INTENTINTernational ENTrepreneurship

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Katja AbeleinCompetence Center EUROPE

Berufsfortbildungswerk Gemeinnützige Bildungseinrichtung des DGB GmbH (bfw)

Aims of the project:

-Promotion and training of intercultural and entrepreneurial competences on an international level

-Promotion of mobility in European education systems and within the European job market

To sum up: INTENT wants to provide necessary intercultural and entrepreneurial competences to act successfully on a transnational stage.

Project details:Duration: 01.11.2007-31.12.2009

Initiator: Kenniscentrum Handel, Niederlande

Partners: Belgium: Syntra-West, EVTA France: AGEFAGermany: Berufsfortbildungswerk (bfw)Italy: CPV, EBINTERNetherlands: Albeda College, Portugal: CECOARomania: TVET Slovenia: CPI

Milestones of the project:

-European research about needs and resources

-Development and Evaluation of a competence profile of an international entrepreneur

-Development and Evaluation of a training programme and materials as well as assesement standards

-Implementation in the national context of the partners

Presentation of some project products:

-Unit profile-Training unit-Training materials-Assessement methods and criteria/Portfolio

Unit profile

0) Development of the unit profile

Is based on - COMINTER- information given by interviews with companies in the partner countries - experiences of the partners and scientific backup

It is described in terms of learning outcomes and K-S-C (knowledge, skills and competences) concerning international entrepreneurial competences, especially those that focus on cultural awareness and inter- and intracultural behaviour.

Competence profile:

1) Identification of core tasks

2) Allocation of knowledge, skills and competences

3) Final version

Training unit with five sub units:1. Creative Entrereneurship Mindset

2. International Leadership Mindset

3. Negotiating and Influencing on an international stage

4. Knowing yourself and others

5. Intercultural communication

The training unit has an optional and additional nature: it may be added (as a whole or in parts) to existing qualifications, irrespective of the type or level of qualification or the vocational and educational training system of the country of origin of the trainee.

It can be assessed/trained/certified at different levels.

Training materials –report sheet

- Materials

-Brief description of of the stages of the sequence

-Assessment

-Teaching advice

-Learning context

-Bibliography for trainers

Cultural briefings

Didactic sequences

(2-7 per sub unit)

Portfolio of International Entrepreneurship Competence

-Provides documentation about the acquisition of key attributes regarding International Entrepreneurship Competence

-It has three parts:

1) Passport which a summary record of all formally assessed competences

2) Biography about personal intercultural experiences and encounters

3) Evidence of performance

1) Formally assessed competences

2) Biography about personal intercultural experiences and encounters

3) Evidence of performance

Thank you for your attention!