European Creativity and Innovation Challenge aims to put ‘innovation and creativity’ in the spotlight through a partnership between 15 partners and 23 associated partners from 13 European countries. The network proposes to organise a Creativity and Innovation Challenge for vocational school students in selected countries which will encourage them to use their skills in enterprising and innovative ways, ultimately increasing their employability and entrepreneurial flair. Goals: Raise awareness of entrepreneurship education as a driver for innovation and creativity• Show how education and business can work together to promote innovation and creativity as well as motivate and inspire young people• Engage private and public sector employees in a real ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ (community engagement) activity; an innovative approach to making the Lisbon Agenda ‘a reality’• Demonstrate how leveraging Europe’s diversity (involving young people from different countries for example) enhances innovationObjectives: Stimulate young people’s innate innovative abilities and creative ideas • Encourage young people to work well in teams in order to solve real problems• Bring young people into contact with people from business and public sector (role models) in order to learn more about what companies and organisations do and the challenges they face• Give students a learning experience that they would not otherwise have at their age; Motivate students to succeed and achieve new things. Organise 78 national challenges and 3 European onesThe direct impact• 390 vocational schools • 7,800 vocational school students --- 600 students will directly be involved in the project per country (100 in the first year, 200 in the second year and 300 in the third year)• 390 new trained teachers • 390 new trained business volunteers • 13 trainers-for-trainers • 7,800 parents