This project is led by the
county organisation for young entrepreneurs “Ungt Entreprenørskap” in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.
This organisation is member of the “Enterprise
without borders” program that promotes youth entrepreneurship training courses
all over Europe. This initiative wants to
underline the importance of international youth exchanges to increase practical
competences and skills necessary to start an international business.
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| Norway summer farm |
“Ungt Entreprenørskap”
educational program is inspired by the “REAL” methodology (Rural
Entrepreneurship Through Action Learning) from the USA, designed to introduce young
people from rural areas to entrepreneurship education.
The REAL program uses experiential methods to train students and focuses on providing real business situations to try learners’ skills. For example REAL teachers organise different role-plays such as interview with a banker or having a business lunch with the owner of the restaurant you want to take over, etc. In reflecting on that experience, a participant can present his impressions in different ways: talking with a colleague in class or create a piece of visual art work.
The REAL program uses experiential methods to train students and focuses on providing real business situations to try learners’ skills. For example REAL teachers organise different role-plays such as interview with a banker or having a business lunch with the owner of the restaurant you want to take over, etc. In reflecting on that experience, a participant can present his impressions in different ways: talking with a colleague in class or create a piece of visual art work.
In the frame of “Enterprise
without borders” program, in 2008 “Ungt Entreprenørskap” organised an international gründer-camp with
young people coming from European countries, who were “Enterprise without borders” partners. A
mountain youth entrepreneurs meeting has been proposed for this years and it
will focus on innovation within agriculture, tourism, renewable energy, ICT and
others related to business opportunities in mountain areas.
To know more about Ungt
Entreprenørskap’s projects, visit their website (in Norwegian) http://www.ue.no/pls/apex32/f?p=16000:1000:1959479818588997.
To download the Good Practice
Guidelines, realized in the framework of INTEREG IVC (Politics to fight against
Depopulation in Mountains Areas), click here.
To know more about REAL
methodology, visit their website (in English) http://www.ncreal.org/what_is_real/experiential_learning_cycle.
This is a good idea! Can we duplicate this initiative elsewhere? In Slovakia par example?
ReplyDeleteHi! Yes it's possible: Norvegian from Sogn og Fjordane County want to build up a European project on the subject. They are searching for partners. I can give you the contact of the responsible of the project if you want, you can ask me by e-mail: emmanuelle.picaud@euromontana.org.
ReplyDeleteThe project will be presented during the 1st workshop in the VIIIth European Mountain Convention too, at Chambéry (France) on October, 3rd.
Thanks for your participation!