The EntreComp Certificate project addresses a key priority of the EU: to unleash Europe's entrepreneurial potential, removing existing obstacles and revolutionizing the culture of entrepreneurship in the EU. The development of the EU EntreComp Framework (2016) has provided a set of 15 competencies for educational institutions to use as a guide in achieving this aim and the JCR seeks to ‘strengthen the uptake and use of EntreComp in Europe’. Supporting individuals in acquiring and developing basic skills and key competencies is the horizontal priority underpinning this project.The project’s main objective will be to produce an easy to navigate online platform which uses the EntreComp Framework as an accessible curriculum for school and college students to work through experientially and autonomously, leading to a recognised Certificate endorsed by Lancaster University. One of the main strengths of the project will be its focus on the problem of early school leaving and disadvantage. Reducing early school leaving and enabling success for all learners can best be achieved by implementing a whole school approach (EU Education and Training Policy Report 2020). For students this means providing more opportunities for active participation in school life, better careers education and more opportunities to participate in extra-curricular activities. The EntreComp Certificate provides the scope for all of these.Accessibility to entrepreneurship activities will be beneficial to all students and particularly those who find the academic challenges of school difficult. It will give them a different way to prove their competency in life skills and the entrepreneurial spirit, enthusing them to continue their education with a greater understanding of the skills they will need to succeed in the workplace.The online platform will create a clear and concise curriculum for students to follow. It will include an explanatory video, simple powerpoint and information screen and list of suggested activities to complete for each of the 15 competencies of the EntreComp Framework. Students will be able to choose whether they participate at Intermediate or Advanced level. They will upload assessment evidence for each of the 15 competencies and when this is complete they will be able to print off a certificate listing their participation in the Award, endorsed by Lancaster University.The project methodology is to utilise the EntreComp Framework to develop the entrepreneurial skills of students aged 14-20 making them applicable to real life situations. The students will work autonomously with school support. The Certificate will prove their completion of all 15 competencies. The students will gain a real awareness of how an entrepreneurial spirit can help them whatever they choose to do in the future.The partner schools will aim to involve 50 of their students in the pilot scheme, either in producing videos, attending planning meetings or multiplier events, or participating in the award. Through multiplier events such as university open days and workshops, the project will aim to reach another 100 students or stakeholders. The Award will be promoted especially to students in deprived areas as a way of developing their entrepreneurial awareness.The main result of the project will be the E-Learning platform which will be an Open Educational Resource to be used by all: students, teachers, parents and businesses. Further results will be an appreciation of how different partner countries view entrepreneurship and the opportunities available for students in their countries. It will enhance the employability and interpersonal skills of all its participants, and it will facilitate the sharing of good practice and goodwill between teachers. It will also foster good relations with academic institutions and employers through networking and multiplier events.The intended long term impact is to widen the use of the EntreComp Framework in schools, and for ‘entrepreneurship’ to be seen in its context of societal and cultural value, not just economic. It will break down the barriers of ‘entrepreneurial learning’ and bring them into line with PSHE values. Students will see the EntreComp Certificate as a worthwhile indicator of their personal skills - like teamwork, communication, and resilience - that are crucial to navigating the challenges and opportunities of the modern world, and are increasingly valued by employers. Entrepreneurship is regarded by the highly academic Vitae Researcher Development Framework as ‘a set of skills and attitudes that can enable a culture of innovation, creativity, risk taking, opportunism; that underpins employability, enables entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and facilitates knowledge exchange’. The EntreComp Framework and Certificate will make entrepreneurial skills relevant to all, whatever their future aims, unleashing Europe’s entrepreneurial potential and easily fulfilling the stated priorities.

