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GCEE2024 – ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΟ ΣΥΝΕΔΡΙΟ 3.0 ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΜΑΤΙΚΗ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗ - ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΘΕΩΡΙΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΡΑΞΗ
2024-11-06 08:00 - 13:30 (Europe/Athens) | University of Nicosia | Unesco Amphitheatre, 46 Makedonitissas Avenue, Nicosia, CY-2417, Cyprus
Το Παγκόσμιο Συνέδριο Εκπαίδευσης για την Επιχειρηματικότητα (GCEE) αποτελεί το τρίτο σε μια σειρά ετήσιων συνεδρίων που διοργανώνονται στην Κύπρο, με στόχο να καθιερωθεί ως κορυφαίο γεγονός από το Πανεπιστήμιο Λευκωσίας και το Junior Achievement Κύπρου. Το συνέδριο προσφέρει μια μοναδική ευκαιρία σε ακαδημαϊκούς, εκπαιδευτικούς, ερευνητές, επιχειρηματίες και φοιτητές/τριες να παρουσιάσουν το έργο τους, να ανταλλάξουν ιδέες και να δικτυωθούν για μελλοντικές συνεργασίες στον τομέα της επιχειρηματικής εκπαίδευσης. Θα λειτουργήσει επίσης ως καταλύτης για την προώθηση του παγκόσμιου διαλόγου γύρω από την ενίσχυση της επιχειρηματικής εκπαίδευσης.
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Gen-E
2024-07-02 - 2024-07-04 | Catania, Italy, TBC, Catania, Italy
Gen-E (Generation Entrepreneurship) is a celebration of entrepreneurship and the achievements of European students, where thousands of young entrepreneurs, 15 years old onwards, will showcase their cutting–edge business ideas and will be competing for the title of the best Student Company.

Beyond Pre-Accelerator Programme
2024-06-20
Beyond Pre-Accelerator is an educational and practical programme aimed at helping participants go through the entire entrepreneurial process, from generating business ideas related to healthcare to creating an MVP (minimum viable product). The Beyond Pre-Accelerator specifically focuses on challenges that oncology faces and aims to improve the below through driving innovations in: Prevention, Early Diagnosis, Treatment / Rehabilitation, Psychological support etc. The programme finishes with a one-day event, the Demo Day. During the Demo Day the five remaining teams present their businesses in front of an audience with the goal to expand their network and receive further opportunities to continue building their business and developing their product or service.

JA StartUp Programme – Finale and Awards Ceremony
2024-06-03 | ASBIS High-Tech Cluster, Limassol, Iapetou 1, Agios Athanasios, Limasol, Cyprus
The JA StartUp Programme is an innovative educational programme which is implemented simultaneously in 500 universities across Europe, yearly. The programme gives university students (18 to 30 years old) the opportunity to experience running their own company, giving them an insight into how their talents could be used to set up a business for themselves. Students form teams of 3 to 5 members and for three months work on developing a business with the support of academics, mentors and an online educational platform. At the end of the programme, the 10 best teams across Cyprus present their businesses in the National Competition with a live audience and a jury committee. The winners represent Cyprus at Europe’s Largest Entrepreneurship Event, Gen-E.

Company Programme: Finale & Awards Ceremony
2024-04-26 | Royal Hall, Nicosia, Xanthis Xenierou, Nicosia, 1015, Cyprus
The Company Programme is the largest youth entrepreneurship programme on the island. Students 15-18, throughout the academic year transform their business ideas to reality, guided by their teachers and mentors from the business community. Participants have hands-on experiences in running a real business, from team formation, capital raising, business plan development, product development, marketing, and sales to liquidating the company. In the National Finale Ceremony, the top 10 teams that qualified from the Trade Fair pitch their ideas to the judges and the audience, with the aim of winning the 1st place, which secures a trip to Gen-E, the largest Entrepreneurship Festival in Europe.

Company Programme: Trade-Fair
2024-04-03 15:00 - 2024-04-04 19:00 | Mall of Cyprus, Nicosia, Verginas 3, Strovolos, Nicosia, 2025, Cyprus
The Company Programme is the largest youth entrepreneurship programme on the island. Students 15-18, throughout the academic year transform their business ideas to reality, guided by their teachers and mentors from the business community. Participants have hands-on experiences in running a real business, from team formation, capital raising, business plan development, product development, marketing, and sales to liquidating the company. The Trade Fair is the ultimate celebration of the programme where students share their ideas with the world.

