Designation/Project-Title:	Junior
Homepage:	http://www.junior.co.at/juniorcoat.html
Project-Number:
Actual date: (of the information)	12/12/2002

The project is:

a national project

Co-ordinating person:	Mag. Barbara Schebesta
Address:	Marc-Aurel-Straße 5, 1010 Wien
E-Mail:	info@junior.cc
Tel/Fax:	Tel.: 01/533 08 71-17

Contact person:
Address:
E-Mail:
Tel/Fax:

Participating countries (In which countries the project takes/took place?)
Austria.

Statistics:
number of participating persons / institutions:	current in 107 countries worldwide.
project-costs:	.

Short description:

a) Target groups:
Pupils at the age of 15-19 from different countries

b) Methods:
Pupils found a real enterprise for the duration of one school-year. They offer products or services at the real (school-related) market. The pupils make important desicions as named below:
* Finding a product-idea
* Making market-research
* Procurement of financial support
* Procurement of products used
* Production
* Marketing and sale
* Book-keeping (Calculation of taxes, etc.)
* Leading of enterprises and organisation
Making a summary one can say: As much reality as possible and as less didactical reduction as possible

c) Main goals:
"What is economy?" The answer pupils shall not read out of their school-books, but collect their own experiences. JUNIOR makes it possible. JUNIOR is an innovative project, that supports several demands of economy in schools: Practical contents, understanding of combinations in economy or establishment of special skills / qualifications

d) Activities / Events:
There take place national und inter-national fairs, where pupils can present their enterprises to the public. Further more there can be new contacts with other pupils / teachers in other schools. As a highlight of the JUNIOR-year there can be considered the national and inter-national competitions. The pupils have to present in these events their enterprise to a jury. The most sucessful enterprise is chosen by the below named criteria:
* Idea for the enterprise
* Correct bookkeeping
* Keeping the deadlines in the JUNIOR-year (Registration, accounting)
* Presentation of the enterprise at the competition and on stage
* Stall at a fair .

Transformable results:	.
Can the results be transformed into other countries?	yes
If yes, Have they been transformed into other countries?	no
If no, pleace write down your suggestions on how to transform the results into other countries
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Documentation of the project:
Which materials/documentations/publications/instruments/etc. of this project do exist?
Handbücher und CD-Rom.
Where can these documentations be demanded (For example: Address/Telephone of the institution/contact-person/list of publications/link for downloads/ etc.)
JUNIOR ÖsterreichVolkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft Österreich, Marc-Aurel-Str. 51010 WienJUNIOR Telefon 01 / 533 08 71-17; JUNIOR Fax: 01 / 533 06 88; JUNIOR - Homepage: www.junior.cc JUNIOR-E-Mail: info@junior.cc .

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