General information
Name of the activity:
Your Future - Your Profit: European Certificate in Entrepreneurships (ECENT)
Country:
Austria
Homepage of the activity:
http://www.ecent.org
Organisation providing the activity:
STVG (Steirische Volkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft / Styrian Association for Education and Economics)
Contact data:
Mail: office@stvg.com / phone: +43 316 830-260; fax: +43 316 814 773 / Freiheitsplatz 2/III, 8010 Graz, Austria
History of the activity:
Since when is the activity implemented?
5 – 10 years
Main Target Group
What target group is directly addressed by the activity?
Students
Target groups:
Education levels
Headmasters / Teachers / Students
Age of students
pre-school
primary school
lower secondary school
upper secondary school
Students
vocational education schools
Students
vocational training
Students
Is the activity focusing on special target groups?
Additional information about entrepreneurship education for teachers:
If teachers are part of your activity’s target group, is entrepreneurship education part of their national and/or regional academic curriculum?
no
Are there options for teachers in your region/nation to be educated in entrepreneurship education as part of their life long learning process?
no
Abilities & Skills of entrepreneurship
On a scale of 1 - 10 (1 being the basic level of competence acquisition and 10 the highest level).
Abilities & Skills
Ability to create new ideas
 10
Ability to turn ideas into actions
 10
Ability to plan and manage in general to achieve goals
 10
To identify and seize opportunities
 10
To plan and organise activities
 10
To take responsibility for an activity
 10
To dedicate oneself to an activity
 10
To make an effort for achieving goals in an activity
 10
To work in a group
 10
To work self reliantly
 10
To lead
 10
To delegate
 10
To analyse
 10
To communicate
 10
To de-brief
 0
To evaluate
 10
To record
 0
To negotiate
 10
To present
 10
To sell
 0
Other skills furthered/supported by the activity:
Note: The on-line test - self-evaluation tool ECENT - consists of a questionnaire of relevant “Soft Skills” and measures them.
Those soft skills relate to the above mentioned entrepreneurial skills and competences.
As such
the test does not train or teach these skills and competences but provides a self-evaluation tool for checking one's own "entrepreneurial" personality.
Knowledge of business management and entrepreneurship
Please indicate whether the following skills are related to the activity by clicking the respective box.
Contents
. -> Innovation methods and instruments to generate new product/services
-> Sales & costumer relations
-> Human resource management & Leadership
-> Activity management
-> Business ethics
Other skills furthered/supported by the activity:
(please describe the skills)
The test checks
among other things
the participants' attitudes related to the highlighted contents.
General knowledge of the working of the economy
Please indicate whether the following skills are related to the activity by clicking the respective box.
Contents
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Organisational information
Funding
How is the activity financed?
Source
Sources in detail
Private
Public
National, European Union
Public organisations:
Funded by the European Commission and the Federal Ministry of Economy and Work
supported by the Federal Ministry for Education
the Arts and Culture.
Transferability (of the activity)
European level
Duration of the activity
1 to 5 days
Use of new technologies (ICT) in activity work
Which role does advanced information and communication technology such as homepages, web based databases, online coaching play in your activity?
Did you use any type of software/ application during the described activity?
(such as market simulation games)
yes
which type of ICT tools did you use? Please describe them briefly…
Does the web support the activity participants in their work?
yes
how does ICT support the activity activities? Please describe them briefly…
The test is an "online" test
therefore the use of ICT is essential to take part in the test.
Scope
European
Creation of a company
No
Educational framework
Has the activity become part of the curriculum?
no
If the activity is part of the curriculum, is participation for students optional?
no
Is the proposed activity part of an educational framework?
no
Organisational information
Involvement of private companies
Activities
Participation in the planning of the activity
yes
Mentoring of activity participants
Coaching of activity participants
Provision of traineeship for activity
Hosting of teachers’ visits
Hosting of students’ visits
Guest lessons
Funding in kind of the activity
Involved persons & Associations
Involved persons & Associations
Level of involvement
Students’ Associations
Teachers’ Unions
School Boards
Local
Parents’ Associations
Local
Government
Regional, National
Foundations
National
Social Partners
(trade unions, employers’ and employees’ associations)
National
Non governmental organisations
(put in the organisation’s name)
National
Others
Supporting Partner
Gewerkschaft der Privatangestellten
Industriellenvereinigung Österreich
Johannes-Kepler-Universität-Linz
Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
Institut für Bildungsforschung
Landesschulrat für Kärnten
Landesschulrat für Steiermark
Stadtschulrat für Wien
Bundeshandelsakademie und Bundeshandelsschule Rohrbach
Bundeshandelsakademie und Bundeshandelsschule Wien 13
Naric Austria
Bundesministerium für Bildung
Wissenschaft und Kultur
Landesschulrat für Tirol
Developing Partner
Arbeitsmarktservice
Bundesministerium für Bildung
Wissenschaft und Kultur
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte
Universität Klagenfurt
Wirtschaftskammer Österreich
Peters Engineering GmbH
Does the activity involve teachers’ training?
no
With the support of the
Lifelong Learning Programme
of the European Union
510354-LLP-1-2010-1-AT-COMENIUS-CNW