General information

Name of the activity:	Setting up a virtual company
Country:	Greece
Homepage of the activity:	http://http://digitalschool.minedu.gov.gr/courses/DSGYM-C111/
Organisation providing the activity:	Avgouleas Linardatos School
Contact data:	Mr. Aristeidis Notis

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	Teacher , Students	16
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?

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

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
-> Marketing knowledge
-> Market research (including competitor analysis)
-> Sales & costumer relations
-> Human resource management & Leadership
-> Production planning
-> Cost accounting
-> Controlling and monitoring
-> 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 -> Globalisation -> Labour market -> The legal system -> The tax system -> Environmental sustainability -> Supply of resources -> Climate change -> Recycling

Organisational information

Funding

How is the activity financed?

Source	Sources in detail
Private	Participant fee
Public	Regional, National
Public organisations:
Other:	Junior Achievement

Transferability (of the activity)

European 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)

yes

which type of ICT tools did you use? Please describe them briefly…

Internet was used so to have access useful info and contacts for the implementation of the project

Does the web support the activity participants in their work?

yes

how does ICT support the activity activities? Please describe them briefly…

Internet was used as a medium of communication: access to info and resourses
marketing of delivered goods
development of a respective website for the prepsentation of project and promotion of the products

Scope

National, European

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?

yes

Is the proposed activity part of an educational framework?

yes

describtion of the framework and more info?

With the support and guidance of volunteer consultants from the local business community
the JA Company Program provides basic economic education for high school students. By organizing and operating an actual business enterprise
students not only learn how businesses function
they also learn about the structure of the enterprise system and the benefits it provides.

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

Involved persons & Associations

Involved persons & Associations	Level of involvement
Students’ Associations	National, European
Teachers’ Unions	National, European
School Boards	National, European
Parents’ Associations	National
Government	None
Foundations	National
Social Partners (trade unions, employers’ and employees’ associations)	National
Non governmental organisations (put in the organisation’s name)	None

Does the activity involve teachers’ training?

yes

Organisation providing the training:	Junior Achievement
Duration of the training:	2-3 weeks
Compulsory or optional	no
Other important details:	JA Company Program facilitates teachers to help young people appreciate and better understand the role of business in our society.

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