VS/2012/0017 – FIRST STEP TO FIRST JOB – Innovative methods
leading YOUTH to a solid career
Workshop, 22 February 2013
Recommendations for the implementation of the simulated
enterprises method
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Thorough preparation
• Set-up of the national central office
• Drafting of SE methodology (with adaptations to
national conditions)
• Training of SE coordinators
▫ innovative teaching method
▫ entrepreneurial dimension
• Set-up of SE laboratories and IT tools
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Proper dissemination of initial
information
• Toward future SE coordinators
• Toward students
• Toward partner companies
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Constant support
• To SE coordinators
• Engagement of SEs in fairs & competitions
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Ensuring sustainability
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Knowledge management
Gaining excellence
Introduction into the national curriculum
Long lasting partnerships with companies
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Constant development of the method
• The method is very flexible
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• Vision Statement: Can Start-Ups Help Turn the Tide?
(Harvard Business Review, September 2012)
“As the global economy continues to sputter, new businesses—and
the jobs they create—are more important than ever. (…) With
unemployment stuck at stubbornly high levels around the globe,
optimists hope that the hard times will provide a spark for innovation,
as they often have in the past: IBM, Disney, Microsoft, and Apple were
all launched during a recession. Increasing the number of startups will be key to a global labor recovery. That’s why policy
makers are paying close attention to the special alchemy needed to
create an entrepreneur-friendly economy. The ingredients include
a skilled population with an appetite for risk and the ability
to spot opportunities, and a minimum of red tape and other
procedural hurdles.”
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• Charts show how the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development ranks countries on a variety of issues related to
entrepreneurial success.
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Facts and figures (worldwide)
• Extract from http://cms.europen.info/index.php?id=31
“EUROPEN-PEN INTERNATIONAL is a non-profit association that was established on October 27,
1997. EUROPEN-PEN INTERNATIONAL is the world-wide practice firms network. The network
consists of over 7,800 practice enterprises located in schools, colleges, universities, vocational
training institutions, companies and training centers in 42 countries around the world, offering
cutting-edge practical training to more than 230,000 people of all ages every year.”
• Founding members: Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy
(155), Netherlands, Sweden, Spain (373) and Switzerland.
• Additional members: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, China, Czech Republic,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic,
Slovenia, USA.
• Future members: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Estonia, India, Indonesia, Kosovo,
Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Singapore, Morocco, Chile and UAE.
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Facts and figures (Romania)
• Introduction of practice firm method in pilot
project in 10 schools – 2001
• Introduction of practice firm method in the
national education curriculum – 2006
• Introduction of simulated enterprise - 2011
• Registered training firms (today): 1.155
• Registered simulated enterprises (today): 92
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Surprise!