Entrepreneurial Skills Pass

2016

Agenda

• What is ESP?

• Junior Achievement Mini-Company Program

• Competence-focused Self-Assessment tool

• Online Exam & Learning Materials

• Further Opportunities, ESP in Europe

Introduction

Young People in Europe

WITHOUT

A JOB

5.5M

TThe skills young people need & lack

Top 5 skills

young people NEED

Top 5 skills

young people LACK

59% Communication & literacy

56% Positive attitude

48% Self-management

45% People skills

41% Team working

50% Self-management

44% Communication & literacy

35% People skills

35% Positive attitude

35% Confidence

What is ESP?

The Entrepreneurial Skills Pass (ESP) is a unique and new qualification

that proves students (16-19 years old) have had a

real entrepreneurial experience and have gained the necessary

knowledge, skills and competences to start a business or be successfully employed.

Partners of the ESP provide training and employment opportunities for ESP holders.

Junior Achievement Mini Companies

Students aged 15-19 found and run real companies

for 1 school year. They fulfil all entrepreneurial

tasks on their own and simply

learn business by doing business.

They receive guidance from a teacher

and business volunteers.

Skills-oriented Self-Assessment

During the school year students rate their own skills

in various entrepreneurial competences.

At the end of the year, they receive feedback on their

development links to further training.

Online Exam

Based on the international Entrepreneur’s Skills Certificate

students take an online exam at the end of the

school year to prove their knowledge and

obtain the certificate.

International Glossary

150 terms of business knowledge

from the Syllabus and Teachers’ Handbook.

Available in English and National Language Versions.

general understanding of organisations main steps and legal requirements from idea generation to the market financial resources and budgeting

Further Opportunities

Partners in Europe offering opportunities

Leader for a Day, Stages, Traineeships, etc

Friederike Soezen

Wirtschaftskammer Österreich Austrian Federal Economic Chamber

friederike.soezen@wko.at | +43 590900 4086

CCountries involved in the EU grant:

Austria Czech Republic

Denmark Estonia Greece

Italy Romania Slovakia

Switzerland European partners

Partners

Other ESP participating Countries:

Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Ireland, Malta, Norway,

Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Sweden,

Turkey, United Kingdom