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Students lack information about entrepreneurship as a career option
Students lack enterpreneurial skills & mind-set needed for todays world
Schools not equipped to support students in developing enterpreneurial
skills, attitude & mind-set
Misunderstanding of enterpreneurship as a business skill in existing
programs
Pilot Activities
Develop & test innovative models & methodologies for
entrepreneurship education for youth in creative industries
7 different countries developing, implementing, testing different models
Some focused on students, some focused on teachers, some on both
All engaged enterpreneurs & creative industries
3. 3Estonia: Pilot activity 1 (177 students/ 61 mentors)
• Application of internationally awarded “ENTRUM 4-step methodology of creating
an enterprising mindset” based on taking youth out of schools and pairing them
with enterpreneurs in the role of mentors. Aim: to incubate youth‘s ideas and
initiate startups within creative industries with the help of business-incubators in
the first academic year.
Estonia: Pilot activity 2 (300 students)
• “Music video production action” approach for giving youngsters creative industries
experience in production (music video that will be broadcasted on a national TV
channel), boosting their immediate readiness to act, as well improve their
knowledge of how creative industries function (production, post-production,
marketing).
Pilot activities in 7 countries
Denmark (250 students, 15 teacher, 10 mentors)
• Showcase of three different activites easy to implement within curriculum,
introducing new ways for collaboration between schools and creative industries,
especially art & cultural institutions.
Lithuania (300 students, 50 teachers, 15 entrepreneurs)
• Large scales enterpreneurship Summer camp preceded by a national
competition for schools.
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Pilot activities in 7 countries
Slovenia (69 students/12 teachers/29 enterpreneurs)
• Used three different approaches to introduce enterpreneurial skills
to schools, bringing together students, teachers & enterpreneurs.
UK (50 students, 10 teachers, 5 entrepreneurs)
• A stuctured programme approach based on existing Social
Enterprise Qualification for encouraging creative enterprise
and entreprenurship.
Poland (1017 students, 153 schools, 169 teachers, 3000 members of
community)
• Nationwide program including 153 schools for enhancing
competences related to innovation & entrepreneurship and
integrating schools with creative industries.
Czech Republic (195 students/14 teachers/10 schools)
• E-learning programme for career advisors to introduce
entrepreneurship education.
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Pilot activities in 7 countries
Altogether
• 2220 Students, 780 Teachers,
264 Schools, 130 Enterpreneurs
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Guest speakers:
Anne Hane, Student of Arts, Founder & CEO, Estonia
Keidi Mae, Student at Baltic Film & Media School, Estonia
Andrej Mercina, Trije Arhitekti, Founder & CEO, Slovenia
Per Lange, Acting Headteacher, Denmark
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Estonia
ENTRUM 4-step methodology principle:
• 1 step – inspire and encourage, bring outside of
everyday environment
• 2 step - teach practical skills (social skills – intiative,
colloboration, responsibility and
• entrepreneurial skills – business model design)
• 3 step - integrate to network of entrepreneurs, one-to-
one mentoring and business incubators
• 4 step - create entrepreneurial lifestyle (including what
to read, what events to visit)
Understanding the way creative industries function
through action
• Music video production with a limited time and
resources approach. Creative industries product
created by youngsters themselves and broadcast on a
national TV channel.
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Thank you CENTRES and ENTRUM
for an inspiring experience!
Pilot in Estonia
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Slovenia
● Program for understanding entrepreneurship &
gaining entrepreneurial skills, attitudes and
knowledge
● Developed with entrepreneurs & includes
entrepreneurs as lecturers/ mentors
● Programme within the curriculum as well as extra
curriculum activity
● Program included:
● 6-module (30 hours) workshops,
● project work,
● one-on-one mentorship,
● company visit and
● networking event: My first Pitch.
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Denmark
ArtRun
• Included in the curriculum for Danish and in
the obligatory free project assignment.
• In cooperation with Museum of contemprary
art: “How can art create change for the
viewer.”
The Creative Wave
• Innovation contest: “Designing new green
areas in the city.”
• Working entrepreneurs – changing local
environment through creative thinking.
The Youth Club
• Understanding how an ordinary day looks
like if you work in the creative industry.
• Pupils, architects and graphic designer
helped the local town design the new youth
club.
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• Bringing awareness about what enterpreneurship really is
• Change in approach/ way of thinking/ perceptions (self-confidence, courage,
out-of-the-box thinking, persistance, failure)
• Skills & knowledge (communication, presentation, idea generation, problem solving, team
work, project planning)
• Networking & engaging youth – opening schools, opening students
• Concrete products – methodologies, modules, programmes developed for
enterpreneurship education as well as for developing general enterpreneurial skills
• Best cases of school & creative industries engagement
• Policy recommendations based on findings
Summary of Results & Impact