1. MIMPRENDO Project
Soft skills development for youth employability NASPA International Symposium 2016

2. About EucA
International network of Halls of Residence, from 12 EU Countries
More than 100 HoR, students
Objectives:
promote ‘student affairs and services’ and the HoR’s model at European and international level
promote the professional growth on the HoR managerial staff
develop students education
EucA keywords: soft skills, international dimension, employability

3. Halls of Residence for youth employability
Living and learning communities
Competitive and supporting environments
Holistic approach: personal and skills development path
Multidisciplinary approach

4. Living-learning community

5. Soft skills and employability

6. International opportunities

7. The European Scenario Youth unemployment: 20,4% (Eurosat, July 2015)
Large skills gap between the needs of the labour market and the output of the educational system
McKinsey report ‘Education to Employment, getting Europe’s youth into work’
Europe 2020 Strategy and ‘Rethinking Education’ calls for a fundamental shift in education, with more focus on “learning outcomes”, skills and competences
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent 90% of all businesses in the EU

8. MIMPRENDO Project
How much creativity is developed by students during their university experience?
How often entrepreneurs have innovative ideas and intuitions which need more human resources, time and competences than those available in house?

9. MIMPRENDO Project
MIMPRENDO links the needs of development of companies to the intellectual and creative potentialities of university students with the hall of resident as facilitator
Players
Italian Association of Halls of Residence (CCUM)
Italian Young Entrepreneurs (Confindustria Gruppo Giovani)

10. MIMPRENDO phases Submission of business case
Application and selection of the team
Team work and project development
Assessment
Award

11. Methodology Learning by doing On line cooperation
Technology supports the team to manage deadlines, meetings and tasks through the whole process
Periodical meetings in the company
Two “gates”:
project setting and analysis
problem solving and presentation
SUPPORT
On line monitoring (web platform)
Tutorship: by halls of residence coach

12. Assessment Innovation of solutions proposed
Applicability (technical and economic sustainability)
Team work (multidisciplinary approach, respect of deadlines)
Final presentation (public speaking)

13. Learning outcomes Personal soft skills Social soft skills
Self awareness, Culture adaptability
Tolerance to stress, Life balance
Social soft skills
Team working, Leadership
Conflict management, Networking
Methodological soft skills
Result orientation, Decision making
Continuous improvement

14. Results 7 editions 40 universities 92 teams activated
1600 applications students involved
72% of the projects implemented by 24 months (50% by 6 months)
50% of the students received employment proposals

15. Plus for companies minimal impact on business organization
contribution from academic multi-subject knowledge to entrepreneurial culture
multiplication of time and intellectual resources devoted to innovation
intellectual property of the result
quality value: the process and methodology have been already tested and implemented through years of experience (7 years) and validated

16. Plus for students
acquisition of practical experience which can be included in their CVs
introduction to an exclusive network and professional relationships
acquisition of competences in the management of innovative projects
promotion of self-entrepreneurship
developing a more active approach to learning
visibility of valuable and innovative ideas

17. Questions & Answers www.euca.eu www.mimprendo.it president@euca.eu
Thank you!