanding

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EwB WHERE?
Belgium (2 orgs), Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany,
Estonia, Italy, Finland, Portugal, Romania,
Norway, Slovakia, Sweden and Turkey
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EwB Outcome
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EwB Outcome

• Expected outcome year 1 (school year 2008-2009)
• 2 trainers-of-trainers per country
• 12 schools will be involved in the project per
  country ? 12 teachers per country
• Each teacher will teach 1 class of approximately
  20 students, so the project will impact around
  240 students per country per year
• Each class will generate around 3 mini-companies
  of up to 7 students/mini-company/country 36
  mini-companies per country
• Each mini-company will find a partner for the
  joint-venture (ideally)

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EwB Outputs/report

• Programme materials for teachers and students in
  11 languages (CP and EWB guides in local
  language)
• On-going teacher training and support system
  (local training of trainers, teachers and
  volunteers)
• Records of all the teachers, volunteers and
  students who participate in EWB and report on
  them
• A web interface for dissemination and
  mini-company registration, catalogue of
  products/services students are trading forum
  for exchange between participating teachers and
  students (report on local utilisation if any)
• Local promotion of the project
• A DVD containing sample materials developed in
  the project as well as the framework for
  assessment (JA-YE Europe)
• A Final Report for the project featuring top
  joint ventures
• Evaluation Report (pre and post tests for
  students and volunteers and teachers survey)

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EwB Implementation

• Project Coordination
• FT Staff member at European office
• Dedicated staff members at each national office
• Training
• Training of Trainers (European level)
• Training for teachers (national level)
• Training of volunteers (national level)
• Orientation for school directors and education
  authorities at local level
• EwB Website - Collaboration Platform
• Networking and Outreach Activities
• EwB Café (2-3 hours alongside European TF and CC)
• Speed-Dating to stimulate teacher-to-teacher
  partnerships and establishing additional EwB
  registrations for next school year
• Yearly network progress meeting and report

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EwB Implementation

• Online Communications and Materials
  (dissemination)
• EwB Online materials demo-kits
• EwB Website
• EwB Brief (regular news)
• EwB Brochure for teachers
• EwB Report (showing survey results perhaps
  metrics photos etc)each year
• Exploitation of results
• Using the project results in the benefit of the
  JA-YE network
• Reporting and Evaluation (Quality Plan)
• Participation metrics
• Quality metrics
• Testimonials and surveys
• Recognition and Awards (to be further discussed)
• Best joint-venture competition
• Awards for teachers?

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EwB Activity Plan
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EwB Outcome

• Expected outcome year 1 (school year 2008-2009)
• 2 trainers-of-trainers per country
• 12 schools will be involved in the project per
  country ? 12 new teachers per country
• Each teacher will teach 1 class of approximately
  20 students, so the project will impact around
  240 students per country per year
• Each class will generate around 3 mini-companies
  of up to 7 students/mini-company/country 36
  mini-companies per country
• Each mini-company will find a partner for the
  joint-venture (ideally)

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Events and Meetings

• November 19-22, JA-YE Europe Alumni Leadership
  Conference,  Milan, Italy
• May 8-11 JA-YE Europe Trade Fair, Bodo, Norway
  (featuring EwB Café for teachers!)
• July 2-5 JA-YE Europe Company of the Year,
  Rotterdam, The Netherlands (featuring EwB Café
  for teachers!)

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EwB Budget
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EwB Budget per country
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Group Work Project Milestones

• Main components
• Teachers and volunteers
• Students / mini-companies
• EWB website collaboration platform
• Joint-ventures/partnerships
• Exploitation of results
• Potential partners

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NEXT STEPS

• AGREED
• Next meeting in Bratislava on Dec 4
• List of 12 teachers and the schools (city) to be
  sent to Gabi by Nov 14
• Minimum 12 mini-companies per country to be fully
  registered on the website until Dec 4
• Teachers are the KEY to the programme
• Conduct local training of teachers and volunteers
  until Jan 31
• Translate the necessary materials into your local
  language until Jan 31
• Official Launch of the project JA-YE Europe to
  issue a press release and share it with the
  network by Nov 14

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NEXT STEPS

• AGREED
• JA-YE Europe will put all the materials from the
  event on the www.ja-ye.org website
• JA-YE Europe will create templates for
  certificate, poster, other suggestions?
• More work on the website is needed
• Human exchanges are necessary both for teachers
  and students ? EWB Cafes at Trade Fair and
  Company Competition
• Organize regional teacher meetings
• Organize a teacher conference
• Create an star points system to award the
  students and measure the success of their trading

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NEXT STEPS

• AGREED
• The winner of the Best Joint-Venture competition
  to be invited at the CC and have a stand and give
  them the possibility for a few minutes
  presentation
• JA-YE Europe to look into more funding for the
  exchanges
• Homework sent in by Nov 14 (to Gabi)