The MEEETA project is implemented by the Center for Entrepreneurial Education and Business Support (CEDA), which aims to contribute to the social and economic development of the country, poverty eradication through the development and harnessing of vocational skills, of private initiative and entrepreneurial spirit; also to promote entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial spirit through education, initiation and development of businesses. Visit their website www.ceda.md to find more about CEDA and their projects.
 

Project Summary: 

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The project promotes the economic empowerment of young people by facilitating the development and use of their entrepreneurial competences. Great efforts have been made in the previous phases to increase the visibility and attractiveness of entrepreneurship as a career option and a self-employment opportunity. The project activities are aligned to the VET reforming processes which are being carried on by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research based on the Strategy of vocational/technical education and training development for 2013 - 2020 (VET Strategy) and other policy and regulating documents. 

 

The main lines of activities are:

• Building and developing the national capacity to provide entrepreneurial education in VET institutions.

• Helping students and graduates of VET institutions to develop business plans and to put them into practice through business plan contests, additional entrepreneurship courses for start-ups; provision of start-up grants.

• Assisting the key ministries with impact on VET in coordinating their efforts towards a better policy for regulating the entrepreneurial activity of VET institutions.

• Supporting VET institutions in planning and accounting their entrepreneurial activities.

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Project Outcome:

 

To further increase the chance of graduates from VET institutions to find a job or to start a micro-enterprise in the country.

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Expected Outputs:

  

1. National capacity to provide entrepreneurial education in VET institutions is built.

2. Students and graduates from VET institutions apply their entrepreneurship competences.

3. Selected VET institutions carry out entrepreneurial activities for improving the quality of professional training of students and to generate income.

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Phase III Accomplishments:

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• 103 teachers from 66 VET institutions trained in teaching the “Basics of Entrepreneurship” discipline and didactic project development;

• 78 teachers of Maths, Romanian language, Modern languages, IT, and Civic Education were informed about the development of entrepreneurial competencies;

• 184 VET graduates trained in post VET entrepreneurship trainings and 121 (65.8%) business plans presented by VETs graduates;

• 47 VET school graduates applied for grants, 29 (61.7%) of them got support in equipment grants amounting about 37,410.00 USD;

• Regulations for the national contest among VET schools “The Best Business Plan-2016” elaborated and approved by the Ministry of Education;

• 2 Editions of “The Best Business Plan” National contest conducted, where 130 VET graduates had participated, out of them 11 students were nominated as winners within the competition

• 18 master-classes organized for 394 graduates and 11 Internships organized for 194 VET graduates;

• 3 VET institutions elaborated and piloted business plans for income generation activities;

• 14 trainings and workshops on income generation activities for pilot VET schools were conducted for pilot schools, (including school principals, accountants, foremen and teachers) in cooperation with KulturKontact Austria project team.