061119 competento english
DESCRIPTION
CompetentoTRANSCRIPT
Hub for entrepreneurial building“Virtual Knowledge centre”
Content
1. Reason for existence
2. Objectives and development
3. Target groups
4. Content delivery
5. Milestones
6. Structure
Reason for existence
• Low degree of entrepreneurship (historical)• Flemish coalition agreement 2004-2009:
“More entrepreneurship, more employment” & the plan to create more jobs
• ➚ promotion ~ ➚ starting new entreprises• Change in mentality: °young age.• Ideal intermediaries?
education- and trainingsuppliers
Objectives
• Developement of a virtual Knowledge Centre concerning education- and training with regard to entrepreneurial spirit and entrepreneurial competences
• Stimulating entrepreneurial competences and entrepreneurial building
• Confirmed by granting project subsidation (Ministerial decree)– European Social Fund-subsidation D3Z3:
stimulating entrepreneurship
Development
• Method:– gathering information – valorisation and efficient dissemination of
information – support and monitoring of policy– facilitating (inter)actions at all levels
• Easy recognition: www.competento.be
_(Baseline: Knowledge centre for the building of entrepreneurial competences)
Primary target groups = intermediairy level• Target groups
– education & training responsibles– pedagogical supervisors– educators– teachers from education- and training
suppliers– coaches in specific courses– business representatives
(intrapreneurship, …)
Added value for users• At ‘intermediary level’:
– easy up-to-date on ‘entrepreneurial learning’ topics – ready-made educational methods– extra training and networking – instruments and contests, …
• For several target groups– specific refferal pages
• For individuals– supporting materials for entrepreneurial building
• Promotion of initiatives – social and sustainable entrepreneurship– events and articles, …
MORE and BETTER entrepreneurship in Flanders
Content delivery
target groups
Milestones
16 may 2006 Presentation 1st blueprint
since june Distribution promotional article
8 june 2006
User tests14 june 2006
22 june 2006
continuous Adding content (e.g. special target groups)
Milestones
continuousdesktop research
contacts with key-players
july - august fine-tuning
september debugging & adding content
13 september cabinet presentation
sept - nov optimalisation
22 novemberCo-launch with
actionplan ‘Enterprising Education’
Structure Knowledge centre• Intro page & search function• news• databank ‘entrepreneurial learning’• meta-search engine• events• links• F.A.Q.• newsletter
Competento-redirect
• Refferal pages– Internal (within Competento)
• in the picture (own blog-posts and RSS feed)
• Stimulating entrepreneurial competences – during schooling/training/lectures– for pupils, students, trainees, apprentices, …
– External (outside Competento using referral pages)• follow entrepreneurial training (why, how, where, ..)
• start your own business
• social and sustainable entrepreneurship
News• semi-automatic newsdelivery to website• via RSS - feeds• with (+) and (-) filters (366 out of 50.372 items)
• categorised (theme & time)
Database content• In general
– desktop research– contributions from all levels– addition by users (back-office validation)– evaluation by users (rating)
Database structure
• CategoriesDocuments on policy and research reportsContacts and interchange education businessModels, Methods (+) and Course materials (+)Networks concerning ‘Entrpreneurial Learning’Training for trainers, teachers and educatorsScreening instruments for entrepreneurial
competencesContestsSpecific courses
Database structure• Target groups
– foreign speakers and the elsewhere educated– women– short-schooled– job-seekers– elderly people– youngsters– non specific
Databank structure• Levels of education
– kindergarten – infant school– primary education– 1st grade secundary education– 2nd grade secundary education– 3th grade secundary education– apprenticeship– higher training & education– adult education– other courses– non specific
Meta-search engine
Interactive meta-search in databanks – serial search with indication # results– future: simultaneous search
• Other databanks
Events
• List and archive• Form for completion (validated in back-office)
Other modules• Links
– Click through - index
• F.A.Q. – Frequently asked questions
• Newsletter– Opt-in; opt-out– Two monthly, starting end of november
• Extended statistics website optimalisation