Objectives and description Total budget of the call: EUR 2.450.000
This call aims to support the implementation of principle 1 of the Small Business Act and the Oslo Agenda for Entrepreneurship Education in Europe. The Small Business Act recommends stimulating innovative and entrepreneurial mindsets among young people by introducing entrepreneurship as a key competence in school curricula and ensuring that the importance of entrepreneurship is correctly reflected in teacher training.
Actions
Projects to be supported will focus on one of the following objectives (priority areas):
Lot 1:
a) Creating trans-European models for primary and secondary school teachers to support the development of their skills and methods in
applying entrepreneurial learning to different teaching subjects and to different contexts.
b) Developing, organising and executing cross-European training/education workshops for teachers of entrepreneurship at institutions of
higher education (universities, colleges, businessschools, universities of applied sciences, etc.)
Lot 2:
- Creating a European online platform for teachers/educators to enable the cross-border exchange of good practice, methods and teaching
materials in the field of entrepreneurship education.
Lot 3:
- Developing and testing a European common framework of tools and indicators to assess entrepreneurial mindsets, attitudes and skills
acquired by students in entrepreneurship education.
Eligible applicants
Applications from legal entities established in one of the following countries are eligible:
1. EU Member States;
2. EEA countries: Liechtenstein and Norway;
3. Candidate countries: Croatia, Macedonia, Iceland, Montenegro and Turkey;
4. Albania, Israel and Serbia (competitiveness and innovation programme participants).
In addition, the following rules apply:
1. partners of the lead organisation must satisfy the same eligibility criteria as those for applicants; the applicant will be the coordinator;
2. applicants must be legal persons;
3. applicants must meet the following definition: any public or private entity whose core activity is in the field of entrepreneurship
education. Such entities may include:
— public administrations at all levels,
— national, regional and local authorities,
— educational institutions (primary and secondary schools, vocational schools, universities, etc.),
— NGOs, associations and foundations active in the related fields,
— education and training providers (public and private),
— chambers of commerce and industry and similar bodies,
— business associations and business support networks;
4. corporate bodies must be properly constituted and registered under the law. If a body or organisation is not constituted under the law, a
physical person must be designated to provide the legal responsibility.
Budget:
The maximum budget allocated for the operation is approx. EUR 2 450 000.
Deadline: 16 April 2012
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