1. www.bitonline.cc Concept and materials May 28, 2009 The Entrepreneur´s Skills Certificate

2. 2 EU calls upon all Member States to safeguard the provision of entrepreneurship education Action Plan: The European agenda for Entrepreneurship (COM(2004)70final) The Commission has called upon Member States:  to integrate entrepreneurship education into all schools’ curricula and provide schools with proper support to allow them to put in place effective and high quality education schemes  to ensure high quality entrepreneurship education for all pupils throughout the EU

3. The Entrepreneur’s Skills Certificate... ... is an additional qualification for entrepreneurial mindset ... leads to the awarding of an international certificate ... is supported by innovative learning tools & technologies ... meets the aims of the European Commission initiative (Entrepreneurship competence)  …was awarded best practice in Oslo 2007 and “Good Practice Exchange under the European charter for small enterprises 2008-2009”.

4. ModulesContent C B A UP Examination Fundamental Economic Know -How Key Aspects of Economics Key Aspects of Business Administration Supplementary knowledge at the level of a Business Administration exam Basic Level Advanced Level Level

5.  The benefits…... for entrepreneurs... for educators... for students Training and certication at the level of Business Administration A uniform standard Better qualified staff Better competitiveness Additional skills Increased cooperation between schools and business community Easily integrated within the curriculum Verifiable academic success Qualified further education Additional teacher´s materials Easier career choices A better start at universities A better start as entrepreneur A substitute for the Entrepreneur´s Examination

6.  e-ESC - the learning programme  Learning sequences  Training sequences  Textbooks for students  Basic contents and in-depth information  Exercises / questionaires  Teacher support materials  Teacher book with didactic suggestions  Materials on CD (Exercises, ppt-slides,…) The ESC teaching and learning products consist of...

7. ESC – Learning Sequences  Multimedia learning and excercise pages  Text, graphics, sound and audio  Basic info & self-test materials on the main level  Detailed info & supplementary material

8. For every learning sequence the appropriate training sequence  Training sequences in flash-card mode  Correctly answered questions are put aside as „finished“  Incorrectly solved exercises are moved to the end  Practice until the „exercise stack“ is mastered  For comprehensive repetition / test preparation, all of the exercises can be repeated x x ? x x ?  

9. The ESC Online Testing Solution  A dedicated testing system has been developed for the ESC exam.  Authorised test centres will be equipped with this testing system, which will be used for executing the exams.  Any training institution that fulfills the system requirements for the standardised exam, can become an authorised test centre.  Not only the testing system (automatic test evaluation), but the quesiton pool as well, is uniform – objective testing is guaranteed.

10. Test System & Test Evaluation  Automatic test evaluation at the end of the test  Test results for students and examiners

11. ESC: References  Austria: around 20.000 practicioners so far  Germany: over 15.000 practicioners since 2007  Luxemburg: starting 2009  Upcoming: Switzerland, Ireland, UK, France, Poland, Czech Republic, UAE, Russia, Kosovo, Rumania

12. Thank you for your attention ! www.bitonline.cc Stefan Düss stefan.duess@bitonline.cc