General information

Name of the activity:	Smart Start
Country:	Bulgaria
Homepage of the activity:	http://jabulgaria.org
Organisation providing the activity:	Junior Achievement Bulgaria
Contact data:	jab@jabulgaria.org

History of the activity:

Since when is the activity implemented?

1 – 5 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	15-19
vocational education schools	Students	15-19
vocational training

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?

yes

Are there options for teachers in your region/nation to be educated in entrepreneurship education as part of their life long learning process?

yes

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	7
Ability to turn ideas into actions	8
Ability to plan and manage in general to achieve goals	8
To identify and seize opportunities	9
To plan and organise activities	8
To take responsibility for an activity	3
To dedicate oneself to an activity	3
To make an effort for achieving goals in an activity	10
To work in a group	7
To work self reliantly	10
To lead	10
To delegate	7
To analyse	8
To communicate	10
To de-brief	6
To evaluate	7
To record	7
To negotiate	8
To present	10
To sell	8

Knowledge of business management and entrepreneurship

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Contents

.	-> Innovation methods and instruments to generate new product/services -> Human resource management & Leadership -> Activity management -> How to start up one’s own company

General knowledge of the working of the economy

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Contents

.	-> Market economy and competition -> Economic growth -> Labour market

Organisational information

Funding

How is the activity financed?

Source	Sources in detail
Private	Company, Foundation, Participant fee
Public
Public organisations:

Transferability (of the activity)

National 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)

Does the web support the activity participants in their work?

Scope

National

Creation of a company

Yes

Educational framework

Has the activity become part of the curriculum?

If the activity is part of the curriculum, is participation for students optional?

Is the proposed activity part of an educational framework?

Organisational information

Involvement of private companies

Activities
Participation in the planning of the activity	yes
Mentoring of activity participants	yes
Coaching of activity participants	yes
Provision of traineeship for activity	yes
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	National
Teachers’ Unions
School Boards
Parents’ Associations
Government
Foundations	National
Social Partners (trade unions, employers’ and employees’ associations)
Non governmental organisations (put in the organisation’s name)

Does the activity involve teachers’ training?

With the support of the
Lifelong Learning Programme
of the European Union
510354-LLP-1-2010-1-AT-COMENIUS-CNW