● Development of international links and language skills
● Provision of work experience
● Live Trading at Trade Fairs
● Direct links with employers
● Networking within Virtual Business network
Alternative of traditional apprenticeship programs
● Education Business
● Simulation Real environment
● Theory Practice
● Job Training
The Training Firm /practice enterprise/ is
● A simulated company, run as a”real” business.
● It silhouettes a”real” firm’s business procedures.
● Integrated practical education in economics, ICT and foreign languages
● Practice firms conduct a ”real” business with other practice firms
● There is no real transfer of money and goods
● Practice firms have real mentor-companies
Students-employees of training/practice firms gain:
● Professional competencies
● Technical skills
● Social experience
Training and Qualification
⇒ Training of teachers-managers by training firms:
● Teachers from schools of economics
● Teachers from vocational schools
● Teachers from comprehensive schools
● In-service courses - topical
⇒ Life-long/continuing education
Projects