The project aims at developing, testing, validating and mainstreaming holistic and needs driven open learning modules to promote entrepreneurship competences of ICT and engineering graduates at the interface of academic education and learning in practice business contexts.

Competence level of graduates in participating partner countries will be researched and regional training needs identified; modular, practice-oriented entrepreneurship trainings will be developed; validation system comprising a suite of entrepreneurship-related competences descriptions, context-related reference systems to assess and evidence these competences, and an online assessment and validation system based on the proven and tested Level 5 approach will be created; a connection of this assessment and validation system to formal validation and accreditation systems (ECTS) and certification systems (EUROPASS) will be made to allow for transnational exploitation of acquired competences; entrepreneurship training modules and competence validation system will be piloted, evaluated and mainstreamed into existing curricula in ICT and engineering programmes.

Specific objectives:

• Develop a range of  different forms of  innovative, work- integrated entrepreneurship training modules, integrate modules into existing curricula;
• Create a system for validation of  entrepreneurship competence development;
• Train HE staff in innovative entrepreneurship teaching.
• Implement and evaluate the training modules and validation system in the partner countries;
• Establish system for students promotion in entrepreneurship orientation;

University of Sarajevo (BA) - coordinator

DIE BERATER UNTERNEHMENSBERATUNGS GESELLSCHAFT MBH (AT)

FH JOANNEUM GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. (AT)

BLENDED LEARNING INSTITUTIONS COOPERATIVE (DE)

UNIVERSITAET DUISBURG-ESSEN (DE)

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PALERMO (IT)

UNIVERZITET U ISTOCNOM SARAJEVU (BA)

U.E.T. SHPK (AL)

University of Elbasan "Aleksander Xhuvani" (AL)

N.Sh. Kolegji Aga Xhite (XK)

UNIVERSITETI PUBLIK KADRI ZEKA (XK)

University of Montenegro (ME)

Volga State University of Technology (RU)

Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Information (RU)