1. E-COP – Project no. 167127-LLP-1-2009-1-IT-KA1-KA1ECETB
Kick-off meeting, Milan, February 25 and 26, 2010 1
Mini-entreprise à l’école
CEFA de la Ville de Bruxelles

2. E-COP – Project no. 167127-LLP-1-2009-1-IT-KA1-KA1ECETB
Kick-off meeting, Milan, February 25 and 26, 2010 2
The idea
A need
• Students from the school
need to have a practical and
concrete project to stimulate
their learning curve
• Teachers want to link
practical experience with
the theory taught at school
..... and
• Students, teachers,
administrative staff need
snacks and drinks during
recess
Creation of a shop
with snacks, hot and
cold drinks entirely
run by students under
the supervision of 3
teachers on the
premises of the school

3. E-COP – Project no. 167127-LLP-1-2009-1-IT-KA1-KA1ECETB
Kick-off meeting, Milan, February 25 and 26, 2010 3
Who ? When ? Where ?
Students in the sales section
from the 5th
, 6th
and 7th
year
During the academic year 2010 – 2011
from October to June
In the vocational school : CEFA de la Ville de
Bruxelles

4. E-COP – Project no. 167127-LLP-1-2009-1-IT-KA1-KA1ECETB
Kick-off meeting, Milan, February 25 and 26, 2010 4
The objectives
Main objectives
• Involve students in a concrete project
• Stimulate their creativity and their interest in school and school-
related matters
• Increase their self-confidence and self-esteem
• Improve understand of the organization of a commercial activity
• Become aware of responsibilities (money and supplies)
• Work in small teams with specific responsibilities for each team
member
• Motivate them to adopt appropriate attitudes and apply the
sales techniques they learned

5. E-COP – Project no. 167127-LLP-1-2009-1-IT-KA1-KA1ECETB
Kick-off meeting, Milan, February 25 and 26, 2010 5
The objectives
Additional objective :
Generate profit in order to
• Reimburse the school’s investment
• Buy equipment for the sales techniques class
• Prepare a trip to Paris to observe the windows of successful
shops and meet with window designers

6. E-COP – Project no. 167127-LLP-1-2009-1-IT-KA1-KA1ECETB
Kick-off meeting, Milan, February 25 and 26, 2010 6
The tasks involved
The students
• The main actors in the project
• They do it all :
o Market research of the needs
o Establish the list of supplies
o Prepare the communication material
o Display the supplies
o Sell the snacks and drinks
o Count the proceeds and deposit them
in the school safe
o Store the supplies safely
o Re-order the supplies
o Do the book keeping
o Financial and qualitative reporting to
the school management
The teachers
• Supervise the activities of the
students
• Link the activity with the courses
• Help finding second-hand equipment
• Evaluate the students
The school management
• Provide the space in the school
• Provide a loan without interest of
€400 to be reimbursed at the end of
the academic year

7. E-COP – Project no. 167127-LLP-1-2009-1-IT-KA1-KA1ECETB
Kick-off meeting, Milan, February 25 and 26, 2010 6
The tasks involved
The students
• The main actors in the project
• They do it all :
o Market research of the needs
o Establish the list of supplies
o Prepare the communication material
o Display the supplies
o Sell the snacks and drinks
o Count the proceeds and deposit them
in the school safe
o Store the supplies safely
o Re-order the supplies
o Do the book keeping
o Financial and qualitative reporting to
the school management
The teachers
• Supervise the activities of the
students
• Link the activity with the courses
• Help finding second-hand equipment
• Evaluate the students
The school management
• Provide the space in the school
• Provide a loan without interest of
€400 to be reimbursed at the end of
the academic year