1. Professional Development of University Educators for Improving Students' Entrepreneurial Skills October 2014- September 2016

2. Partnership: WSEI - University of Economics and Innovation, Poland – coordinator VMU - Vytautas Magnus university, Lithuania FFE - Fondo Formacion Euskadi, Spain Alava Chamber - Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Alava, Spain

3. Problems addressed: Lack of entrepreneurship skills of young people; Universities should become more entrepreneurial; Common EU HE institutions problem – lack of entrepreneurship development on cross-curricula and institutional level. Usually entrepreneurship development is related to business or economics studies and is provided by lecturers working in business management departments. Lack of attention for developing lecturers‘ entrepreneurial mindsets and skills, which then were integrated into curricula and daily teaching practice.

4. Project aim: To promote entrepreneurship education based on interdisciplinary, cross-curricula approach. The aim will be achieved through development a set of instruments supporting lecturers in deepening knowlege and skills on entrepreneurship and empowering them to incorporate entrepreneurship education into the curricula.

5. Project target groups: University educators and researchers. The project will address university educators/teachers and researchers who through the professional development activities will deepen knowledge on entrepreneurship education, strengthen their entrepreneurial mindsets and skills which are relevant for developing cross-curricula for entrepreneurship education. Students - the final users of the project outputs. The skilled educators will renew curricula for entrepreneurship education and in this way will stimulate students' entrepreneurial attitudes and skills.

6. Expected results: 4 intellectual outputs; 14 lecturers trained during short mobility visit - for testing the developed modules (O3); 2 one-day workshops (PL and LT, 60 participants); 2 a half-day round-table discussions (PL and LT, 60 participants); Awareness and dissemination seminars (ES, 60 participants).

7. Project intellectual outputs O1- Analysis of entrepreneurship education – study (EN); O2- Model of entrepreneurship education – guidelines/methodology (EN, LT, PL); O3 – 4 modules for educators' professional development - learning/teaching/training material (EN, LT, PL); O4 – 7 scenarios for integration of entrepreneurship model into specific curriculum subjects - learning/teaching/training material (EN, LT, PL).

8. MORE INFORMATION Pablo Almaraz Ruiz de Eguilaz –E-mail: palmaraz@camaradealava.compalmaraz@camaradealava.com