How DWAY works

Our work takes place within a framework in which entrepreneurship is considered a transversal competence applied to all spheres of life:

We consider entrepreneurship a way of being of the human person. On this broad definition of entrepreneurship  hinges on the creation of cultural, social or economic value. It thus embraces different types of entrepreneurship. It applies to individuals and groups, teams or organizations, and it refers to value creation in the private, public and third sectors and in any hybrid combination of them.

Dway adopts diversified studies and approaches to its educational and experimental activity. Among these, the approach proposed by the Joint Research Center of the European Commission (EntreCom) to describe and guide entrepreneurial competence; a study that identifies the three competence areas that directly mirror entrepreneurship as the ability to turn ideas into action to generate value for someone other than oneself:

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Main Competencies

Taking the initiative; Planning and management; Coping with uncertainty, ambiguity and risk; Working with others; Learning through experience.

The approach particulalrly focuses on the resources that can be personal (namely, self-awareness and self-efficacy, motivation and persever-ance), material (for instance, production means and financial resources) or non-material (for instance, specific knowledge, skills and attitudes).

The three competence areas are tightly intertwined: entrepreneurship as a competence stands above all three of these together.

We promote entrepreneurship education as a tool that can support people to be more entrepreneurial. This is about how to develop a general set of competences applicable in all walks of life, not simply about learning how to run a business. It includes all forms of learning, education and training which contribute to entrepreneurial spirit, competence and behaviour — with or without a commercial objective.

About the education and training sector, this means that efforts need to be taken to make sure that today’s students develop entrepreneurial skills and get the chance to have a ‘practical entrepreneurial experience’. This is relevant to all levels of education — from nursery right through to higher education.

Teachers and educators have a critical role, they are facilitators of learning and multipliers of ideas. They shape learning processes and can help students to achieve entrepreneurial learning outcomes — concrete knowledge, skills and attitudes. Teachers and educators also need the opportunity to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to include entrepreneurship education and enable entrepreneurial learning. Every student, teacher and teacher should benefit from at least one experience of training on the key topics and methods related to entrepreneurial learning and entrepreneurship education during their career.

Dway partners with educational organizations and with all those stakeholders who believe in the benefits of a positive and diffused sense of initiative. To expose your proposal contact us at contact us at contact@dway.eu.