Final report - European Commission - Europa

CAP’TEN PROGRAMMEMs. Laurence Lievens, ICHEC-PME, BelgiumBecause, we are deeply convinced that entrepreneurship spirit is made of behaviours that can be stimulated from theearly age, Cap’Ten develops behaviour skills like curiosity, creativity, organisation, autonomy, initiative, team spirit…Cap’Ten consists of a method and educational tools, enabling young people (10 to 12 years old) to dream and undertakea long ambitious personal project, at school. It was thought and developed in partnership with a group ofexperts and tested during one year.Each participating pupil receives an individual tools kit and is guided during the project by Zurk, the mascot ant. Eachparticipating teacher receives a tools kit, a teaching book, and a CD.Some figures concerning Cap'Ten:R&D and pilot phase tool place in 2003-2004. Then came the launching in the schools in october 2004. Cap’Tenimpacted 26% of the age grade concerned ! Within 2 years, 21,000 children from the Frenchspeaking part of Belgiumtook part in Cap’Ten project.Some strengths of the program:1. Enhances personal skills: manual, sport, artistic skills2. Gives to every child a project within his reach3. Contributes to stimulate entrepreneurship spirit4. Fitted to all children, whatever the school level or the socio-economic environment5. Fitted to children not conversant with national languagesCap’Ten is a program that makes children being actors in their education; they become actors of their life, they canact on their environment and become conscious of that.Cap'ten is free for schools and exists thanks to private and public partners financing the action.26Entrepreneurship Education in Europe: Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindsets through Education and Learning