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Business Strategy development Training

Small and Micro Enterprises (SMEs) across the EU often struggle with various problems pertaining to their products, work force, costs and processes. Business strategic planning (BSP) knowledge can be used to reduce, or even eliminate, many of the problems which SMEs may face, allowing them to compete more effectively in the market. However, due to their nature, SMEs may not possess the necessary BSP skills required to tackle certain problems. Additionally, BSP training programmes are not adequately designed and failing to cater to the exact needs of SMEs.Teachers who have worked in VET school for a longer period often lack innovative approach to BSP due to lack of possibilities to update their knowledge. The Business management curricula in VET sector needs to be constantly updated, so that schools would be able to provide local businesses with tools to implement new strategies in order to survive. In LT,CY,ES as a result of economic crisis, funds for qualifications of teachers in VET sector were cut to almost zero. The project aimed to improve the knowledge and skills, rise qualification in business strategy development training and strategic management of teachers at VET institutions also trainers at business support organizations and SMEs, improve their access to training and increase the quality of teaching of entrepreneurship.The specific aims of the project: to provide an innovative e-learning material and animated interactive practical (AIP) tool in BSP training; rise qualification (knowledge, skills) of VET teachers, trainers and tutors in BSP training and improve their access to innovative training and increase the quality of teaching.The consortium consists of 5 partners from 4 EU countries (LT,CY,AT and ES) who have relevant competencies to implement the project. The partners have different backgrounds but all of them address the field of vocational training and education in companies, specifically small and micro companies which are very important in all participating regions (and in whole Europe).The project BeSTrain examined the BSP training material created in the STRATEGY-TRAIN project, updated and amended it to the needs of the target group in LT,ES and CY. The training material additionally has new practical tasks and an AIP tool developed. The tool is created as an animated story with different options to choose from. This is a practical tool which helps consolidate the theoretical knowledge and to clearly understand the importance of the strategic management for a small and micro business. The results of the project were thoughtfully tested and then disseminated.The results of the project brings a new innovative BSP training programme to the VET systems in LT,ES and CY allowing VET teachers and trainers, managers of the small and micro enterprises to improve their knowledge and skills in strategic management, improve their access to training and increase the quality of teaching.

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