General information

Name of the activity:	Our City 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?

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	Students	6-7
primary school	Students	7-12
lower secondary school
upper secondary school
vocational education schools
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?

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	10
Ability to turn ideas into actions	10
Ability to plan and manage in general to achieve goals	8
To identify and seize opportunities	10
To plan and organise activities	5
To take responsibility for an activity	8
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	5
To lead	5
To delegate	5
To analyse	9
To communicate	10
To de-brief	10
To evaluate	10
To record	5
To negotiate	5
To present	10
To sell	10

Knowledge of business management and entrepreneurship

Please indicate whether the following skills are related to the activity by clicking the respective box.

Contents

.	-> Sales & costumer relations -> Purchasing and production chain

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 -> Labour market -> The tax system

Other skills furthered/supported by the activity:
(please describe the skills)

understanding of how local economy functions
learning about different professions and careers.

Organisational information

Funding

How is the activity financed?

Source	Sources in detail
Private	Foundation
Public	Local, National
Public organisations:
Other:	Ministry of Education local authorities

Transferability (of the activity)

National level

Duration of the activity

2 to 6 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)

Does the web support the activity participants in their work?

Scope

National

Creation of a company

Educational framework

Has the activity become part of the curriculum?

yes

more info; when it became part of the curriculum, at which level, etc

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

Is the proposed activity part of an educational framework?

yes

describtion of the framework and more info?

The activity is part of the national lifelong learning strategy regarding the implementation of entrepreneurship education.

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
Hosting of teachers’ visits
Hosting of students’ visits
Guest lessons	yes
Funding in kind of the activity

Involved persons & Associations

Involved persons & Associations	Level of involvement
Students’ Associations	None
Teachers’ Unions	None
School Boards	None
Parents’ Associations	Local
Government	Local, 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:	2-3 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