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Through a partnership signed in 2017 between the Brazilian Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Institute (IBP), the Rio de Janeiro Education Secretary and the NGO Junior Achievement, more than 130 registered volunteers are ready to apply the activities from Trilha Empreendedora Program in classrooms. During the month of June, they will have the opportunity to mentor second grade students from 11 public high schools that are part of the project, using Junior Achievement methodology.

In the 2018 edition, Trilha Empreendedora will deliver a sequence of lessons in entrepreneurship, financial literacy and work readiness to high school students from first and second grade. The courses are applied by teachers and supported by volunteers from 14 companies from the oil and gas sector:  Aker Solutions, BP, Chevron, Ipiranga, Petrobras, QGEP, Repsol Sinopec, Equinor, Shell, Wilson Sons, Total, Weatherford, Karoon and Supergásbras; all of them IBP associated members.

In this first semester, it will be applied the program Connected with Tomorrow, that inspires students to think about their future, offering pathways for employability and other work-readiness skills need for high-demand jobs. In the second semester, it´s time for two other programs: Abilities to Success, conceived to acknowledge desired skills needed to land and keep their jobs, and the Shadow Businessmen for a Day, that enables students to shadow a mentor and experience the routine of a professional.

“The mobilization of more than 100 people from different companies at this second edition of Trilha Empreendedora reflects the long term effort of companies to raise awareness about Social Responsibility at business management levels. The biggest surprise, however, was the harmony between employees from competing companies in a relevant social cause”, said Carlos Victal, IBP Sustainability Manager.

This year, Trilha Empreendedora intends to impact 2,300 students from 24 public schools in 10 municipalities.

Learn more at jarj.org.br/trilha-empreendedora.