Enterprising mindset on early age

The aim of the project is to bring different EU Ss together and create direct opportunities for students to learn different things from each other, to observe each other and to work together with the purpose of attaining a joint goal. Affluent backgrounds often don`t encourage kids to take risks and make mistakes, which are necessary for cultivating ingenuity. By studying entrepreneurship, students learn to think outside the box, to fail and to persist experiences that would inspire them to become creative, inventive, innovative; they will also develop skills like: communication, self-motivation, planning and negotiation; Motivation is the corner stone of development and success, but sometimes our students lack it. Consequently, their perspective is often limited to the school years, as well as sometimes their focus may be driven away from the studies. By showing them examples of enterprises, engaging them in meetings with different local entrepreneurs students would promote their own ideas and own initiatives, would gain a solid sense of direction and purpose. The transnational context aims to broaden students` horizon and to make them aware that cultural diversity contributes to the enrichment of the self.

The project aims to bring together Ss from different European areas and have them learn from one another and work collaboratively to reach common goals. At the end of implementation period the following cognitive and skill related objectives were reached : O1. To develop Ss` sense of entrepreneurship and initiative (more than 75% of the target group will develop the ability to turn ideas into practice) O2. To develop Ss` ability of identifying and evaluating the opportunities from the EU stage (minimum 70% of the target group) O3. To promote European cultural diversity values O4. To enable Ss to collaborate and cooperate in multicultural teams (more than 90% of the target groups) O5. To develop Ss` language and communication skills (more than 80% of students will improve these skills) O6. To enable Ss` acquisition of basic entrepreneurship knowledge (more than 75%) O7. To provide Ss with the opportunity of practicing the launching of a start-up (more than 60%) O8. To develop Ss` creativity along with critical thinking skills (over 75%) O9.To endorse establishment of different partnerships and connections with various local entrepreneurs O10. To provide Ss with the ability and knowledge of different forms of entrepreunarship

The activities were short-term exchanges of groups of pupils, C1-Entrepreneurial skills and competences in Romania, C2- Start-up in Italy, ideas from all over Europe, C3- Start-ups and advertising and going online in Turkey. They comprised realistic, practical, collaborative activities (creativity, selfmotivation, negotiating, planning, communication), presentations about their schools and countries, interviews with local entrepreneurs, exhibitions, cultural events attendance, meeting with local authorities. During these activities Ss cooperated to reach the objectives and the Ts, (selected according to the topics of LTTAs) were involved in the implementation of the project . The activities focused on developing Ss: creativity, self-motivation, negotiation, planning, communication, cooperation. Ss were actively involved in all workshops. (Skills and competences of entrepreneurship.) Objectives were reached through an array of interrelated activities that led to concrete results: workshop, materials direct meetings with some local entrepreneurs, various interviews made by Ss, different practical business ideas elaborated at a basic level - comprised in the final brochure of the project.

Final results: works produced by Ss during mixed multicultural workshops (theoretical ideas and worksheets, different collaborative products of Ss, Ss` recorded performances, examples of exercises to develop planning skills/communication/creativity/negotiation), direct meetings with local entrepreneurs, various interviews made by students, practical business ideas elaborated at a basic level , partners` presentations about their schools and countries, initial/final evaluation tools, participants` feedback,photos,report designed by the host, attendance certificates ,all comprised in the final brochure of the project. Outcomes aimed: developed personal skills, enhanced EU level cooperation of Ts and Ss 5. prioritati :