STARTER@Ukraine (finished)
The project " Transforming Estonian Best Practice of Practical Entrepreneurship Studies to Ukrainian Universities“ aimed to promote entrepreneurial mindset and entrepreneurship skills among Ukrainian students based on the best practices in Estonia.
The aim:
- To promote the entrepreneurial attitude and develop entrepreneurship skills of Ukrainian students, based on the Estonian best practices and UT Idea Lab pre-incubation program STARTER. To share Estonian best practices of teaching methodology and to support Ukrainian (entrepreneurship) education development.
- Target group: students and educators .
- Project partner in Ukraine: YEP/NGO “Platform of Innovative Partnership”.
- Project budget: 105, 589 EUR.
Maret Ahonen, Head of the IdeaLab, at the seminar of innovative teaching methods at the Ministry of Education and Research of Ukraine
Activities:
- Business ideas development program Yep!STARTER was implemented in spring and autumn semester 2018. The programme consisted of seminars and workshops, starting with inspirational ideation event and ending with competition / Demo day. Participants gained practical skills and knowledge on how to develop ideas into validated business models. Seminars were managed by Estonian experts, teams had mentors from Estonia and Ukraine.
- Two seminars for educators on active & creative teaching-learning methods at the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science.
Picture from
inspirational ideation event
STARTER@Ukraine participants at sTARTUp Day
Head of team Fonetify receiving main award
Value & outcomes:
Student enterprise program CONTENT & METHOLOGY was shared, implemented and continuously is running in Ukraine.
34 teams from 30 Ukrainian universities graduated Yep!STARTER program. Best teams pitched at the business festival sTARTUp Day in Tartu (Estonia). Total number of participants in the project was above 500 students.
Nearly 300 educators from all over Ukraine participated in seminars on active teaching-learning methods.
Network and community building in Ukraine (Ukrainian experts and leaders from startup community were involved, cooperation between universities and with the Ministry of Education and Science.
Estonian experience about IdeaLab-type activities was shared with Ukrainian universities (big potential and high interest for future cooperation).
- PIP/YEP network widened, most of the network universities have founded Start-up Clubs that connect entrepreneurial minded people who initiate relevant activities in their university.
Core team:
Maret Ahonen – Expert (Estonia, University of Tartu, IdeaLab Manager); maret.ahonen@ut.ee
Piret Arusaar – Project Manager (Estonia, University of Tartu, STARTER program manager in Estonia); piret.arusaar@ut.ee
Andriy Zaikin – Chairman, NGO "Platform of Innovative Partnership (Ukraine); Zaikin.andriy@yepworld.org
Valeriia Holierova - Event manager & international partnerships, NGO "Platform of Innovative Partnership (Ukraine); valeriia.holierova@gmail.com
Maret Ahonen and Piret Arusaar with project partners Andriy Zaikin and Valery Holierova at the Estonian Embassy in Kiev.
The leading partners of the project in Estonia was UT IdeaLab and in Ukraine the Platform for Innovative Partnership (PIP) also known as YEP, which offers practical entrepreneurship education for the students.
The project was funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs development cooperation and humanitarian aid means.