On November 28 and 29, an Entrepreneurship Camp was held in Lviv for students of institutions of vocational higher and vocational education in the Lviv region. For two days, young people mastered entrepreneurial skills under the tutelage of successful businessmen of the region.
87 students and 18 teachers took part in this educational event from the NGO Junior Achievement Ukraine (JA Ukraine). In the 2023-2024 academic year, international programs were launched in vocational schools and colleges in such cities as Lviv, Boryslav, Kamianka-Buzka, Novy Rozil, Novoyavorivsk, Rava-Ruska, Sambir, Stryi, Turka, Ugniv, Dobrotvir.
“The peculiarity of all training programs of our organization, including the two-day intensive “Entrepreneurship Camp” is the practical joint work of the participants. With the support of business mentors, student teams learn to identify, develop and present their own business ideas,” said Vera Drugova, program manager of Junior Achievement Ukraine.
The main principle of the Entrepreneurship Camp is learning through practice. For this, its participants created teams that generated and analyzed their business ideas. Mentors from successful companies in the region helped the youth in this: Larisa Baranova, trainer for the development of creative thinking, Vlada Bedrata, business mediator, expert in negotiations and conflict resolution, Inna Todoryuk, psychologist, speech and language therapist, Victor Turkevich, director of Financial Broker.
After the training, the jury of the Entrepreneurship Camp determined its winners and prize-winners. The jury also included leading specialists of the state administration, business associations and well-known businessmen:
– Lidia Lukovych, owner of the restaurant-confectionery “Frayerka”;
– Taras Maselko, PR director of Emotions Fest! Holding;
– Ivan Pykus, head of the department of the professional and technical association of the LODA;
– Nataliya Holovachko, marketer, founder of Marketing Club Lviv, CEO & founder of Marketing Agency FAЙTA.
According to the results of the jury’s choice, the team “Be thankful” from the Interregional Center for Vocational and Technical Education of Artistic Modeling and Design in Lviv, which presented a business idea for the production of natural dietary halva according to unique recipes from buckwheat, pumpkin and oatmeal, took 3rd place.
2nd place went to the Novoyavoriv Higher Vocational School. The business idea of the “N.Yavir” team was to create wooden stands for gadgets with additional magnifying glass.
The winners were the students of the Interregional Higher Vocational School of Road Transport and Construction. Their company “F.U.N.” received 1st place for a business idea for the production of k-caps for people with visual impairments.
All other participants received diplomas for completing the training course “Entrepreneurship Camp” from JA Ukraine, and the winners and prize-winners received valuable awards.
For the second year in a row, JA Ukraine educational programs are being implemented in Lviv Oblast with the support and assistance of the Department of Education of Lviv Regional State.
The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
Photos from the event in the attached files.
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