This document outlines a project at CEFA de la Ville de Bruxelles vocational school where students will run a snack shop on school premises. The shop will be entirely run by 5th, 6th and 7th year sales students under teacher supervision during the 2010-2011 school year. The project aims to give students practical experience in organizing a commercial activity, developing responsibilities, teamwork skills, and applying sales techniques. Profits will reimburse the school's startup investment and fund equipment and an educational trip for the sales students. Students will conduct market research, ordering, sales, bookkeeping, and reporting while teachers supervise and link the project to coursework. The school provides space and a €400 interest-free loan to

1. E-COP – Project no. 167127-LLP-1-2009-1-IT-KA1-KA1ECETB
Kick-off meeting, Milan, February 25 and 26, 2010 1
Mini-entreprise à l’école
CEFA de la Ville de Bruxelles

2. E-COP – Project no. 167127-LLP-1-2009-1-IT-KA1-KA1ECETB
Kick-off meeting, Milan, February 25 and 26, 2010 2
The idea
A need
• Students from the school
need to have a practical and
concrete project to stimulate
their learning curve
• Teachers want to link
practical experience with
the theory taught at school
..... and
• Students, teachers,
administrative staff need
snacks and drinks during
recess
Creation of a shop
with snacks, hot and
cold drinks entirely
run by students under
the supervision of 3
teachers on the
premises of the school

3. E-COP – Project no. 167127-LLP-1-2009-1-IT-KA1-KA1ECETB
Kick-off meeting, Milan, February 25 and 26, 2010 3
Who ? When ? Where ?
Students in the sales section
from the 5th
, 6th
and 7th
year
During the academic year 2010 – 2011
from October to June
In the vocational school : CEFA de la Ville de
Bruxelles

4. E-COP – Project no. 167127-LLP-1-2009-1-IT-KA1-KA1ECETB
Kick-off meeting, Milan, February 25 and 26, 2010 4
The objectives
Main objectives
• Involve students in a concrete project
• Stimulate their creativity and their interest in school and school-
related matters
• Increase their self-confidence and self-esteem
• Improve understand of the organization of a commercial activity
• Become aware of responsibilities (money and supplies)
• Work in small teams with specific responsibilities for each team
member
• Motivate them to adopt appropriate attitudes and apply the
sales techniques they learned

5. E-COP – Project no. 167127-LLP-1-2009-1-IT-KA1-KA1ECETB
Kick-off meeting, Milan, February 25 and 26, 2010 5
The objectives
Additional objective :
Generate profit in order to
• Reimburse the school’s investment
• Buy equipment for the sales techniques class
• Prepare a trip to Paris to observe the windows of successful
shops and meet with window designers

6. E-COP – Project no. 167127-LLP-1-2009-1-IT-KA1-KA1ECETB
Kick-off meeting, Milan, February 25 and 26, 2010 6
The tasks involved
The students
• The main actors in the project
• They do it all :
o Market research of the needs
o Establish the list of supplies
o Prepare the communication material
o Display the supplies
o Sell the snacks and drinks
o Count the proceeds and deposit them
in the school safe
o Store the supplies safely
o Re-order the supplies
o Do the book keeping
o Financial and qualitative reporting to
the school management
The teachers
• Supervise the activities of the
students
• Link the activity with the courses
• Help finding second-hand equipment
• Evaluate the students
The school management
• Provide the space in the school
• Provide a loan without interest of
€400 to be reimbursed at the end of
the academic year

7. E-COP – Project no. 167127-LLP-1-2009-1-IT-KA1-KA1ECETB
Kick-off meeting, Milan, February 25 and 26, 2010 6
The tasks involved
The students
• The main actors in the project
• They do it all :
o Market research of the needs
o Establish the list of supplies
o Prepare the communication material
o Display the supplies
o Sell the snacks and drinks
o Count the proceeds and deposit them
in the school safe
o Store the supplies safely
o Re-order the supplies
o Do the book keeping
o Financial and qualitative reporting to
the school management
The teachers
• Supervise the activities of the
students
• Link the activity with the courses
• Help finding second-hand equipment
• Evaluate the students
The school management
• Provide the space in the school
• Provide a loan without interest of
€400 to be reimbursed at the end of
the academic year