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Entrepreneurship education has been on the agenda of pedagogical development in all levels of education for years. Student companies has been one common form of entrepreneurship education. Nevertheless, it seems that sustainability is not so often included in student companies or other entrepreneurship initiatives applied at educational institutions. It would be important that those who are considering starting a business also understand the importance and potential of sustainability. Sustainability – from cultural, social, ecological and economical points of view – offers an opportunity to equip students with more positive expectations and images for the future. From ecological and economical point of view, resource saving in business is necessity.The core idea of the project matches the international and European need to reverse and lessen the effects of the climate change. The recent strikes with 1.3 million people on climate change is just one evidence that the younger generation is concerned about the future and the sustainability of the mother earth. Therefore the consortium partners, monitored by external stakeholders, will develop the concept, the content, and pedagogical methods for the Sustainability-driven Entrepreneurship study unit. This will be done by gathering and analysing learning outcomes from local curriculums and developing new ones to match stakeholders’ needs for creating the concept for the study unit. Learning and teaching material will be produced including case examples from local companies highlighting their current sustainability-driven practices in partner countries. Sustainability-driven Entrepreneurship -project aims to •improve and increase entrepreneurial competence among students, teachers and trainers •increase background knowledge on sustainability and sustainability-driven entrepreneurship•produce learning and teaching material and related pedagogical methods to support the students when acquiring these skills and competences•create and pilot a competition at local and European level, where multi-sectoral student teams solve challenges given by companies. The project partnership consists of four vocational schools (VET), two higher education institutions (HEI), one high school, one enterprise and one regional ministry of education in all seven countries (FI, IT, DE, NL, BE, UK and ES). Each partner has its own network for monitoring and dissemination purposes of the project. These networks will be involved in arranging local competitions and other project activities. In average, five staff members and 20-30 students from each partner will be involved. The key target groups of the project are students, teachers, trainers and local small and medium sized companies. Partners will develop the concept, content and pedagogical methods for the Sustainability-driven Entrepreneurship study unit in close cooperation with local working life representatives. Surveys will be used for situation analysis and evaluating the impact of the training the trainers and the pilot.The activities can be grouped in the following thematic areas:•situation analysis survey•development of learning and teaching material including compilation of best innovative practices in companies in seven countries; innovation with sustainable approach; and service design•development of train-the-trainers material and building-up the capacity of trainers•pilots including local competitions and European level final competition in implementing the sustainability-driven entrepreneurship study unit•quality assurance by the local project group including key stakeholders and representatives of enterprises•impact evaluation to verify the impacts of the implemented study unit among the students and teachers•dissemination activities including website, social media campaigns, joint articles and publications, conference presentations and the multiplier event•project management and coordination including transnational meetings.The project will produce International Sustainability-driven entrepreneurship study unit (15 competence points/ECVET points) with a practical plan with learning outcomes as well as a handbook for trainers including the learning material. Local and international competitions will bring the learning close to practice. Students in multi-sectoral and international teams will strengthen the key competences/transversal skills, which should match the requirements of their future employees better. The partner organizations will include the study unit in their current/future curricula to sustain the results after the project. National level education authorities will be sensitized on the results in order to present the sustainability-driven entrepreneurship unit as a vital option for educational institutions at all levels. European citizens and entrepreneurs should do their best to improve their actions towards long-term sustainability.
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