Good practices Skills for the Future JA Europe partnered with Hyundai Motor a mini-company, learn valuable Europe to provide students with adequate skills and apply their knowledge in skills to enter the job market. The automotive new ways. With support from their industry is constantly looking for skilled teachers, they were exposed to a automotive professionals who are dif昀椀cult to variety of learning-by-doing approaches 昀椀nd due to a lack of skills and competencies. and were offered the chance to work with By creating their mini company in the 昀椀eld of Hyundai business volunteers from all over the automotive industry, students develop their Europe. employability skills and entrepreneurship spirit. For the last three years, 10,000 young people (15-18 years old) in 15 European countries have had the opportunity to develop Sci-Tech Challenge For the seventh consecutive year, JA Europe and ExxonMobil organised the Sci-Tech Challenge which aims to encourage students, aged 15-18, to consider science, technology, engineering & maths (STEM) oriented careers, raise awareness of the importance of STEM skills and how these can be applied in enterprising ways to tackle the challenges of tomorrow. The Sci-Tech Challenge has taken place in 10 European countries, involving close to 13000 young people, over 300 ExxonMobil employees and 50+ teachers. Students learn about innovations in the energy sector and take part in national challenges in order to access the European Grand Finale where they can expose their best solution to a high-level jury at the European Parliament. JA partners with more than 5000 businesses in Europe and involves over 165,000 business volunteers; bringing outside expertise into the classroom and preparing young people for tomorrow’s jobs. JA EUROPE / Annual Report 2016 27