A team from Odorheiu Secuiesc wins the Business Plan Competition for high school students organized by the GTK!

GTK High School Program 2024 – 140 participants from 16 high schools, 35 teams, 4 training sessions, 1 competition, a grand prize of 4,000 lei with a study trip to Brussels and Vibe Festival tickets, along with countless excellent business ideas – this is how we concluded the 12th GTK High School Program this year.

The final of the 12th GTK High School Program took place on December 7, 2024, in an in-person format, where the 20 best teams, selected during the preliminary evaluation, presented their ideas and business plans to a jury of professionals, entrepreneurs, and university lecturers. The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of Babeș-Bolyai University hosted the final.

This year, we welcomed applications from teams of Hungarian-speaking high school students. In total, 140 students from 16 high schools participated, attending 4 professional training sessions while developing their business ideas and business plans.

Results of the 12th GTK High School Program Final:

1. 1st place – 5letElek Team – Baczkamadarasi Kis Gergely Reformed College, Odorheiu Secuiesc – Zsolt Máthé, Vivien-Barbara Nyágrus, Botond Pázsint, and Magor Tóth, mentor teacher: Melinda-Gyopár György
2. 2nd place – (K)ÁrÁszok Team – Apáczai Csere János High, Cluj-Napoca – Benjámin Farkas, Dániel-András Jaskó, Krisztián Balázs Nyáguj, and Ervin Nándor Vigh, mentor teacher: Hajnalka Pálfy
3. 3rd place – CsAjBaRé Team – Tamási Áron High School, Odorheiu Secuies – Ajnácska Bencze, Barbara Lőrincz, Réka Lukácsi, and Csenge Szabó, mentor teacher: László Dimény-Varga
   Special Mention – Unterschätzten Team – Báthory István Theoretical High School, Cluj-Napoca – Márk Bartha, Alexander-András Magyarosi, Dominik-Andrei Marcu, and Róbert-Márk Tóbiás, mentor teacher: Tímea Módi

Teams placing second in the four semi-final groups also received awards:

• ElectroSafe Team – Tamási Áron High School & Benedek Elek Pedagogical High School, Odorheiu Secuiesc – Csaba Bálint, Balázs Farkas, Patrícia Geréb-Szőke, and Tamás Verzár, mentor teacher: Csaba Bálint
• VasGáz Team – Székely Mikó College, Sfântu Gheorghe – Samu Fazakas, Nóra Kolumbán, Máté Péter, and Kristóf Benedek Téglás, mentor teacher: Ildikó Kovács
• Vodkáosz Team – Mikes Kelemen Theoretical High School, Sfântu Gheorghe – Nándor Bokor-Tóth, Norbert Costantinescu-Bukur, Dávid Gyula Deák, and Klaudia Molnár, mentor teacher: Dr. Éva Incze
• Sponzsi Team – János Zsigmond Unitarian College, Cluj-Napoca – Dorottya Eszter Kiss, Izabella Krisztina Miklós, Janka Nagyosi, and Izabella Krisztina Miklós, mentor teacher: Hajnalka Albert

During the final, the teams received valuable and useful advice from the jury, to whom we extend our heartfelt thanks for their presence: András Borsos (Poultry Integration), Norbert Costiniuc (AirportLabs), Attila Dibernardo (N.F. Smith & Associates), Dr. Lehel-Zoltán Györfy (Babeș-Bolyai University), Ákos György (Vibe Events Management), Szabolcs Héjja (Poultry Investment), Zsolt Jakó (SmileSync Ltd.), Sára Karda (Mathias Corvinus Collegium), Kincső Kelemen (Mathias Corvinus Collegium), Bálint Kovács-Pusztai (Symetric Shape), Miriám Nagy (Biodry Romania), and Ibolya Vizeli (Accenture).

We also express our gratitude to our trainers, who supported the program with their professional expertise: Éva Boros, András Borsos, Anna Bugár, and Béla Gergely Rácz.

Finally, we thank our sponsors, who helped make this event possible by offering valuable prizes to the winning teams: Accenture, the Antal Zsolt Foundation, Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Liner DP, Nobila Casa, Poultry Investment Group – Székely Csürke, Productie Multinr, Siegel Eastern Europe, Vibe Festival, Gyula Winkler (Member of the European Parliament), and Zete Karting.

Congratulations to all the teams and their mentor teachers!