Search for European Projects

Stručna praksa za učenike i stručno usavršavanje osoblja Ekonomske škole Velika Gorica
Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jul 1, 2015 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The Secondary School of Economics Velika Gorica as an applicant organisation for Erasmus+ project under Key Action 1 and the Croatian Board of Economy in Germany as their partner organisation have designed the mobility project entitled: Vocational Training of Students and Staff Training of the Secondary School of Economics Velika Gorica. The main objectives of the project are to improve the quality and efficiency of the economic vocational teaching and to increase its attractiveness and importance, to increase the quality and competences of the school teachers and the principal at all levels of education, to develop the level of key competences and skills of the staff and the students through international mobility, to improve the international level of education and training, to improve the knowledge of a foreign language and to gain cultural awareness which might at the end make students more competitive in the labour market and more capable of independent entrepreneurial activities. The project involves 14 students and 8 members of the staff of the Secondary School of Economics Velika Gorica. The students to be involved in vocational training in Frankfurt companies which activities cover the fields of trade, financial operations, marketing, accounting and tourism will be acquainted with the company activities and employees, will be introduced with various working tasks and operations as well as with business letters and forms, and finally will help and take part in implementation of the company work tasks. The school staff, in cooperation with the Croatian Board of Economy in Germany during workshops and visits to institutions related to the education of entrepreneurs and economists, will be acquainted with the German education system and teaching methods, as well as how theory is connected with and put into practice. In the meantime, there will be paid visits to the Consulate General of the Republic of Croatia in Frankfurt, to the Secondary Vocational School in Frankfurt and to the companies which employ young economists. The students will be involved in a 14-day vocational training, while the school staff will get a 5-day training. The outcomes of the above-mentioned mobility project for students will be to acquire new vocational knowledge and skills in the field of economy and entrepreneurship at the international, European level, to improve their language competences, and acceptance of new attitudes to work. Consequently, this will improve their personal development, increase employability and management in the international labour market. Concerning the staff of the Secondary School of Economics Velika Gorica, the project will result in the increase of professional competences in teaching and school management according to the European standards of the economic vocational education, inventiveness in teaching and improvement of the quality of teaching and training of young economists, shop-assistants and entrepreneurs. During dissemination activities, organisations at sectoral, regional and national level will be introduced with the project which will increase interest in economic vocational education and contribute to the understanding of European efforts to improve economic situation and employability.
Up2Europe Ads

Coordinator

Details

1 Partners Participants