e4 corner@mefsb: entrepreneurship in engineering education initiative – key to better employability

PROJECT CONSORTIUM:

Mechanical Engineering Faculty in Slavonski Brod / Croatian Chamber of Economy / Croatian Employment Service, Regional office Slavonski Brod / Industrial Park Nova Gradiška Ltd, for Development and Investment / Technology Development Centre – Development Agency of Brod-Posavina County LLC / Institute for the Development of Education

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT:

The demand to increase competences of graduated engineering for quality employment and self-employment is an imperative. Taking into consideration the already identified issues, this project will address insufficient creation of jobs and a gap between supply and demand for knowledge and skills in the Brod-Posavina County with entrepreneurship not present in an appropriate manner in the educational programs in formal and informal non-economic education and a lack of programmes for lifelong learning and low connectivity of educational institutions and business. This project will put in focus the improvement of (self)employment of mechanical engineers in Brod-Posavina County by connecting education with labour market through Enterprise Learning Partnership and encouraging target groups for diverse ways of learning, mobility, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation.

MAIN OBJECTIVE:

Increase of employment level in Brod-Posavina County

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

Contribute to sustainable employment by increasing in the number of employed mechanical engineers through (self)employment in Brod-Posavina County

MAIN RESULTS OF THE PROJECT:

• Students of technical faculties have appropriate knowledge and skills for entrepreneurship and the web portal „e4corner@mefsb“ is developed, to support learning by organized trainings and autonomous learning
• Strengthened education system in the area of Life-Long Learning (LLL) – established Lifelong Learning Desk
• Enhanced exchange of experiences of good practice – formed “Enterprise Learning partnership