Bruna Daniela Freitas (AE D. Sancho I), Henrique Manuel Pereira (CIOR) and João Carlos Martins (INA) were the big winners of another edition of the competition "My project is an entrepreneur", promoted by the City Council of Vila Nova de Famalicão in partnership with the companies CEVE; Argatintas and Porminho, which sponsor the prizes.
The aim of the competition "My project is an entrepreneur" is to enhance professional courses by highlighting, among all the competitors, the best Professional Aptitude Tests (PAP) presented by the students who, in this way, are rejuvenating the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Vila Nova de Famalicão.
22 PAPs from different educational institutions of the Local Education and Training Network of Vila Nova de Famalicão competed in this edition: 10 from the D. Sancho I School Grouping, 3 from the Camilo Castelo Branco School Grouping, 3 from INA, 2 from CIOR, 2 from FORAVE, 1 OFICINA and 1 from DIDÁXIS. The competing projects originated from the professional courses of: Accounting Technician; Restaurant and Bar; Kitchen and Pastry; Electronics, Automation and Command; Computer Programming and Systems; Health Care Assistant; Digital 3D Design; Industrial Maintenance/Electro mechanics; Management; Audio-visuals; Fashion Design; and Graphic Design.
The evaluation made by the jury focused on the innovation degree, the idea's feasibility and the economic and/or social impact of each project.
Last Friday, the Councillor for Education and Science, Augusto Lima, accompanied by the entrepreneurs and entities that made up the jury, visited the exhibition of the competing PAPs and participated in the public oral presentations (Pitch) of the finalist students. Augusto Lima chaired the closing session that included the presentation of the prizes to the winners.
Bruna Daniela Freitas, from the Accountancy Technical Course of AE D. Sancho I, presented her project "DIGITALIZA-TE"; Henrique Manuel Pereira, from the Electronics, Automation and Control Course of Escola Profissional CIOR, presented the project "Management, Control and Automation System of Electrical Resources in the building of Escola Profissional CIOR"; and João Carlos Martins, from the Technical Course of Cookery and Patisserie of Instituto Nun'Alvres, presented the project "Lisa's Food Truck". The three winners received a monetary prize of 500 euros.