CREATING A BUSINESS IN THE DIGITAL AGE DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEURSHIP

COMPETENCES FOR YOUNG EUROPEANS THROUGH EMENTORSHIP

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SOME DATES…

-Financing programme: Lifelong Learning, KA 3 - ICT

-Implementation period: 1 November 2010 – 31 October 2012

-Budget: 564.047 euro

-7 project partners from 6 EU countries

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PARTNERS

Romanian Institute for Adult Education

University of Bucharest

bit media e-Learning solution

Association DOCUMENTA

University of Latvia Centro Studi Cultura Sviluppo

Slovak University of Agriculture

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PROJECT OBJECTIVES

• To identify the interest domains for starting a business from youngsters that are going to graduate and potential barriers

• To define a curriculum for developing entrepreneurial competencies, using the WEB 2.0 learning opportunities

• To develop entrepreneurial competences of students through eMentorship activities

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TARGET GROUPS

• Students/graduates from faculties of educational sciences and administration

• Young entrepreneurs• Representatives of employers, unions and SMEs• Chambers of commerce• Local and regional employment agencies• Higher education institutions• Adult education providers• Career counseling centers

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MAIN OUTCOMES

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1. NEEDS ANALYSIS (1)

The three most important kinds of knowledge for business start-up

The most important cognitive skills for starting a business

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The three most important practical skills for business start-up

The three most important motives of business and life activity

1. NEEDS ANALYSIS (2)

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2. ONLINE GUIDE ON QUICK STARTING A BUSINESS

- Entrepreneurs – concept, types & qualities

- Market opportunities

- Business Plan

- Legal aspects on starting a business

- Business analysis

- Business decline

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3. BOOKLET with information on entrepreneurship

– Assess yourself– Planning your business– Setting up a home office & manage work at home– Applying for grants & funding– Managing yourself and others– Developing leadership skills– Mentoring

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4. EMENTORING PLATFORM

http://moodle.crebus.eu/

- more than 40 tandems

- business plans

- mentors all around Europe

• EMENTORING METHODOLOGY– Used during different workshops and seminars

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• 2 hours/week

• 30% theory and 70% practice

• Focused on practical opportunities, learning

from entrepreneurs’ experience.

• The preferred learning methods are: learning by

doing and experience-based learning

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The eMentorship process

OBJECTIVES

• To develop the students’ entrepreneurial, social, digital, language skills needed to survive and flourish in an emerging economy in the context of the recent crisis

• To create a virtual learning community of entrepreneurs• To create an economic network of people who are working

in the same field with the aim of helping each other (a model that values collaboration more than competition)

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5. FACEBOOK page

www.facebook.com/crebus

• 241 likes from Europe, USA, Asia• More than 700 posts

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• 8 online trainings, few of them available herehttp://crebus-moodle.e-learning.cc/course/category.php?id=14

• 14 workshops with students, entrepreneurs, academia, trainers, researchers on entrepreneurship

• 10 success stories of eMentoring

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• NEWSLETTERS

• and other promo materials: posters and flyers

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !

www.crebus.eu

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