International Entrepreneurship
Aim
The project main aim is to contribute to the Lisbon goal of making Europe the world’s leading economy by promoting the quantity and enhancing the quality of international entrepreneurs.
Specific aims
- To encourage (young) people in Europe to pursue an internationally oriented entrepreneurial career, by making clear and transparent in the European context the competence they need for international trade;
- To facilitate (young) people in Europe in acquiring these competence, by designing an ECVET-proof unit profile on international entrepreneurial competence, using a well developed and successfully applied analytic and descriptive method for ECVET, used in the LdV project COMINTER;
- To provide training by designing a training package based on this unit profile, with the focus on cultural awareness and intra and intercultural behavior;
- To ensure maximum civil effect, by creating validation and certification guidelines for relevant governmental organizations, VET institutions and stakeholders organization from the trade setor.
Partnership
Promoter:
Kenniscentrum Handel - Centre of Expertise for VET in the Trade setor
Website: http://www.kchandel.nl
Contact: Pasqualino Mare
Partners:
Portugal
CECOA, Centro de Formação Profissional para o Comércio e Afins - Vocational Training Centre for the Trade
Website: http://www.cecoa.pt
Contact: Cristina Dimas
CCP – Confederação do Comércio e Serviços de Portugal – Portuguese Commerce and Services Confederation
Website: http://www.ccp.pt
Contact: Helena Leal
Belgium
Syntra-West
Website: http://www.syntrawest.be
Contact: Patrick Huyghe
European Vocational Training Association (EVTA)
Website: http://www.evta.net
Contact: Pauline van den Bosch
France
AGEFA PME
Website: http://www.agefa.org
Contact: Jean-Jacques Dijoux
MEN – Ministère de Education Nationale
Website: http://www.education.gouv.fr
Contact: Richard Maniak
Germany
Berufsfortbildungswerk (BFW)
Website: http://www.bfw.de
Contact: Janina Hertel
Italy
Centro Produttiva Veneto (CPV)
Website: http://www.cpv.org
Contact: Enrico Bressan
EBINTER
Website: http://www.ebinter.it
Contact: Guiseppe Zabbatino
Quadrifor
Website: http://www.quadrifor.it
Contact: Virgillio Scarpellini
Ufficio Scolastico Regionale del Veneto
Website: http://www.istruzioneveneto.it
Contact: Carmela Palumbo
The Netherlands
Albeda College
Website: http://www.albeda.nl
Contact: Jacques Haenen
NVG
Website: http://www.nvg.nl
Contact: Arnoud Fetter
MBO Raad
Website: http://www.mboraad.nl
Contact: Manfred Polzin
Romania
TVET
Website: http://www.tvet.ro
Contact: Ioana Cirstea
Products/Results
- A comparative analysis of existing innovative and relevant training resources in initial, continuous training and further/higher education in the field of INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, specially those focused on the intra and intercultural aspects of international activity;
- A comparative analysis of interviews on “ Intercultural Intelligence (II) in international business” in Europe;
- An ECVET- proof “Unit Profile” (described in terms of knowledge, skills and competence) focused on INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP;
- A training programme based on the unit profile, directed at the acquisition of the “international entrepreneurial competences” with the focus on cultural awareness and intra and intercultural behaviour;
- Assessment criteria (set of guidelines) for trainee’s assessment;
- Portfolio of international entrepreneurship competence.
Duration
November 2007 – December 2009
Framework
Lifelong Learning Programme
Leonardo da Vinci Sub-Programme
Multilateral Projects - Transfer of Innovation
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
More Info
inova@cecoa.pt
