Enhancing youth entrepreneurship with cross-border startups and digital technologies

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

Description

Description (EN):

DigiYouth project aims to develop the entrepreneurship and cross-border cooperation skills of Estonian, Finnish, Latvian and Swedish youth (age 14–19) by supporting the creation and activities of start-up type student companies with focus on digital products, services and solutions. From each country 2-5 general education schools, teacher teams and a network of mentors will be engaged. Student companies generate IDEAs and develop business plans, develop their product/service into PROTOTYPEs, and engage in marketing and SALES. They participate in national and regional hackathons, robotics, start-up, business idea and innovation competitions etc. to get inspired by existing regional competence. Clear focus on digital technologies enables to devote more time to product development and raise awareness of the multitude of entrepreneurial opportunities and career choices related to digital technologies. Integration of project activities into everyday school work brings education closer to life and the needs of the economy, saves students´ time, provides teachers with valuable teamwork experiences and ensures sustainability. Students are mentored by practitioners and work with learning and gaming solutions; 3D, visual programming; robotics; low+high tech art and craft; mobile apps; hardware programming and IoT; communication solutions and digitally supported services. During the project, 40 cross-border student companies will be established to build connections for the future. 220 pupils from 4 Central Baltic countries will get international business communication and startup experience. 45 teachers and mentors will be trained to mentor cross-border student companies, a cross-border network of schools and partners (entrepreneurs, incubators, startup communities) will be created to facilitate and support the work of student companies, and a 3-semester study module on digital entrepreneurship for general education will be developed and tested.

Expected Results (EN): R1.2. Number of established joint student companies

Expected Outputs (EN):

The projects main result is the establishment of 40 cross-border students companies which is in line with the programme result indicator. A student company is defined as a group of pupils from at least 2 project countries who go through a product/service development and business simulation process during 2–3 half-years (60–90 hours) using start-up methods. Digital products are defined as anything with digital component, i.e. learning and gaming solutions; 3D, visual programming; robotics; low+high tech art and craft; mobile apps; hardware programming and IoT; communication solutions/platforms; digitally supported services. Other results: • 220 pupils from Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Sweden will get international business communication and startup experience during the project. • 45 teachers and mentors from 4 countries will be trained to mentor the cross-border student companies. • cross-border network of schools and mentoring partners (entrepreneurs, university researchers, incubators) will be created to facilitate and support the work of student companies, aiming at sustainability. • study module on digital entrepreneurship will be developed and tested. The module implements problem- and project-based approach (learning by doing), integrates separate academic subjects, forms a part of regular curriculum and enables to develop pupils´ cross-border cooperation and entrepreneurial skills. • potential viable products/solutions created by students companies during the project will be referred to existing environments (Junior Achievement system, business incubators or high-tech accelerators sustained by local governments, universities and/or companies for further development. • outreach activities, dissemination and communication measures will be implemented (via attractive social media channels) to raise public awareness of the project results and benefits of linking education, entrepreneurship, digital economy and innovation, to ensure sustainability.

Themes

ICT and digital society SME and entrepreneurship

Specific Objective: More entrepreneurial youth

Thematic Objective: (03) enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs by:

Investment Priority: (03a) promoting entrepreneurship, in particular by facilitating the economic exploitation of new ideas and fostering the creation of new firms, including through business incubators

Partners

Lead Partner (EN): University of Tartu

Lead Partner: Tartu Ülikool

Department: Centre of Educational Innovation, Centre of Educational Technology

Address: Ülikooli 18, 50090 Tartu, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ut.ee

Total budget: EUR 474 623.17

ERDF budget: EUR 398 683.46

Rauma Lyceum

Name: Rauman Lyseon lukio

Address: Urheilukatu 22, 26100 Rauma, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://peda.net/rauma/rauman-lukio

Total budget: EUR 28 552.38

ERDF budget: EUR 21 128.76

University of Turku

Name: Turun yliopisto

Department: Department of Teacher Education, Rauma Unit and Rauma Teacher Training School

Address: Yliopistonmäki 00, 20014 Turun yliopisto, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.utu.fi

Total budget: EUR 460 977.10

ERDF budget: EUR 341 123.05

Ventspils City Council Board of Education

Name: Ventspils pilsētas domes Izglītības pārvalde

Address: Raiņa iela 10, LV-3601 Ventspils, Latvia

Legal status: public

Website: http://vip.ventspils.lv

Total budget: EUR 232 412.00

ERDF budget: EUR 195 226.08

Uppsala University

Name: Uppsala Universitet

Department: Campus Gotland, Department of Game Design

Address: Cramérgatan 3, SE 621 67 Visby, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.campusgotland.uu.se/

Total budget: EUR 371 360.00

ERDF budget: EUR 274 806.40

Merikarvia Upper High School

Name: Merikarvian Lukio

Address: Antintie 9, 29900 Merikarvia, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.merikarvianlukio.fi

Total budget: EUR 28 552.38

ERDF budget: EUR 21 128.76

Summary

Project name (EN): Enhancing youth entrepreneurship with cross-border startups and digital technologies

Project acronym: DigiYouth

Period: 2014-2020

Date of latest update: 2020-12-14

Website: http://centralbaltic.eu/

Project start date: 2018-01-01

Project end date: 2021-04-30

Project status: ongoing

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 596 477.03

European Union funding: EUR 1 252 096.52

Co-financing sources: ERDF

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Rauma Lyceum

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University of Turku

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Ventspils City Council Board of Education

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Uppsala University

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Merikarvia Upper High School

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University of Tartu

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

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2020-11-16

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663 / 663 (100%)

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