C5 Romania Task in advance

1. Students in Etwinning presentation and interact with other students
2. Information about your region in etwinning
3. Printed Poster about underdeveloped possible tourist area by students
4. Material for exhibition with training firms
5. Didactics units in Exe-learning must be sent to Czech R Team.
6. Presentation about school and country by students.

C5 Mobility in Bucharest, Romania

during the period  March 25^th -29^th, 2019

The objectives of this meeting were:

• Developing the ability to understand financial products, their concepts and associated risks as well as making informed choices;

• Developing the ability to apply mathematical thinking to everyday situations;

• Developing students' entrepreneurial skills;

• Acquiring Designthinking application skills to identify innovative solutions and helping customers overcome their challenges;

• Deepening young people's collaborative techniques in entrepreneurship;

• Presenting examples of good practice in the field of entrepreneurship in each country;

• Sharing work methodologies, experiences and ideas;

• Acquiring analytical techniques from business environment;

• Improving ICT training and programming;

• Acquiring information about the European business network;

• Improving cooperation and friendship between our centers.

We had the pleasure of working together to achieve the goals we had set with:

• The Financial Supervisory Authority, which aims to ensure the stability, competitiveness and orderly functioning of financial instruments markets, to promote confidence in these markets and to invest in financial instruments and to protect operators and investors against unfair, abusive and fraudulent practices
• The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), the fundamental capital market institution, the most important institution of the local capital market that organizes and manages the regulated markets of financial instruments at European standards;
•  EduFInet, Spain;
• Junior Achievement Romania, part of JA Worldwide®, USA and JA Europe. JA is the largest international organization of economic and entrepreneurial education;
•  Piscu School, Gaspar Association, Baltasar & Melchior;
• Minodora Cerin, Cristina Irod, consultants for cultural and educational projects.

JURNAL OF THE C5 MEETING

The bell of the project activities rang on Monday morning at 8 o'clock, the organizing team of Romania having the chance to start the meeting, to present the participants to this project meeting, the program of activities and some information about Romania, Bucharest and the host school.

We then participated in a financial education activity at the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), as part of the Global Money Week events in Romania, and suggestively called "The Bell rings at BVB", where there were analyzed the popularization of the scholarship and investments among young people as part of  financial education and also sources of funding for possible entrepreneurial activities.

The joint exhibition was then carried out: DTSE – social entrepreneurship

We had a visiting lesson at the Museum of the National Bank of Romania, a fascinating journey into a space filled with monetary, banking and cultural history, where we found out unusual information about the characteristics and uses of gold and we learned about the stages of the national currency from its beginnings to the present day. We could see on this occasion one of the most valuable numismatic collections in Romania covering a period of over two and a half millennia, the oldest coin minted on the Romanian territory today, the smallest paper money printed in Romania and the largest exposure coins and gold medals, all of which are in "the most beautiful building in Bucharest" - according to the architect Ion Mincu.

 Afterwards, the students were invited to continue to work on „Discover Bucharest”, exploring the center of Bucharest, visiting several objectives, gathering information from various sources, and realizing a project that reflected their own vision and impressions of the city of Bucharest.

The activities of Tuesday, March 26th began with a workshop on Social Entrepreneurship: Ideas and People Changing the World coordinated by Cristina Alice Dutu, Senior Manager, Junior Achievement Romania.

While students were analyzing team case studies and found solutions for social entrepreneurship, the teachers were having a brief analysis of the stage of teaching.

Then we had a videoconference with representatives of EduFInet Spain on Banking versus non-banking financing. Our distinguished guests were: José Manuel Domínguez Martínez, PdD in Economic Sciences, University of Málaga, Edufinet Manager, José María López Jiménez, Director for RSI at Unicaja Banco, Beatriz Cestino, International Adviser at Unicaja Banco. There were detailed aspects related to banking activities - foreign trade operations and international financing. Further issues related to financial education among students were presented by representatives of the Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority.

 Students discussed the advantages and disadvantages of each type of funding and presented a case for different case studies to convince the funding of a certain case. In the creative illustration of Crowdfunding as a source of funding, they made a "Elevator pitch" video that contains a short speech that outlines an idea for a product, service or project to convince a capital investor that your business idea deserves to be invested in.

After lunch we had a visiting lesson at Piscu School - a special place, inspiration for all who want to know about the richness of the Romanian cultural heritage and to get acquainted with its values. We experienced together the traditional pottery technique with its Romanian specificity.

On Wednesday we began our activities with visiting the stands of our common exhibition, so that we could then complete the information with some presentations of students in Spain and the Czech Republic. This day had deep resonances with the name of the project because we decided to use the Designthinking method to identify innovative solutions to help customers overcome their challenges.

Our guests were: Minodora Cerin and Cristina Herod, consultants for cultural and educational projects that led students to become social innovators for a better world by giving them business ideas with community benefits using Designthinking. Design thinking is a process, a point of intersection between people, the market, business, and technology. It is an individual-centered technique that leads to a better understanding, determines people to be more engaged in changing the environment and to accept valuable changes. During the whole day three of the successive stages of the method have been covered: DISCOVER, DESCRIBE, PROJECT, followed by the stages TEST and IMPLEMENT.

While the student teams were working on their projects, the teachers had two activities: a workshop on 3D Printing and its use in entrepreneurship activities, coordinated by Mr. Zdeněk Matúš from the Czech Republic and a debate on the topic "Coordinated Financial Banking Environment" by  PhD Mocanu Jaber  Manuela.

 The Romanian village occupies an important place in the architecture of European civilization and it is a magnet for foreign tourists. Artful craftsmen, Romanian traditionl blouse, folk music, traditional dances and colorful costumes can be a true country brand. But the reality of the village requires attracting investors to better living and can therefore be an area of ​​action for social entrepreneurs. For these reasons, we considered it would be a good visit to the National Village Museum "DIMITRIE GUSTI" - situated in the heart of the capital city.

 We were fascinated by the archaic dwellings (the Draghiceni and Castranova huts), the Transylvanian households such as the Salciua house, the Moti country with an enormous roof of straw, the house made of lumber glued with clay from Dumitra or the house in Draguş, with rich ornaments . Chiojdu Mic household, Buzau, 18th century, household from Ieud, Jud. Maramureş or Straja Household, Suceava - 1760 drew attention through the variety of forms and the accuracy of the execution.

 On Thursday we organised a visit to the Danube Delta, one of the most beautiful in the world. The Danube, the second largest river in Europe, builds the most beautiful delta in the Black Sea, a true biodiversity museum, a natural genetic bank of extreme value for the universal natural heritage, a place where there are various ecosystems with unique birds in Europe, fish and animals.

In the Danube Delta, the social economy can provide a chance for people belonging to vulnerable groups. Several social business opportunities have been identified in the area: natural wastes resulting from the hygienisation of floodplains, wholesale recycling of packaging waste resulting mainly from tourism activities, revival of traditional crafts such as rush knitting and reed roofs. Students have collected materials to make a video promoting the Danube Delta tourist area.

Thus, on Friday students had to finalize the materials resulting from this week's activities, and afterwards, after the project teams in each country would see the materials, we would vote for the best video presentation of the Danube Delta and the most beautiful presentation of the tourist attractions of Bucharest.

The objectives of the project have been achieved, that there was a balance between education and recreation.