09/07/2021
Successful Start of the Work Package on “Enhancing Entrepreneurship Education and Skills Development” (WP2)
The University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna (Austria) leads the Work Package 2 on “Enhancing Entrepreneurship Education and Skills Development” (WP2) as part of the newly launched Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education Project TRIGGER.
In a nutshell, the WP2 focuses on two main areas:
• The assessment of the current status of entrepreneurship education at the partner Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Central Asia;
• and the planning and implementation of an updated entrepreneurship education scheme at the Central Asian HEIs.
The work on WP2 was started successfully and well in time in cooperation with all project partners. To facilitate the implementation, the following online workshops were already held by Dietmar Paier and Johannes Wetzinger of the University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna:
• WP2 Workshop “In-depth survey: Skills gaps and skills mismatch”, 11 March and 15 March 2021
• WP2 Follow-up Workshop “Employer/alumni survey implementation, data analysis and report preparation”, 17 May and 19 May 2021
Moreover, linked to these events, a survey on the required entrepreneurial skills and competences of university graduates was conducted among labour market representatives in Central Asia in spring 2021. The analysis of the survey data is currently on-going, and the next WP2 follow-up workshop is scheduled in September 2021.
The project “Triggering innovative approaches and entrepreneurial skills for students through creating conditions for graduate’s employability in Central Asia” (TRIGGER, 2021-2024) is coordinated by the Technical University of Košice and brings together 16 institutions from the European Union and Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan).
Contacts at the University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna: Dietmar Paier (higher education didactics) / Johannes Wetzinger (coordinator of EU projects).
