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UPthEM – Upskilling Pathways for Employability
№ 2019-1-BG01-KA204-062299

General information

Aim - Thematic area description

The content of this module leads to the development of the business mentality and culture,
through the knowledge and development of certain skills necessary for any entrepreneurial
activity.

Learning objectives and results

• Identify the key components of entrepreneurship as a competence and the skills
needed to develop entrepreneurship
• Non-formal learning of certain skills that are considered key to entrepreneurship.
• Learning these skills is not only useful for entrepreneurship, "but is important for
anyone to be able to manage their learning, training and professional life throughout
their lives.

Target Audience - target group/level

The target group for this module is adults with a disadvantaged background ,to take on
active position in life and be either successfully employed or engaged in autonomous
entrepreneurship activity. Adult educators working with adults with these disadvantages
will also be a target group.
Allocated time
Based on the idea that these types of skills can be learned like any other skill, we cannot
determine a specific time for their learning since there are those who are born with certain
skills and there are other people who have to acquire and learn them. Even within the
learning process there are people who are more easily able to acquire some skills than
others.

Theory
Introduction

The European Commission's Action Plan on Entrepreneurship 2020 (2013) highlights the
need to train people in entrepreneurial skills in order to promote growth and business
creation. This plan establishes that an environment must be created in which entrepreneurs
can develop and grow, as well as educational initiatives that reach specific groups, such as
promoting entrepreneurship among women, the elderly, unemployed youth, and
immigrants and people with disadvantaged backgrounds.

According to the experts, entrepreneurial skills are those qualities necessary to initiate and
lead changes in both their professional and personal environment. These skills are not only
useful for setting up a company, "but important for anyone to be able to manage their
learning, training and professional life throughout their lives.

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