General information
Name of the activity:
Student Company Program
Country:
Bulgaria
Homepage of the activity:
http://www.jabulgaria.org
Organisation providing the activity:
Junior Achievement Bulgaria
Contact data:
jab@jabulgaria.org
History of the activity:
Since when is the activity implemented?
More than 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
16-18
vocational education schools
Students
16-18
vocational training
Is the activity focusing on special target groups?
no
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?
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
 10
Ability to plan and manage in general to achieve goals
 10
To identify and seize opportunities
 8
To plan and organise activities
 10
To take responsibility for an activity
 9
To dedicate oneself to an activity
 9
To make an effort for achieving goals in an activity
 10
To work in a group
 7
To work self reliantly
 8
To lead
 8
To delegate
 6
To analyse
 8
To communicate
 10
To de-brief
 8
To evaluate
 8
To record
 10
To negotiate
 10
To present
 10
To sell
 10
Other skills furthered/supported by the activity:
Decision making skills
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
-> Business plan
-> Marketing knowledge
-> Market research (including competitor analysis)
-> Sales & costumer relations
-> Human resource management & Leadership
-> Activity management
-> Purchasing and production chain
-> Production planning
-> Accounting, book – keeping
-> Cost accounting
-> Controlling and monitoring
-> Financial and liquidity calculation
-> Business ethics
-> How to start up one’s own company
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
.-> Market economy and competition
-> Supply and demand
-> Money
-> Distribution of income
-> Economic growth
-> Labour market
-> The tax system
-> Supply of resources
-> Recycling
Organisational information
Funding
How is the activity financed?
Source
Sources in detail
Private
Company, Foundation
Public
Public organisations:
Transferability (of the activity)
National level
Duration of the activity
6 to 12 months
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)
no
Does the web support the activity participants in their work?
yes
how does ICT support the activity activities? Please describe them briefly…
Online registration
questionnaires
and web portal with tools.
Scope
National, European
Creation of a company
Yes
Educational framework
Has the activity become part of the curriculum?
yes
more info; when it became part of the curriculum, at which level, etc
It became part of the curriculum in 2003 at upper secondary level in high schools.
If the activity is part of the curriculum, is participation for students optional?
yes
Is the proposed activity part of an educational framework?
yes
describtion of the framework and more info?
The framework is for developing entrepreneurial culture and skills among high school students. It was officially implemented as such 2 years ago.
Organisational information
Involvement of private companies
Activities
Participation in the planning of the activity
no
Mentoring of activity participants
yes
Coaching of activity participants
yes
Provision of traineeship for activity
yes
Hosting of teachers’ visits
no
Hosting of students’ visits
no
Guest lessons
yes
Funding in kind of the activity
no
Involved persons & Associations
Involved persons & Associations
Level of involvement
Students’ Associations
National
Teachers’ Unions
None
School Boards
Local
Parents’ Associations
Local
Government
National
Foundations
None
Social Partners
(trade unions, employers’ and employees’ associations)
None
Non governmental organisations
(put in the organisation’s name)
None
Does the activity involve teachers’ training?
yes
Organisation providing the training:
Junior Achievement Bulgaria
Duration of the training:
2 days
Compulsory or optional
yes
Other important details:
With the support of the
Lifelong Learning Programme
of the European Union
510354-LLP-1-2010-1-AT-COMENIUS-CNW