Young Enterprise Nordland

A regional success for implementing entrepreneurship in education

Steve HernesRegional Manager

YE Nordland

Demographic informationRegional County Government (NFK)

• Total Population: 235 000• 43 municipalities• Largest is Bodø with 43 000• Smallest is Træna with 460

Population is growing a little bit, but only due to labor immigration.

More young people (20-40) move out than moves into Nordland

School Structure in NordlandRegional County Government (NFK)

• Three High Schools University(State owned)

• Upper Secondary / CollegesCounty owned

17 Schools (24 units)9 500 studentsApprox 1/3 dropout…

• Primary/Secondary School(municipality owned)

• 220 Schools

VISIONInspire young people to creative thinking and create values YE Nordland wants to be a important partner within entrepreneurship and

innovation in Nordland. For our county this skills are of essential value, and our vision is to create opportunities for young people to

Develop there innovative and entrepreneurship skills Broaden their knowledge about their local community

YE Nordland shall play an active role within the cooperation between schools and private enterprise in Nordland

Our Goals 

Develop young peoples creative skills, and confidence in own skills

Awareness about the importance and values of enterprises and innovation

Increase their ability to cooperate with others and responsibility

Knowledge about ethics within private enterprise and labour

Strengthen the interaction between lokal schols and enterprises

Stimulate to partnership across borders

Inspire to future business development, within an social, cultural and economic context

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Our Comminty®..discovers how people and businesses

operate within a community, increases the understanding of how the community works, the work they perform and the roles of workers in a community.

The programme promotes life-long learning and skills development.

Target age: 8 - 10

... Some of our programmes in schools

..The link are our school programmes!

SMART

Program is developed to give pupils experience and knowledge about how they can contribute to positive changes for themselves and others, by using own ideas as a basis for product development and/or problem solving

How to build and network of partners in the local community

Target age: 9 – 11

Crossing Europe

Through practical lessons with boardgames, maps etc the pupils get knowledge about countries and resources in Europe. The goal is to give awareness and understanding about how a regions- and personal consumption influence the societyCrossing Europe – how we as nations depends on each other

Target age: 11 – 12

..The link are our school programmes!

Innovation CampCamp for training in creativity and innovation. In partnership with local enterprise the participants gets a task for problem solving before the camp, to solve during 24 hours. (Can be other timelines). From 100 to 400 participantsContest in best idea, best innovation, presentation, logo i.eg.

Target age: 14 – 25

Company ProgrammeStudents form a mini-corporation, within school hours. Teacher role is more The go through faces such as; idea-making, formal establishing of company, registration in official company registration, roles in company. Sales and production, reporting, marketing,

The programme gives students the opportunity to prepare for working life through the experience of running their own company, supported by volunteer advisers from business.

Each Company needs minimum one mentor from local business

Regional authorities : - common strategy, implemation and co-funding

Nordland County Councils role

NFK is an efficient financial and strategic partner Focus on Nordland as an innovative and entrepreneurial county Active partner in project for upper secondary schools in Nordland

Significant finance to the 43 municipalities

600 000 EUROS annually directly finance to municipalities in Nordland – for entrepreneurship activities

Teachers education, activities for pupils, participating in JAYE and other activities

Enterprise without bordersFor Youth companies – establish contact and trade between Youth Companies in different countries. Programme runs for minimum 18 weeks.

Young Enterprise Nordland

Thank You for your attention

Steve HernesRegional Manager

YE Nordland