Objectives of the InnoSchool project 

InnoSchool’s general objective is to strengthen social innovation and entrepreneurial spirit of secondary schools' students by developing, testing and introducing the highly innovative InnoSchool Learning System, combining innovations introduced for adolescents in order to achieve attractiveness and educational impact.
The first InnoSchool specific objective is therefore to improve attractiveness and impact learning systems used at secondary schools curriculums to strengthen social innovation and entrepreneurship spirit. The second specific objective is to improve stakeholder knowledge on using innovative Learning System. The third specific objective of the InnoSchool project is to improve educational frameworks by implementing an innovative Learning System into curriculums.

InnoSchool’s innovative approach 

The InnoSchool project introduces 4 core innovative elements:
(1) serious game for online simulation of social innovation and entrepreneurship will be combined with lectures, guiding, reflection sessions held by teachers to maximize educational impact through an experiential learning process, and territorial organizations working in social services to boost attractiveness and impact

(2) social media's and interschool competition's aspect will be added to boost the attractiveness of the learning system

(3) inclusive design and development of the InnoSchool Learning System involving policy bodies, secondary schools, representatives of business helix and territorial organizations working in social services to boost attractiveness and impact

(4) development of Action plans in order to include the Innovative Learning System in territorial curricula to ensure sustainability and wide impact on society

Key outputs for InnoSchool

- Development of the InnoSchool

• Serious game
• Teacher lecturing / guiding sessions
• Social media interaction
• Interschool competition

- Pilot testing in 9 territories

• Open call for schools
• Teacher training workshop
• 4-month pilot at selected schools
• Impact Report measuring Educational impact

- Inclusion to curriculums

• Institutional learning workshops
• Policy roundtables
• Action Plans to include ILS to curriculums
• Policy Guidance for Transferability to further territories

Project Partners:

• DEX Innovation Centre
• Business Incubator – Gotse Delchev, Entrepreneurship Promotion Centre
• Regional Agency for Development and European Integration Belgrade
• The European Center for Socio Professional Integration ACTA
• Central Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency Nonprofit Ltd.
• Vienna Board of Education, European Office
• Technical University of Kosice
• Regional Department of Education - Blagoevgrad
• Centre for Resources and Educational Assistance of Bihor County
• Agency for Economic Development of City of Prijedor “PREDA-PD”
• Regional Agency for Development and European Integration Belgrade
• FACLIA - Association for Children and Youth

Associated Strategic Partners:

• Regional Authority of Liberec Region
• Vocational Training Center, Székesfehérvár
• Ministry of Education and Culture of Republic of Srpska
• Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development
• Košice Self-Governing Region
• Ungheni Education Directorate