Junior Achievement ROMJunior Achievement ROMANIAANIA

Lucian Gramescu

General info about your national General info about your national challengechallenge• 27th of March, Ploieşti, Mihai Viteazul National College

• 1 day Innovation Camp – ~ 9 hours

• 20 teams worked for 6 hours to solve the business topicConceive a smart packaging for your favorite food.

• 5 business volunteers from 2 companies helpedCoca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company and Gebruder Weiss

• Teams were evaluated in 2 stages:– Presentations graded by the jury (75%) and the other teams (25%)– Best scoring teams were interviewed in English by the jury for final results

General info about your national General info about your national challengechallenge Partners• Coca-Cola HBC is a long-time partner of JARomania• Educational institutions were approached based on their

logistics– County Schools Inspectorate is always a partner no matter the location– 1 host highschool, 1 partner highschool

• Schools are recruited by contacting school management and inviting them into the project. 11 schools out of 11 invited opted-in and nominated a coordinating teacher

• Pre-event: 2 direct staff, 2 support• Event: 4 on the location + 10 volunteer students from the

host highschool

General info about your national General info about your national challengechallenge 8:00

Participants arrival & registration8:308:30 Team-building and creativity activities9:009:00 Official opening of the event

Partners presentation 9:309:30 Presentation of the Challenge9:45

10:00 Team-work – access to the computer laboratory. Students interact with volunteers

for advice

10:3011:0011:3012:0012:00 Lunch12:3012:30 Team-work – Finishing the business plan and

handing over the PPT presentationBriefing for jury

13:0013:3014:0014:3014:30

Presentations15:0015:3016:0016:00 Snack & Networking

Evaluation of preliminary results16:1516:15 Interviews in English with the best teams16:4516:45 Final results. Award ceremony17:15

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ImpactImpact• 11 of schools (vocational schools or classes with vocational

specialization)

• 14 teachers

• 98 students

• 5 Volunteer Experts (2 companies)

• 5 Members of the Jury ( 4 companies/organizations/institutions)

PR and DisseminationPR and Dissemination

• Press release and follow-up call for the event21 press appearences2 in local television

• Press release for the international final16 press appearences

• JA Romania Facebook – 2500 friendsFoto gallery and updates

• ECIC Website Project information, foto gallery, media coverage, rules and resources, testimonials and updates

SWOTSWOT

No specific problems encountered while implementing the Creativity and

Innovation Camp in a smaller location.Powerful, engaging format, good for getting

media attention by promoting the European dimension and engaging all the

(significant highschools) ...... yet, time consuming to prepare ...

... elements in the experience to improve ...

Plans for the future projects Plans for the future projects

• Develop broader partnerships, with the Innovation & Creativity Challenge as an element in a relationship with a wider educational scope

• Develop local task-force for project implementation

• Date and locations not set at this time

Local Best PracticeLocal Best Practice

• Main achievements– Best results in an European Innovation Camp

final– Unexpected interested from the community

• PR and Media– Good press coverage

• Evaluation/Feedback