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Young Entrepeneurs in Action
Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The YEA project is an attempt of bringing entrepreneurship education to the secondary level in Slovenia. The partnership of the Slovenian and Norwegian school is therefore evidentially asymmetrical. The Kongshavn Videregaende skole is in the tutoring, mentoring, teaching role, while Zavod sv. Stanislava will try to learn as much as possible from this partnership. The idea of developing entrepreneurship in the Diocesan Classical Gymnasium as a part of Zavod sv. Stanislava has been present for quite some time. Certain steps have already been taken in this direction and modest results have already started to show. The rate of this development is however insufficient in our view. A project of this importance in the strategic orientation of the school should be given more attention to. In light of this we have constructed a proposal that will allow us to develop measures and strategies as well as curricular material effectively and with a lot of concentrated activities. These activities include initial study of the existing programmes, reflection and theoretical conception of appropriate curricula and methodologies. This process must be undertaken by the Slovenian partner as they are the ones wanting to reform and develop. The Norwegian partner will help in this process by sharing their knowledge and guiding some of the transformative processes. The developed improvements will then be tested and evaluated. In the course of the project there will be several short term student mobilities. These mobilities are well planned in order to produce maximum impact on both of the institutions. While Zavod sv. Stanislava is the one that stands to gain the most, Kongshavn Videregaende skole will also be able to profit from the project. Besides new international connections they will also develop and perfect their ability to mentor and guide other institution which they will likely use even outside of the boundaries of this specific project. Through the exchanges the participants will learn about different entrepreneurial environments and school systems and be able to share good practices. Deriving most of the entrepreneurship activities from the Norwegian system already in the past, Zavod sv. Stanislava especially hopes to implement Grundercamp or some similar activities in the Slovenian environment. Due to the innovative capacities of the project the potential for dissemination is substantial. Some rather well defined activities have already been planned out and some contacts for this dissemination have been established. Existing distribution networks will be employed and due to the extent of this project probably expanded. The desired impact reaches far beyond that which is controllable by both project partners. The set goals aim for systemic changes and guide some of the activities. Although the project has realistic and achievable operational goals that are measurable and well defined, we are aware that we cannot stop upon reaching them. The impact on the attending students will be immense, hopefully both of the institutions will also profit noticeably, however the project is not intended to stop once it runs its course. As this is one of the strategic directions for both of the partner institutions we intend to increase the level of cooperation in the future and together develop even more and more innovative and widely applicable results, promoting and fostering entrepreneurial education.

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