The document discusses entrepreneurship education in Finland and resources for entrepreneurial competencies related to financial management. It provides an overview of entrepreneurship in the Finnish education system, emphasizing skills like attracting capital and flexible use of resources. The document then outlines an inquiry process conducted with education organizations in Finland and Slovenia on analyzing costs and outcomes, awareness of funding opportunities, and practices for resource mobilization. The inquiries found variation in approaches but identified opportunities to strengthen community involvement and acquisition of external resources.

1. MOBILIZATION AND OPTIMIZATION
OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES
Module 4

2.  School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences,
Newcastle University
 University of Primorska
 edEUcation
 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
 Bucharest University of Economic Studies
 European School Heads Association
Suvi Kahelin, Tammirinne Day Care Centre, Jyväskylä
Petri Palve, Kuokkala Comprehensive School, Jyväskylä
Seppo Pulkkinen, Kuokkala Comprehensive School,
Jyväskylä
Aki Puustinen, Muurame Upper Secondary School,
Muurame
Tarja Tuomainen, City of Jyväskylä
Kari Pirinen, Regional Council of Central Finland
Project partners and workshop
presenters

3. The
Tammirinne Day Care Centre Kuokkala Comprehensive School
Muurame Upper Secondary School City of Jyväskylä Regional
Council of
What is your story! Central Finland
Finnish Project Partners

4. (Finnish Ministry of Education, 2009)
Entrepreneurship in Finnish Education
System
Entrepreneurship education is a much larger concept than entrepreneurship in the
exercise of the profession of entrepreneurship and comprises the following
active and self-imposed individual
entrepreneurial learning environment
collaboration in a network that supports education and entrepreneurship
social policy that advances active and entrepreneurial activity
entrepreneurship education establishes entrepreneurship in everybody and everywhere
education in entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship education is part of life-long learning
capability of life management, interaction and leading oneself
capability to innovate and face change
Purpose of education is to advance entrepreneurship becoming a mode of operation
In primary education positive attitudes, basic knowledge and competencies in entrepreneurship as well as
entrepreneurial modes of operation are emphasised
In secondary and higher education knowledge and comptences are deepend and advancing practical skills in
entreprenurship are included in the education
Entrepreneurial operation culture realises itself in collaboration with the surrounding
environment
The aim is that the learner considers it easy to operate in the future employment market
either as an entrepreneur or working for somebody else
SESSION 1: RECAP

5. Entrepreneurial competences for Financial
Resources Mobilization & Optimization in
EC4SLT
 know how to attract capital and staff
 able to think beyond resource constraints
 able to use resources, including staffing,
creatively
 capable of understanding and analysing the
cost/benefit to the school
 be aware of external funding opportunities
 have a basic knowledge about financial
regulations

6. Enquiry method for Module 4
Developing one’s community
through conducting research on it
The basic enquiry cycle comprises
the following phases
Examination of the starting level
Analysis of the examination
Development suggestions created
on the basis of the analysis
Examination of the development
suggestions
Analysis of the examination
Development plan created on the
basis of the analysis
Creating a
need to
know
Asking
questions
Using
evidence
& experience
Making
sense
of evidence
& experience
Reflecting on
learning
To what extent
have we initiated
an enquiry?

7. Heart in participatory leadership
For example Art of Hosting (and Harvesting)
Learning core practices like
Conducting dialogue
Work methods as world café, open space, gallery walk etc.
ICT-tools like padlet, trello, blogging, skype, facebook, twitter
(Art of Hosting workbook 2013, Hamburg, Germany)

8. Enquiry on
Resources Mobilization and
Optimization
The following questions were asked and answered using an electronic
questionnaire
Are the costs and outcomes analysed and outlined together by the whole
community in order to develop your unit?
Yes, how?
No, why not?
Are people in your unit aware of various funding opportunities?
Yes, what kind of opportunities?
No, why not?
What kind of practices are there for the mobilization and optimization of
resources in your unit?
In your opinion, how should the mobilization and optimization of
resources in your unit be developed?
The answers were analysed and delivered for reflection before the next
session.

9. Analysis of Enquiry: Finland
What did we learn from the enquiry?
Are the costs and outcomes analysed and outlined together by the whole
community in order to develop your unit?
Yes 80%, a lot of variation but mainly following the budget
No 20% , a lot of variation but mainly little knowledge
Are people in your unit aware of various funding opportunities?
Yes 36%, a lot of variation from just the budget to many projects
No 64%, poor knowledge of opportunities
What kind of practices are there for the mobilization and optimization of
resources in your unit?
A lot variation but mainly
resources come from local central administration
budget is presented and discussed and agreements made in meetings
in some unit(s) proactive efforts for external funding
Suggestions for further development
Strengthening community involvement, focus on merging two schools, further
developing acquisition of external resources

10. Analysis of Enquiry: Slovenia
 Primary School Vodice
 Hearing and Speech Correction Centre Portorož

11. What about you? -> Workshop 4.1.
Make groups of 4-5 people.
Answer the following questions sharing your views.
Write down key issues on the flip chart paper and be prepared to give a brief
summary of your discussion.
Timeline for discussion ca. 15 minutes
The questions
Are the costs and outcomes analysed and outlined together by
the whole community in order to develop your unit?
Yes, how?
No, why not?
Are people in your unit aware of various funding opportunities?
Yes, what kind of opportunities?
No, why not?
What kind of practices are there for the mobilization and
optimization of resources in your unit?

12. What about you? -> Workshop 4.2.
Make groups of 4-5 people.
Answer the following questions sharing your views.
Write down key issues on the flip chart paper and be prepared to
give a brief summary of your discussion.
Timeline for discussion ca. 15 minutes
The questions
What did you learn from the enquiry?
What concrete actions could and should be taken take to
develop the financial management of your unit?
What concrete decisions should be taken to start and
arrange the follow-up ?