Our Community
2024-04-01 - 2024-05-31
Our Community programme is an interactive educational programme aimed at thrid-grade primary school students. The programme is approved by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth. It introduces students to the intersection of work readiness and early elementary grades social studies learning objectives, including how citizens benefit from and contribute to a community’s success.Following participation in the program, students can describe a community, identify the variety of careers people have in a community and how each job requires specific skills, identify how business and government jobs help a community to explain how taxation supports government services, recognize voting as a way responsible citizens act and describe the flow of money in a community’s economy. The programme includes five modules lasting 45 minutes each. The sections are presented in class by one volunteer – from PwC with the support of the teacher.

Teachers and Mentors training “Our Community”
2024-03-28
The training of teachers and mentors is a key element for the smooth implementation of the “Our Community” programme. An experienced mentor with previous participation in the programme from the PwC, undertakes the training, sharing his knowledge and experience with the teachers and mentors.

National Sci-Tech Challenge 2024
2024-03-20 | POED, Nicosia, Kyrenias 184, Nicosia, Plati Aglantzias, 2112, Cyprus
10 teams across Cyprus (1 team per participating school) will participate in National Sci-Tech Challenge. The national challenge will take place physically on the 17th of April 2024. The competition involves a challenge that will be presented at the beginning of the day; students will be asked to come up with solutions and present them by the end of the day. The team which will come up with the best solution will represent Cyprus to the European Sci-Tech Challenge. Dates for the European Sci-Tech Challenge to be determined (expected mid-May).

Sci-Tech Challenge Mentor’s Virtual/Physical Visits to schools
2024-03-04 - 2024-03-14 | Whole Country, Cyprus
An ExxonMobil mentor visits the classroom (90 minutes) and talks to students. After a presentation and a short interactive quiz, students create teams of 5 and the mentor gives the class a mini challenge.

GCEE2023 – Global Conference in Entrepreneurship Education
2024-03-01 08:00 - 14:00 | University of Nicosia | Unesco Amphitheatre, 46 Makedonitissas Avenue, Nicosia, CY-2417, Cyprus
The Global Conference in Entrepreneurship Education 2.0 is the 2nd of a series of conferences that will be organized yearly in Cyprus. GCEE will provide an opportunity for academics, educators, scientists, professional entrepreneurs, and students to present their work, exchange ideas, and network for future collaborations in Entrepreneurship Education. The conference will serve as a facilitator to add value to the global dialogue on promoting and advancing Entrepreneurship Education.
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MindREset: Finale & Awards Ceremony | MindREsetters of the Year 2023-24
2024-02-09 14:00 - 18:00 | POED, Nicosia, Kyrenias 184, Nicosia, Plati Aglantzias, 2112, Cyprus
Mind-REset is a fun and interactive programme, which offers a series of 5 courses to students of 5th and 6th grade of Primary School and 1st and 2nd grade of Gymnasium. The modules of the programme aim to bring students into contact with the field of environmental entrepreneurship and to help them develop skills that will contribute to the protection and sustainability of the environment. Students will be asked to identify the consequences of using plastic in our lives and to suggest practical and sustainable solutions that will contribute to the protection and preservation of the environment. In the Finale Ceremony, 10 teams (5 from Primary Education + 5 from Secondary Education) pitch their ideas with the aim of winning the title “MindREsetters of the Year”.

More than Money
2024-02-01 - 2024-03-31
More than Money programme is an interactive educational programme aimed at sixth-grade primary school students. It aims to familiarize students with concepts related to society and the economy, such as money management, savings, business creation, ethical decision-making in financial transactions and international trade. Students have the opportunity to develop entrepreneurial skills such as initiative, self-sufficiency, responsibility, creativity, collaboration and also to discuss their interests, linking them to possible future professions in various fields. By playing games, students understand the role of money in our lives and learn how to earn, spend, share and save money. The programme is offered through 5 teaching periods. Volunteers from the Banking and Business sector help participants understand how they can grow and manage their business.

Teachers and Mentors training “More than Money”
2024-01-25 | At Microsoft Teams
The training of teachers and mentors is a key element for the smooth implementation of the “More than Money” programme. An experienced mentor with previous participation in the programme from the Association of Cyprus Banks, undertakes the training, sharing his knowledge and experience with the teachers and mentors.

