Europe Up-to-Date – Circular Entrepreneurship Education PLUS
Presentation of the ESF-funded projects Circular Entrepreneurship Education and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education.
Ideas for a more sustainable future – this is the motto of our “Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education” workshop program, or SEE for short. In four modules that build on each other, we bring the topics of innovation, sustainability and the circular economy to secondary schools in the Elbe-Weser region and work with pupils to develop forward-looking solutions for everyday problems large and small.
Brief overview
The aim of the project is a sustainability-oriented entrepreneurship program as an additional offer for schools. As part of the program, we support pupils in developing and implementing project ideas to solve everyday and social problems. The aim is to prepare the groups so that they can put their ideas into practice after the workshop.
The program is primarily aimed at general and vocational schools in the Elbe-Weser region.
The workshop program is open to students in grades 8-13 from all types of schools – e.g. lower secondary schools, intermediate secondary schools, grammar schools, vocational schools, technical colleges and vocational schools. It is also suitable for use in school clubs and student companies.
The SEE workshop program consists of a total of four modules.
In the first workshop module, students are given an introduction to the topic of sustainable entrepreneurship. The composition of the term and the meaning of its individual components are discussed. What does entrepreneurship mean and what forms does it take? How is sustainability defined and what dimensions does it have? What is social entrepreneurship? All these questions are examined using practical examples.
In the second module, students use their previously acquired knowledge to identify problems and develop solutions. To do this, they go through their everyday lives step by step and recognize existing problems. The next step is to develop solutions using creative techniques.
The third workshop module serves to move from the previously developed idea to the business model. For this purpose, relevant components of a business model are developed in supervised group work phases with the help of the Business Model Canvas. The students also draw up an initial resource and cost plan in order to forecast the capital requirements of the project and to visualize the costs of implementation.
Previously developed ideas will be applied in the fourth module of the workshop. The students work on a prototype of their problem solution, which can be presented in the form of a physical product, an app or in another form. Supported by the prototypes, the students then shoot a pitch video to present their business idea and make it interesting for potential investors.
Module overview
Katharina Petersen
Research assistant
Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education (SEE) project
Tel: +49 [0]175-6075866
Here you will find selected press reports about our SEE project in the Elbe-Weser region.
This project is funded by: