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Young Enterprise Nordland. A regional success for implementing entrepreneurship in education Steve Hernes Regional Manager YE Nordland. Demographic information Regional County Government (NFK) Total Population: 235 000 43 municipalities Largest is Bodø with 43 000
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Young Enterprise Nordland A regional success for implementing entrepreneurship in education Steve Hernes Regional Manager YE Nordland
Demographic information • Regional County Government (NFK) • Total Population: 235 000 • 43 municipalities • Largest is Bodø with 43 000 • Smallest is Træna with 460 • Population is growing a little bit, but only due to labor immigration. • More young people (20-40) move out than moves into Nordland
School Structure in Nordland • Regional County Government (NFK) • Three High Schools University(State owned) • Upper Secondary / CollegesCounty owned • 17 Schools (24 units)9 500 studentsApprox 1/3 dropout… • Primary/Secondary School(municipality owned) • 220 Schools
VISION Inspire young people to creative thinking and create values YE Nordland wants to be a important partner within entrepreneurship and innovation in Nordland. For our county this skills are of essential value, and our vision is to create opportunities for young people to • Develop there innovative and entrepreneurship skills • Broaden their knowledge about their local community YE Nordland shall play an active role within the cooperation between schools and private enterprise in Nordland
Our Goals • Develop young peoples creative skills, and confidence in own skills • Awareness about the importance and values of enterprises and innovation • Increase their ability to cooperate with others and responsibility • Knowledge about ethics within private enterprise and labour • Strengthen the interaction between lokalschols and enterprises • Stimulate to partnership across borders • Inspire to future business development, within an social, cultural and economic context YEN is a part of YE Norway, and YE/YA Europe. Our goal is non-commercial and our programs to be built on national and international concepts'.
... Some of our programmes in schools OurComminty® ..discovers how people and businesses operate within a community, increases the understanding of how the community works, the work they perform and the roles of workers in a community. The programme promotes life-long learning and skills development. Target age: 8 - 10
..The link are our school programmes! SMART Program is developed to give pupils experience and knowledge about how they can contribute to positive changes for themselves and others, by using own ideas as a basis for product development and/or problem solving How to build and network of partners in the local community Target age: 9 – 11
..The link are our school programmes! Crossing Europe Through practical lessons with boardgames, maps etc the pupils get knowledge about countries and resources in Europe. The goal is to give awareness and understanding about how a regions- and personal consumption influence the society Crossing Europe – how we as nations depends on each other Target age: 11 – 12
Innovation Camp Camp for training in creativity and innovation. In partnership with local enterprise the participants gets a task for problem solving before the camp, to solve during 24 hours. (Can be other timelines). From 100 to 400 participants Contest in best idea, best innovation, presentation, logo i.eg. Target age: 14 – 25
Company Programme Students form a mini-corporation, within school hours. Teacher role is more The go through faces such as; idea-making, formal establishing of company, registration in official company registration, roles in company. Sales and production, reporting, marketing, The programme gives students the opportunity to prepare for working life through the experience of running their own company, supported by volunteer advisers from business. Each Company needs minimum one mentor from local business
Regional authorities : - common strategy, implemation and co-funding • Nordland County Councils role • NFK is an efficient financial and strategic partner • Focus on Nordland as an innovative and entrepreneurial county • Active partner in project for upper secondary schools in Nordland • Significant finance to the 43 municipalities • 600 000 EUROS annually directly finance to municipalities in Nordland – for entrepreneurship activities • Teachers education, activities for pupils, participating in JAYE and other activities
Enterprise without borders For Youthcompanies – establishcontact and trade betweenYouthCompanies in different countries. Programme runs for minimum 18 weeks.
Young Enterprise Nordland ThankYou for yourattention Steve Hernes Regional Manager YE Nordland