Project on Education for entrepreneurship (call for partnership) Anton Kuzmin Head of Olomouc Youth County Council Olomouc region

Status quo:  Region & Olomouc Regional Council supports both entrepreneurship and education (both of them are priorities of the Olomouc Regional Council)  Educational activities don’t comprise the education of entrepreneur’s skills, there are some exceptions, e.g. financial skills are really developed

Project goals and ways:  To implement the best practices into strategic development materials of the Olomouc Region and other institutions  Incorporating entrepreneur’s activities into education, especially at the secondary education (age 15 – 18)

Phases: 1.Monitoring of awareness of schools about education in entrepreneurs skills 2.Exchange activities – visit of expert from the partner region and the study visit in the partner region with an objective of exchange of experience and good practice

Output of the project:  Practical tool for support of entrepreneurship activities from the part of the Olomouc region (in the form of brochure for young entrepreneurs)

Roles of particiapants:  Olomouc authority - co-operation with the school on defining the required skills of young people, so that they would be ready to be entrepreneurs.  School – defines a to date state of education of entrepreneurial skills, what the schools are doing, what they are not doing, what should they do  Institution – Chamber of Commerce (or similar) – will define practical needs, how the young people who are leaving the schools, should be prepared, so that they would be ready to “survive” in the business environment

Schedule and preliminary budget of the project: NoActivityDateCosts 1.Research of a present state of education for entrepreneurship Sept. – Oct ,- € 2.Visit from the partner region, workshop and “peer review” evaluation (5 persons) Dec ,- € 3.Trip to the partner region, study visit of partner institutions (5 persons) Feb ,- € 4.Brochure with good practice, draft for elaboration into education plans Apr. - May ,- € Total costs31.000,- €  Sources - Comenius Regio, regions

Contact details: Ing. Jitka Brabcová, Ph.D. Head of department of international affairs of Olomouc region Tel.: +420 / Fax: +420 / GSM: +420 /

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