FEP (Future Entrepreneurs of Poland) is an informal education program in the form of workshops emphasizing the development of soft skills (establishing contacts, presenting in front of an audience, negotiating, working
in a group, time management, self-presentation, etc.). The workshops are aimed at high school, technical and vocational school students from all over Poland. The project is implemented in cooperation with local and international companies in English and Polish.
WHAT ARE FEP WORKSHOPS?
SKILLS
SOFT
During the FEP workshops, you will improve your soft skills, such as: group work, self-presentation, communication, presentation in front of an audience, time management, creativity, etc. The workshops will be held
in Polish and English. During the workshop you will work in a group with other recruited participants
from all over Poland and you will see what challenges company managers face on a daily basis. You will also have the opportunity to play their role and propose solutions to the analyzed ones
during the challenges workshop. During the last day of the workshop there will be group presentations of your ideas
and you will compete for the main prize, a trip to Copenhagen.
NEW NETWORK
CONTACTS
Many entrepreneurs
and managers will confirm that the ability to establish contacts is very important. Therefore, during the FEP workshops you will have the opportunity to establish relationships not only with company managers or representatives of foundations, but also with your peers from other schools, who may one day become your co-workers.
SKILLS
LANGUAGE
You learn English at school but you rarely get a chance to use it in a real conversation? During the FEP workshop, you will have the opportunity to put English into practice by asking questions to foreign business managers. If your team wins the main prize, a 5-day trip to Copenhagen, you will have the opportunity to see how important language skills are when working in international companies.
PS Even if you don't speak perfect English, don't worry! The FEP program is there to improve your skills.
MOTIVATION
FEP workshops are a form of informal education. Here you will not get grades, and ingenuity, willingness and learning from mistakes are appreciated. You will find yourself in the atmosphere
where people are very involved, motivated to act and open to getting to know you and your ideas. together
you will fight with the team that will be assigned to you by us
for the main prize - a five-day trip to Copenhagen. If you win, you will have the opportunity to visit international companies
and organizations.
FEP WORKSHOPS SUPPORTED
PREVIOUS EDITIONS
FEP 2022
On January 21-23, 2022, the second edition of FEP's proprietary soft skills workshops took place in English. Forty participants
from different cities and different high schools, technicians were assigned to eight teams, in which they collaborated throughout the project days.
On the first day of the workshop, participants took part in the so-called Ice breaking games - organized by Konrad Łuczak and Aleksandra Fokt. Building a tower
of pasta with foam on top allowed groups to "break the ice" and get to know each other better in the groups to which they were assigned. In the early afternoon, Danish partner prof. Carsten Thornhoj, representing Institute For Applied Knowledge, conducted a negotiation workshop. At the end of the day, representatives of PwC, Anna Juhanila, Hans Kluin and Maria Gabriela Vasquez Moncayo presented the company's culture and values as well as the profile of a potential candidate to the participants.
On the second day of the FEP workshops, the participants had the opportunity to take part in a lecture on the so-called BIAS – how to avoid prejudice as a leader or team member. The Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP) represented by a five-person team: Kamil Gromulski, Paweł Chareb, Krzysztof Buczek, Maja Wasilewska, Izabela Banaś presented how it supports entrepreneurs and what the profile of an innovator looks like. On the second day, the participants had the opportunity to learn practical tips related to effective presentation in front of the audience - presented by Aleksander Dembowski and the ambassador Anna Dąbrowska. After the guidelines, it was time for PwC Polska employees, Maria Gabriela Vasquez Moncayo , to present the main challenge for the participants. Participants had to play the role of a manager and propose solutions for a long time
and short-term related to diversification and inclusion.
Participants had only 10 hours to prepare solutions and submit their presentation. The jury, which included: Carsten Thornhoj, Natalia Różańska, Maria Gabriela Vasquez Moncayo, Una Barrett and Izabela Banaś assessed the presentation during the Grand Finale. Each group had 15 minutes to present and 5 minutes for questions from the jury. this solution in your company. The presentation technique and the ability to constructively answer the jury's questions were also scored.
The organization of the entire event was supported by the ambassadors of the foundation selected from the DO MORE OF WHAT MATTERS project:
Anna Greczyło and Aleksander Ruszkowski - moderators,
Anna Dąbrowska, Katarzyna Olejarczyk, Martyna Nowak, Adrian Lamberski – marketing;
Karolina Chojnacka, Kinga Piaseczna, Aleksandra Fokt – Administration and recruitment;
Katarzyna Olejarczyk, Karolina Głowacka, Konrad Łuczak – food/mood/venue;
Martyna Nowak, Julia Klimek – spelling of documents, e-mails, articles on Social Media;
Konrad Łuczak, Aleksandra Fokt – Ice breaking game;
Beroo Alfi - photographer.
FEP 2022 PROGRAM
WINNING TEAM 2022
The winning team Saturn presented their solution and thanks to it won the main prize - a trip to Copenhagen, where a lot of attractions awaited them!
A team of talented students: Jagoda Wika, Emilia Jamrozy, Jan Ambrożkiewicz and Krzysztof Kalwas from Polish high schools had the opportunity to broaden their knowledge about various professions and learn more about soft skills.
They had the opportunity to visit places such as the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Denmark, Accentrure, Danskebank, Audika and many others.
FEP 2018
On April 12-15, 2018, FEP workshops were held. Sixty participants
from various high schools, technical and vocational schools, based on the acquired knowledge, presented solutions to the task presented to them by the manager
from Decathlon.
Challenge: “Submit an idea for a product that fits into Decathlon's portfolio for a mum with a child up to 4 years old. Remember that such a mother has her own needs - on the one hand, she wants to take care of her child, which has become her priority, on the other hand, she wants to take care of herself and get back in shape after pregnancy.
The jury evaluated the presentation during the Grand Finale. Apart from creativity, the main aspects that were assessed were not technological aspects of solutions, but soft skills of young people: presentation in front of an audience, communication skills, resistance to stress, time management - which, according to the research of the Education Research Institute, Warsaw School of Economics, and Ernst&Young, are the most important criterion used by companies when recruiting graduates.
2018 WINNING TEAM
The jury chose the winning group. It was these five winners representing various schools from the Radom district - Martyna Nowak, Kinga Olejarczyk, Julia Klimek, Elżbieta Włodarczyk, Mateusz Sosnowski who flew to Copenhagen in September 2018.
During the trip, participants were provided with plenty of attractions, including a visit to the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Copenhagen, a meeting at the NETS company, which deals with payment systems and has its headquarters in one of the most guarded buildings
in Copenhagen, a meeting at a Danish school where participants had the opportunity to learn Scandinavian teaching methods, a meeting at Right to Dream Academy
with Jacob Christensen - a seventeen-year-old Danish sportsman, who talked about how soft skills helped him succeed.
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Partner: Institute For Applied Knowledge, Denmark
Project number: 2017-1-PL01-KA205-036670