The Ideas into Action project was borne from the rationale that Across the EU, we recognised that the health, sustainability and competitive edge of our economies depended on our young people (YP) having ideas and setting up businesses successfully. This understanding was transposed in the EU economic strategy “Europe 2020” and embedded within the detail of its various flagship Initiatives. However, this recognition was set within a context where EU’s performance in successfully fostering the entrepreneurial spirit of its YP lags behind the optimum and endangers us in comparison to some of our global competitors. It is also the case that comparative performance of member states & their regions in this regard is variable across Europe, suggesting significant scope for learning from each other and for spreading best practice across the EUAcross the EU, there are a plethora of initiatives operating at transnational, national, regional and even local levels. Whilst the volume of activity is good, there are concerns that the landscape of provision is too complex, and that many “all-age” initiatives in relation to entrepreneurship are not suitable for YP. This project seeks to address these challenges by exploring all the factors above & developing practical, youth-friendly solutions towards a stronger & more equitable service by capturing, nurturing & capitalising on YPs entrepreneurial spiritsProject objectives• For partners to learn from, and with each other;• To instill, foster & support a spirit of entrepreneurship in YP, through development of effective frameworks & training tools for YP and those who work with them;• To empower YP – especially those at possible risk of exclusion from the labour market - with the skills & tools to relate to their own world & to contribute to the sustainable growth of the local economyIn addition the main need to address was for empowerment of YP / Youth workers in a range of non-formal areas to improve their personal skills to help them succeed in life, business & take control of their future. The project addressed other EU priority needs such as; improving digital skills of YP, encouraging use of OER and providing open & flexible learning; improving capabilities & knowledge exchange between actors in members states, including in practical application of ICT as an educational resource. Making resources available in Romanian, Slovakian, Lithuanian, Dutch & Italian addresses the need to produce OER in diverse European languages.The partnership initially consisted of seven partners representing six countries,:UK, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia & Netherlands. (However, due to unforeseen circumstances the Italian partners had to withdraw at the half way stage) Each partner had unique skills and experience of working with YP. Some partners had extensive experience whilst one partner has not been involved in EU projects previously. The applicant was a UK VET, Further Education College, focusing on vocational training for the 16-19 age group. The second UK partner was a social enterprise with extensive experience in evaluation and quality assurance. The Italian partner had extensive experience of EU projects and specialised in Quality systems in Engineering. The Lithuanian partner, worked with youth internships. The Romanian partner had extensive experience of soft skills development and employability skills in YP. The Slovakian partner's expertise was in facilitating intensive international youth experiences which focus on team working and entrepreneurship skills, while the Netherlands partner had experience including guiding new entrepreneurs from a social security situation towards their own enterprise. The project activities consisted of national 'State of the Art' research, amalgamated to form an international comparison report. Then using this, the development of a training course framework for Youth Workers & Young People, with a section on how to localise its content to focus training on local economic needs. The training course includes technologies which appeal to YP, interaction with other partner groups, physically and virtually. Development and presentation of entrepreneurial ideas (individually or in small groups) to panels of experts and with remote Peer group evaluation. Two sets of training piloted the course to Youth Workers, who cascaded on to YP. A Moodle platform was developed to host various activities, and a two day Intensive Training Session and Blended Training package was be delivered to Youth workers. As well as standard methods of dissemination, five Multiplier events took place, one held in each partner country.Results and impact include 50+ Youth workers trained and 280+ YP cascaded to and involved in online activities. The partners also aimed to engage other local and regional organisations, young people are now more empowered, with essential skills to establish commercial and social enterprises with a mindset to succeed.

'Learning from the Past so that we are not condemned to repeat it' (LFTP) was an innovative ICT-based participatory community heritage project, designed to engage both adults and young people in European cultural heritage. The aim of the project was to develop value and appreciation of European cultural heritage in relation to social cohesion, in particular to the value of human rights, equality, diversity and peace. This project expanded, transferred and implemented Global Link's innovative heritage learning practices with transnational partners in Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania and Slovenia, in particular building on Global Link's recently completed and very successful heritage and global citizenship project 'World War I: Sowing the Seeds of Global Citizenship.' In Learning from the Past, Global Link trained partners to recruit and work with adult volunteers to research and document peace activism, internationalism and global awareness across Europe during and after the First World War. Partners worked with 56 adult volunteers to research stories of local League of Nations activists across Europe, as well as women's peace activism, Esperanto societies, youth exchanges relating to international efforts for peace building, anti-racism, anti-fascism and cross-European connections. The time period for the research was World War I until shortly after World War II. Global Link provided training to partners on recruiting volunteers, identifying local archives and sources of historical information, and IT-based formats in which to gather the information and upload it to the online map. Each partner ran a short project with their target groups, taking them to archives, museums and libraries to inspire the beneficiaries to research their own local histories. The partners trained and supported the volunteers to write short accounts of their research in the IT-based format required to upload the information to the website, and trained them how to upload to the website. This resulted in Output 1: the Online Map. The partners and their volunteers then held Multiplier Events to share this heritage learning with 212 young people and supporting adults (teachers/youth workers) in their localities, who in turn engaged critically with the material, linking it to current debates around peace and conflict as well as responses to refugees and migrants in their societies. 