The “SPEED” methodology combines new approaches of social innovation, social inclusion with development of key competences of pupils in four European countries in social enterprise as well as involving the local community with SPEED school enterprises.

School education will target the reinforcing and development of key competences in lifelong learning for example by promoting cross-curricular collaboration, cooperating with stakeholders in local communities as well as promoting the development of new fair based partnerships between schools, businesses and wider society.

The core goals of SPEED are to identify, empower and train/educate new human resources, which are indispensable in the context of social enterprise starting with pupils and their teachers.

Based on 3 already existing innovations the objectives of the project are therefore to combine them to create a new school business form, the SPEED model.

The SPEED innovation is about changing the role of young people in school to become economic leaders for their community in a new way of organising business that prioritises fairness and care for the environment.

Once they have achieved their Speed enterprises in the school the young people will engage their own community creating an innovative relationship whereby the school helps the community make its own economy stronger, more ethical and eco friendly.

The key to this innovation is the way wealth is being created and shared and the ownership of actual shares among young people and community members in sustainable enterprises.

It is also an innovation that straddles all three sectors, Public, private and NGO.

Core results are the development of key competences of pupils for lifelong learning, by promoting cross-curricular collaboration among school learning and non formal learning in the local community. This includes creative and innovative learning approaches and environments in school enterprises and by cooperating with stakeholders in the local community but also abroad with the SPEED community.

SPEED will manifest an interdisciplinary teaching in social, cultural, environmental, economic, design and other contexts.