INNOVATION CAMP - CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
2024-01-19 | Limassol, Limasol, Cyprus
The Innovation Camp is a programme offered by Junior Achievement Cyprus and implemented in cooperation with the Cyprus National Commission for UNESCO and the UNESCO Partnership Schools Network. In the Innovation Workshop, students gather to address a specific business challenge and propose ideas to address it. It is an intensive, one-day experience for the students, as they must propose a solution in a very limited amount of time with access to technology, information and resources. Team members, will have to adapt quickly and learn how to collaborate effectively. A presentation of the challenge and extensive information is given in order to provide them with some basic information about the context in which they are asked to work.

MindREset: Trade-Fair
2024-01-13 - 2024-01-14 | Metropolis Mall, Larnaca, European Union Avenue 5, Larnaka, 6043, Cyprus
Mind-REset is a fun and interactive programme, which offers a series of 5 courses to students of 5th and 6th grade of Primary School and 1st and 2nd grade of Gymnasium. The modules of the programme aim to bring students into contact with the field of environmental entrepreneurship and to help them develop skills that will contribute to the protection and sustainability of the environment. Students will be asked to identify the consequences of using plastic in our lives and to suggest practical and sustainable solutions that will contribute to the protection and preservation of the environment. The Trade-Fair is a celebration for all the students that participated in the programme, where they have the opportunity to showcase their products and services, sell and meet fellow participants from other schools across Cyprus.

Innovation Camp
2023-12-15 | POED, Nicosia, Kyrenias 184, Nicosia, Plati Aglantzias, 2112, Cyprus
The JA Innovation Camp is a one-day, intensive experience that engages 50 Greek-Cypriot and 50 Turkish-Cypriot high school students with entrepreneurial and collaborative learning opportunities. Students are divided at random into teams of 5, and the teams are divided in a way where those from the same schools are not grouped together. All teams are presented with the same hypothetical challenge and are given the goal of finding a creative and innovative business solution to the challenge presented. The winners of each year have the chance to travel abroad to take part in entrepreneurial programmes.

Girls Go Circular Workshop
2023-12-01 | Youth MakerSpace Larnaca, Vyzantiou, Larnaca, 6030, Cyprus
“Girls Go Circular”, an online learning programme on the circular economy. The programmes is implemented through An online learning platform which includes multiple modules that impart digital skills while exploring the circular economy from different angles. While the activities proposed challenge students to use digital tools to complete assignments, the focus on the circular economy provides knowledge about the big challenges of our time, empowering students to become agents of change in the socio-ecological transition.
In this workshop we will explore ONE of the following topics:

Metals and the circular economy
Fashion and Circular Economy
Rethinking plastics
The circular economy for smart phones and electronic devices
E-waste and the circular economy
Robotic and Circular Economy
Addressing climate change through circular consumption
Circular Food Economy in Cities

Its duration will be 3 hours and at the end each student will receive her electronic certificate. All students who finish the program will be entered into a draw for a tablet or a voucher from an electronics store.

Economics for success
2023-11-30 | This year in 20 Gymnasiums all over Cyprus, Cyprus
Economics for Success programme is an interactive educational programme aimed at 3rd grade Gymnasium students. It provides students practical information about personal finance and the importance of identifying education and career goals based on the student’s skills, interests and values. Following participation in the programme, students will be able to explore their skills, interests, values, and the world of work to make informed education, career, and life decisions, as well as to develop their knowledge of personal finance so they can apply strong financial management skills regardless of their income. The programme “Economics for Success” includes six modules lasting 45 minutes each and its implementation takes place in one-day. The modules are presented in class by volunteers from the Banking and Business sector with the support of the teacher.

Mind Reset Teachers’ Training
2023-10-16 10:00 - 13:00 | Lidl Food Academy and Online, Stasikratous 34, Nicosia, 1066, Cyprus
mind REset is a fun and interactive programme, for the students of 5th and 6th grade of Primary School and 1st and 2nd grade of Gymnasium. The modules of the programme aim to bring students into contact with the field of environmental entrepreneurship and to help them develop skills that will contribute to the protection and sustainability of the environment. During the Teachers’ Training, the interested teachers will be educated in the content and methodology of the programme.

Company Programme Mentors’ Training
2023-10-09 16:00 - 18:00 | PwC Central, 43 Demostheni Severi Avenue, Nicosia, CY-1080, Cyprus
The Company Programme empowers students to turn their ideas and their dreams into actions. Students aged 15-18 years old have the opportunity to learn through practice how to leverage a viable business idea, form their own company and create and sell their own products/services for a whole academic year. In doing so they have the guidance of their teacher and the support of a business mentor. During the Mentors’ Training business volunteers are educated in the procedures and the activities of the programme as well as the values and the code of conduct of working with young people.
