General information

Name of the activity:	The AGROweb project
Country:	Greece
Homepage of the activity:	http://hwww.ea.gr/ep/agroweb/index.html
Organisation providing the activity:	Ellinogermaniki Agogi School
Contact data:	Anna Zoakou

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	Teacher , Students	15
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?

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

Knowledge of business management and entrepreneurship

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Contents

-> Innovation methods and instruments to generate new product/services
-> Market research (including competitor analysis)
-> Sales & costumer relations
-> Purchasing and production chain
-> 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

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Contents

.	-> Market economy and competition -> Labour market -> The social service system -> 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	European Union
Public organisations:	AGROweb iproject was co-funded by the E. C (Socrates Programme Minerva action). The AgroWeb project making full use of the capabilities the web offers in order to stimulate students' interaction proposes a web-based e-shop platform in the design of which proper weight is given on its educational concept. It is a tool for students a distributed learning environment facilitating the learning process.

Transferability (of the activity)

European 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)

yes

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

Internet for having access to info
development of the e-shop platform

Does the web support the activity participants in their work?

yes

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

The e-shop platform includes facilities to produce graphical representations of the sales of a product (product's performance)
to compare actual and anticipated performances and in general what is necessary to monitor the financial activities of a real shop. The e-shop is the electronic AGORA
the "electronic open market" where
in addition to the commercial transactions
the person to person contact takes place and where the students have the chance to realize in praxis the importance of the European single market and the common European currency
the EURO.

Scope

National, European

Creation of a company

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?

The project provided an integrated framework for activities and had the potential to provide real world results through an interdisciplinary model easily applicable in the current educational practice. This could be achieved by providing a model of motivating activities
integrated in the classroom
a model that developed an innovative learning environment based on the creation of a virtual classroom
where every possible aspect of a conventional classroom could be simulated. The project adopted an interactive and collaborative form of ODL's application
under this framework it was developed a web-enabled application platform
the e-shop
through which students promoted agricultural products of their areas. The reality of modern economy practices was thus transferred into the classroom.

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	yes
Hosting of students’ visits	yes
Guest lessons	no
Funding in kind of the activity	yes

Involved persons & Associations

Involved persons & Associations	Level of involvement
Students’ Associations	None
Teachers’ Unions	None
School Boards	National, European
Parents’ Associations	None
Government	None
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:	It was part of the educational material thjat was developed
Duration of the training:	2-3 weeks
Compulsory or optional	yes
Other important details:	material available at http://www.ea.gr/ep/agroweb/htmls/uk/training.html

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