JAYE Norway

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JA-YE Norway

• Trine I. Haugaard
• Program Manager
• and EwB National coordinator

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Enterprise without Borders

• Company Programme is basis for participating in
  EwB
• EwB is perfect for students joining year 2 of the
  Company programme

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Experiences from last year

• Mutual starting date
• Website
• Numbers of companies that register
• Low cost vs. high cost countries
• Student workbook
• Guide steps for the establishment of the EwB
  Programme

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Success criteria Norway

• Consultant/volunteer must have European/internatio
  nal experience
• Wants to share his/her experiences and guide the
  students
• School/teacher
• An experienced Company programme teacher that
  wants to be a EwB-teacher
• EwB-teacher should know the basic of
  international trade
• EwB-teacher should probably have a closer
  cooperation with the volunteer than in the
  Company programme
• EwB-teacher should probably have a closer
  cooperation with JA-YE than in the Company
  programme
• EwB-school/teacher should establish contact with
  other European EwB-school/teacher that could be a
  potential partner on a long term basis
• EwB-teacher should check the possibilities for
  financing an exchange field trip for his/her
  students to their European EwB-partner, and
  coordinate the trip

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Success criteria - Norway

• JA-YE Norway
• Overall responsibility logistics, funds,
  expected outcome etc.
• During the Pilot concentrate on quality. Offer
  the program to selected and experienced Company
  Programme teachers
• Motivate teachers
• Provide training for teachers
• Share experiences and information with teachers
• Close follow-up of the teachers
• During the pilot phase be a matchmaker between
  Norwegian EwB-school/teacher and European partner
  JA-YE-country/school/teacher
• What about the consultants/volunteers?
• Close follow-up and training of the volunteers?
• Evaluate the pilot phase
• Give input to JA-YE Europe
• Media and communications make success-stories
  visible celebrate achievements. Recognition!

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Training

• Teachers (and JA-YE staff) need professional
  training internationalization is difficult!
• Cooperation with Innovation Norway (IN)
• State owned company with regional offices in
  Norway and in 30 countries
• Provides specialist support for business inside
  and outside Norway on topics like
  internationalization, trade and customs
• Together with IN, we will provide
• Professional training for the teachers (and JA-YE
  staff)
• Booklet for teachers
• Booklet for students (short version)
• Access to INs web-based catalogue that contains
  updated information about export and import rules
  in 190 countries

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Training

• Some useful Norwegian websites (in English)
• Innovation Norway http//www.innovasjonnorge.no/s
  ystem/Global-toppmeny/English/
• Norwegian Trade Portal http//www.nortrade.com/
• Visit Norway http//www.visitnorway.com/
• Bedin http//www.bedin.no/php/startside_eng/cf/hD
  Key_2

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Timetable - Norway

• Oct Nov Kick-off for interested teachers
• Nov Dec Registration of EwB companies on
  the website
• Dec Training for teachers
• Jan March Cooperation period for
  EwB- companies
• April May Trade Fairs ? Other events?

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Together we will make EwB a success!

• How do we do it together?
• Participating countries should have a mutual
  starting date
• Achievements (even small ones) should be
  celebrated and shared. Motivate!
• English is the essential communications language
• A bonus for the students an award, a trip etc.
  for the first real cooperation /joint-ventures?
• Something to reach for!
• Some improvements of the website

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Thanks!

• Trine I. Haugaard
• JA-YE Norway
• trine.haugaard_at_ue.no