193 young people across the partner countries then took part in producing creative arts-based and/or digital outputs which reflected on their local heritage and what this means for their roles as global citizens in the world today. This resulted in Output 2: Artistic Responses. These art pieces and the process of creating them were digitised via video for Output 3. The videos were uploaded to the project website and widely disseminated via social media. The final Multiplier Events were ‘Living Museums’, where adult and young volunteers worked with project partners to share all the project outputs with a wider local audience. One partner held their event face-to-face, as originally planned, in their local museum, while all other partners had to hold their Living Museum events online because of Covid-19 restrictions. Nonetheless, all partners managed to host lively, interactive events with diverse audiences, reaching a combined total of 476 people. The final Living Museum event was held by Global Link and involved the launch of the Learning from the Past online exhibition. An offline version of the exhibition will also open at Lancaster City Museum UK for six weeks from July 2021, bringing together the outputs from across Europe in one space. The LFTP partnership has secured further Erasmus+ funding for a follow-up project: Sharing Learning from the Past in Youth Work’ involves bringing together volunteers from six countries involved in LFTP to share best practice, visit the final LFTP ‘Living Museum’ exhibition taking place in the UK and strengthen our capacities as a network to develop heritage projects with young people. This will include the creation of joint ‘manifesto for heritage work with European youth.’All outputs have been shared on the project online platform (learningfromthepast.net) and widely disseminated through social media including the LFTP Facebook page, through our organisational websites and newsletters, in local news/radio/TV coverage, through conferences and events and via other networks such as heritage groups.

“WorKit: Job Language Kit for Migrants” aimed at facilitating the access of adult migrants to the labour market of the host country through equipping them with a set of language and communication skills necessary for finding a job and providing them with information about local labour market opportunities in 5 EU countries (The Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria and the UK). WorKit addressed EU policies on migrant integration and adult language education through the application of innovative context-related and learner-centred tools providing language information linked to the migrants’ immediate needs for employment. The main project products provide language information on work and employment, addressing specific areas in the process of seeking, finding and keeping a job. Thus WorKit allows migrants to quickly achieve progress in adaptation and language learning, directly help them to find their place on the labour market and match requirements and needs of employers. The WorKit objectives were focused on:- Improving language competences of adult migrants for the purposes of labour market orientation and participation- Developing attractive products for non-formal language learning and thus improving the capacities of organisations working for the integration and language training of adult migrants- Facilitating the access and inclusion of adult migrants into the labour market by providing them with employment-specific information for local labour market regulations in 5 EU countries with urgent migrant integration needsThese objectives were achieved through the development of the Job Language Kit for Migrants and its on- and offline learning applications – a high-quality, attractive language tool with educational and informative character developed as a multimedia product creating and improving language and communication skills on employment matters through language learning approaches in diverse forms. The Job Language Kit includes three elements (Textbook, Phrase Fan and Route Map) providing employment-related language information divided into different topics and necessary information on work and employment issues in each partner country. The Kit was produced as a paper-based product in 1,000 copies in the 5 partner languages (NL, IT, ES, BG, EN) and spread among numerous migrant organisations and language and VET providers working with adult migrants. The Kit is supported by an Online Interactive Tool and a Mobile App which are based on the content of the Kit and offer instant, on-the-go support to migrants in their job seeking through animation, audio and video materials. The WorKit outcomes address, on one hand, adult migrants, but on the other, also (volunteer) educators providing language training to migrants. They were offered new attractive methodologies and products, encouraged to multiply their effects at local level and apply them in a language teaching environment in order to improve the quality, attractiveness and accessibility for migrants. The Job Language Kit and its on- and offline applications were piloted within 7 demonstrational workshops training 91 (volunteer) educators to use them with learners. The training workshops created a substantial multiplication effect and numerous follow-up events demonstrating the Kit were organised both by the workshop participants and by the project partners upon request from organisations. The Job Language Kit was provided to more than 100 migrant organisations and language providers which are currently using it within numerous language courses for migrants. In addition, 10 events for exploitation and sustainability of the project results were organised involving over 280 relevant stakeholders. The WorKit project was widely disseminated within over 120 dissemination events reaching more than 8,000 people; thousands more were reached through social media (Facebook, LinkedIn) and online dissemination. All materials developed under the WorKit project are available on the project website (www.workit-project.eu), which already has registered nearly 5,000 unique visitors and 450,000 hits.