Junior Achievement Bulgaria
JA Worldwide is one of the largest global social enterprises focused on innovation and entrepreneurial education. JA is dedicated to addressing fundamental economic and societal challenges of young people through the delivery of cutting-edge, experiential learning in entrepreneurship, financial literacy and work readiness.
The organization works actively to promote new forms of organizing the teaching and learning process by focusing on the “learning by doing” method, blended classroom and integration of digital content and technology.
JA has strong connections and capacity to outreach top level business companies, government authorities and social actors that it uses to maximize the impact and spread the outreach of its programs. It is very much focused on dissemination and exploitation of results as a key activity for increasing awareness and highlighting the added value. When implementing its initiatives, JA sticks to its core values of integrity, inclusivity, excellence and etc.
Founded in 1997, JA Bulgaria is a member of JA Worldwide and its regional operating center JA Europe and is the leading organization in the country in the area of entrepreneurship education. Currently, JA Bulgaria employs 12 highly qualified professionals with expertise in different areas – educational content development, marketing, scientific research, business development, trainings and etc.
In the project, JA’s network will be represented through JA Bulgaria, recognized as one of the model organizations in Europe; a recipient of the Bata Quality Achievement Award; and an organization with a track record of successfully implementing partnerships with European and international stakeholders for its innovative learning programs and high quality management practice.
JA will be responsible for the dissemination and exploitation of the project results among a wide range of public and private stakeholders. Leveraging on its network, it will aim to maximize placement opportunities while providing closer look at the social dimension of the project.