VS/2012/0017 – FIRST STEP TO FIRST JOB – Innovative methods leading YOUTH to a solid career

Workshop, 22 February 2013Recommendations for the implementation of the simulated

enterprises method

Thorough preparation•Set-up of the national central office•Drafting of SE methodology (with

adaptations to national conditions)•Training of SE coordinators

▫innovative teaching method▫entrepreneurial dimension

•Set-up of SE laboratories and IT tools

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Proper dissemination of initial information•Toward future SE coordinators•Toward students•Toward partner companies

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Constant support•To SE coordinators•Engagement of SEs in fairs &

competitions

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Ensuring sustainability•Knowledge management•Gaining excellence•Introduction into the national curriculum•Long lasting partnerships with companies

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Constant development of the method•The method is very flexible

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• Vision Statement: Can Start-Ups Help Turn the Tide? (Harvard Business Review, September 2012)

“As the global economy continues to sputter, new businesses—and the jobs they create—are more important than ever. (…) With unemployment stuck at stubbornly high levels around the globe, optimists hope that the hard times will provide a spark for innovation, as they often have in the past: IBM, Disney, Microsoft, and Apple were all launched during a recession. Increasing the number of start-ups will be key to a global labor recovery. That’s why policy makers are paying close attention to the special alchemy needed to create an entrepreneur-friendly economy. The ingredients include a skilled population with an appetite for risk and the ability to spot opportunities, and a minimum of red tape and other procedural hurdles.”

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• Charts show how the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ranks countries on a variety of issues related to entrepreneurial success.

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Facts and figures (worldwide)• Extract from http://cms.europen.info/index.php?id=31“EUROPEN-PEN INTERNATIONAL is a non-profit association that was established on

October 27, 1997. EUROPEN-PEN INTERNATIONAL is the world-wide practice firms network. The network consists of over 7,800 practice enterprises located in schools, colleges, universities, vocational training institutions, companies and training centers in 42 countries around the world, offering cutting-edge practical training to more than 230,000 people of all ages every year.”

• Founding members: Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy (155), Netherlands, Sweden, Spain (373) and Switzerland. 

• Additional members: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, USA. 

• Future members:  Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Estonia, India, Indonesia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Singapore, Morocco, Chile and UAE. 

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Facts and figures (Romania)•Introduction of practice firm method in

pilot project in 10 schools – 2001•Introduction of practice firm method in

the national education curriculum – 2006•Introduction of simulated enterprise -

2011•Registered training firms (today): 1.155•Registered simulated enterprises (today):

92

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