Our project is a proposal motivated by the concern presented by our students in the face of the social and economic problems accentuated during the last economic crisis in the European community. As a result of this, students question whether it is possible to avoid social and economic exclusion through the creation of social enterprises.Likewise, our project, given its innovative and social character, and since it promotes European values, it has been positively valued by the pedagogical commission made up of all school members. Our Project provides a European added value because, along with the collaboration of 6 high schools from different European countries, it will increase the sense of belonging to an economic-political institution such as the EU producing synergies with other educational sectors such as universities and business organisations. Our objectives for this project are the following:1.To find solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues through social entrepeneurship.2.To develop the entrepreneurial capacity of our students creating an international social Company3. Identify the role of the human factor in the social Company. 4.To know which documents are necessary for international trade and to be aware of ethical values.5.To prevent the disadvantaged social, cultural and financial groups from being deprived of their right to learn, avoiding or reducing absenteeism and dropping out of school.6.To increase the knowledge of digital competences. 7.To improve and develop the different communication competences in English.8.To make a multi-cultural community and to develop the ability for teamwork. About 2000 students of six countries will participate in our project and they will be divided into two different groups. The target students are 144 students of the business subject who are distributed in 24 international groups from six countries and who will participate in the mobilities. On the other hand, the non-target students are students who will not go to the mobilities but will participate in the project through various activities. The profile of the participants is varied: on the one hand, students who come from unfavourable socio-economic situations; students who for this reason are receiving funding for both the school canteen and for the purchase of school materials through scholarships. On the other hand, students who show a high level of interest in participating.So this European International Project favours equal opportunities for students who couldn’t take part otherwise due to socio-economic problems aggravated by the economic crisis undergone throughout the last decade. Given its relevance, it is a 2-year-project during which different types of activities will be carried out both in the mobilities and through the Etwinning and twinspace platform. These activities will be evaluated and they are logically articulated according to the Schedule;the chronology of activities goes from the generation of the idea to the final result which is the social company. The methodology used is collaborative work promoting the work with the students and through innovative tools.Our Project has two type of activities:-activities carried out in 6 countries with a total of 120, with 20 activities per country during 5 days of collaborative work.-activities during no mobilities:International student groups will carry out activities that will be uploaded to the etwinning platform and Twinspace sharing them with target and non target students.As a result of the activities, we will get project results divided into tangible or strategic, being the following the most relevant ones:-Tangible results: Brainstorming list for social companies; excel business budget sheet; list with business terms;excel profit Company sheet; Business plan;ansoff´s matrix, advertisements for products;a corporate video;product brochure;promotional advertising; podcast;organisational structure graph;webpage of the Company;job design document;video of interviews simulation etc-Strategic results:Participation of students with grants and at risk of exclusion due to absenteeism ; to reduce by 10% school dropouts;20% of target students get B2 English certificate; improving academic results.-Impact:Social Company;glossary;E social Guide and e-journal.Our project is expected to have a high impact on the educational community of each centre through the training of teachers in collaborative methodology and our desire is to include certain activities in the curriculum in years to come. The impact generated is high thanks to the use of diverse tools such as the etwinning platform, written press, radio and television and through student exhibitions and it also involves various agents such as:-the educational community including universities.-business associations.-public administration.Due to all its characteristics, we think that our project has a big potential to provide long term benefits

"Title: STARTUP ECO TRAINING FIRMSPurpose:The project ""STARTUP ECO TRAINING FIRMS"" aims to develop a responsible civic attitude towards the environment by practicing entrepreneurial skills, risk taking and responsibility within the training firms.Targets:1. Expand students and staff abilities to implement European strategies for the development of the businesses related to the protection of the environments.2. Engage the students from partner schools in specific activities and ecology-targeted programmes to build up a responsible attitude towards the environment;3. Practice teamwork competences within multicultural groups by students and staff as well;4. Use of various, new technologies for a successful European good practice exchange;5. Improve the linguistic competences that are necessary for transnational communication and cooperation.The project team brings together students and teachers from Romania, Croatia, Turkey, England, Italy and Greece. The project duration is 1 September 2016 - 31 August 2018 Number of participants: teachers - 90, students - 72Description of the project activities:1. Initiate the project website2. Realization of support resources3. Opening and running activities in the training firms4. Establishing contact with mentors5. Preparation of draft business plans6. Realisation of the advertising materials for the training firms7. Fair of the training firms8. Campaigns for advertising the training firms activities9. Realisation/Completion of the final products of the project (good practice guide, website, dissemination materials, business dictionary, CDs, poster)/each partner team coordinator/May 201810. Evaluation and disseminationMethodology: To ensure the attainment of the project purpose, there have been established procedures that targets activities to induce the project results, monitorization and evaluation, revision of the operational plan, two main reporting actions (annually) and after each project meeting, dissemination and sustainability activities.Expected outcomes:1. The forum and the discussion group.2. The support resources produced for the website English language on virtual library.3. The drafts for training firm.4. The students will set up 12 training firms, two for each partner school.5. The Fair of the training firms.6. The ""Business Plan"" Competition .7. The project website.8. Resources to advertise the training firms.9. A multilinguistic dictionary in the English language but also translated in the languages of the partner countries.10. Guide of good practice in successful businesses in the ecological field from partner countries.11. 84 students will acquire knowledge and skills related to the protection of the environment.Follow-upImpact on students:Increased motivation for learning and improved school results, self-esteem and responsibility, increased adaptability to new learning contexts, development of the teamwork abilities, improved initiative, linguistic competences as well as technological, entrepreneurial and intercultural education abilities. Increased active engagement in the local community environmental issues. Result - 12 established training firms - students who had the opportunity for the first time to set up a company, run it and carry out activities in it.Impact on teachers:Exploitation of the professional experience in new contexts formal/non-formal, methodical-scientific; improved knowledge regarding other educational systems and teacher-student and teacher-teacher cooperation. Impact on schools: Extended cooperation among teachers and students, increased ability to manage problems, openness towards international cooperation and increased motivation among teachers to initiate European partnerships.Result - At least 3 teachers in each school who now know how to use ""training firms method""Impact on local community: Increased interest from parents to involve more responsibly in the activities initiated by the school. Close cooperation with other local schools or institutions of local community. Improved relationships with other organisations engaged in activities related to education, at local/regional level and on long term, improving the dynamics of the social-economical domain.At regional level: Increased capability to attract European funding by carrying out entrepreneurial projects related to the environment. Openness towards cooperation with European agencies and increased opportunity to benefit from the expertise of successful entrepreneurs.At European level: Promoting good practice examples, expanding the communication area, being more noticeable within the European space, ensuring the equality of chances for teachers across Europe and maintaining the European unity and solidarity.Results: Good practice guide, materials for exercise firms, virtual library, website with materials for training firms"