Blending AI and Entrepreneurship Education for Youth

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The Consortium of 10 members from 5 different countries (BE, ES, IT, PT, PL) and 4 different sectors (NGOs, educational institutions, research centres and enterprises) has been established to empower youth with AI and entrepreneurial skills in an inclusive way, with emphasis on aspects such as social entrepreneurship, ethics and the EU values. The scope of the project is to develop, test and assess an innovative new blended entrepreneurship and AI program that has the potential to be mainstreamed to improve education and training systems (and the effectiveness of policies and practices in this field). Within the project, it is planned to carry out large-scale piloting of the developed methodology, including the training of 600 students at secondary level education, 30 educators, and 60 mentors in 3 European countries (IT, PT, ES). Following the above, the project is consistent with Priority 1 Supporting high quality and inclusive digital education, in line with the Digital Education Action Plan. Expected main direct results: PoC for an innovative AI readiness training program, pilot curricula and policy paper including recommendations, toolkits and guidelines on digital education, as well as 3 regional ecosystems to support achieving systemic impact at European level. A long-term plan will ensure a sustainable exploitation of project results. The project will generate 31 deliverables in total. The Consortium has structured its activities into 7 work packages (WP), scheduled to run for 36 months: Management and coordination activities, Create high-quality AI curriculum and certification, Train-the-trainers and mentors program, Testing and implementation in schools, Insights to the digital education ecosystem, Quality assurance & evaluation, Impact and dissemination. Target groups: project partners (schools, students, educators, NGOs, research centres, enterprises) and external stakeholders (parents, business / cross-sectoral labour market, policy-makers).