INNOVATIVE PROJECTS
ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED

E-Mentoring

This project was materialized during 2006-7 by a consortium of local authorities, universities, consulting firms, and training centres, within the EQUAL program. Two of EURONET members participated in the project team as experts, working for the planning and pilot implementation of a distance system aiming to develop local initiatives in social and private entrepreneurship in small islands and remote areas. This distance system:

supports existing or potential small businessmen/women regarding their ideas or needs
provides them with knowledge and information in the thematic areas of business, society, and environment and connects them with consultants interested to collaborate through its distance procedures

Entrepreneurial Summer Schools

This project was materialized in 2006 by a consortium of training centres and consulting firms, on behalf of the National Foundation for Youth and was funded by EU and national resources. EURONET provided services on scientific and educational planning of the project and internal evaluation of its results. The project was about the materialization of 42 educational programs for pupils and students of technical education in 9 towns/villages in Greek province. Each program endured 2 weeks and included the following activities:

Theoretical training in technical sectors
Visits in local enterprises and organizations
Vocational orientation and skills development
Sports, cultural, and environmental activities
Presentations on various important issues by experts.

Virtual Enterprises

This project was about the development and pilot application of a controlled educational environment, within which students of technical education, performing as staff of virtual enterprises, would perform scenarios-based business activities. The project was funded by EU and national resources and was materialized during 1999-2000 on behalf of Sivitanidios Public Technical School, under the scientific responsibility and coordination of 4 members of EURONET. The results have been estimated very positive that later on this concept was generalized and applied throughout all Greek secondary schools, while the project itself was evaluated as European best practice.More specifically the activities were about:

Planning of the conceptual and operational model
Development of educational material for 10 technical sectors
Trainers and personnel training

Career Services Office

This project was also materialized on behalf of Sivitanidios Public Technical School during 1998-2000 and funded by EU and national resources, under the scientific responsibility and coordination of 3 members of EURONET. Sivitanidios was the first secondary educational institution in Greece with a fully organized Career Services Office, which supported and guided the students as they begin to enter the labour market. The office provided (and still does) services according to the students and graduates' training level and specific vocation and the employers' demand. The project activities were:

Planning and prototyping the structure and operations of the office
Provision of services concerning vocational orientation, psychological support, career counseling and job promoting and securing strategies
Creation of educational and documentation material
Development of a tailor-made management information system
Teachers and counsellors training and
Conduction of researches for Sivitanidios graduates