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Entrepreneurial Learning in
the EU & The Entrepreneurship Action
Plan 2020 International Conference on
Entrepreneurial Learning
Michaela Hauf, DG ENTR, Unit for International Affairs and Missions
for Growth
Chisinau, 11th June 2013
EU citizens are less eager to be entrepreneurs...
Answer to the question “Do you prefer to be self-employed or an entrepreneur to being an employee?”
37%
51%
56%
There is a lesser appetite for entrepreneurship in Europe compared with our main competitors.
Just to compare…
EBRD Transition Report 2011
ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION (EE)
Cross-ministry and stakeholder cooperation
Embed core competences
into the national
curriculum
Train and support teachers
Develop a logic chain of
learning outcomes and
indicators
Design a coherent
progression from primary
to higher education
Elements of a National EE Strategy
Current Situation: School Education
Certain countries/regions launched specific strategies to promote entrepreneurship education: Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Wales and the Flemish part of Belgium.
... but others include it as part of their national lifelong learning, youth or growth strategies.
Half of European countries are engaged in a process of educational reforms which include the strengthening of entrepreneurship education.
High importance of involving TEACHERS
Shift from 'how to run a business' to how to develop a general set of competences applicable in all walks of life
Key elements:
Offer teachers initial and in-service training
Establish support systems and networks
Role of the EU:
Catalyst: exchange and dissemination of good practice, peer-to-peer learning, producing guidelines
Support: co-funding of key European projects aiming to train teachers in entrepreneurship
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Entrepreneurial approach:
Training “in”, learning
Also personal competences
Flexible, adaptable
Training material, cases
Student oriented
Group process, interaction
“Clash room”, diversity
More coaching role for
teacher
Project, interdisciplinary
Close to real life and business
Action oriented
Traditional approach:
Education “about”
Knowledge in disciplines
Fixed study plan
Textbooks
Teacher oriented
Class, individual activity
Classroom, homogeneous
Lecturing
Subjects, disciplines
Close to research, academia
Study, theory oriented
Martin Lauth, 2010
Exchange of experience and good practice, networking:
2 European workshops (“Laboratories”) on teacher education (May and September 2012)
Good Practice Manual on teacher education in entrepreneurship (June 2013)
Support: call for proposals for European projects, 7 new projects started in December 2012 with a focus on:
Train primary, secondary and higher education teachers
Create a European online platform for educators
Assess entrepreneurial skills acquired by students
Recent or On-going Activities on EU Level
Recent Policy Documents at EU Level
Annual Growth Survey 2013 Economic priorities defined at EU level Identifies entrepreneurial skills as important to young
people for both employability and new business creation Rethinking Education Communication Increasing the economic impact of education & training Recommends EE actions at EU and MS level Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan Re-igniting the entrepreneurial spirit across Europe Recommends EE actions at EU and MS level
Rethinking
Education
Entrepreneurship
2020 Action Plan
Embed EE across education and training MS
Practical entrepreneurial experience for all MS
European policy guidance EU
Guidance Framework for Entrepreneurial
Schools / VET EU
Guidance Framework for Entrepreneurial
Universities EU
Support and monitor progress – citizen /
national / EU level EU
European entrepreneurial learning
initiative EU
ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACTION PLAN 2020
Entrepreneurship 2020
Goal: Re-igniting the entrepreneurial spirit in Europe
Context:
Europe 2020 – growth and higher employment
Industrial Policy Communication – real economy
Joint actions needed: EU + Member States, all levels, long-term engagement for lasting, deep impact
Action Pillars of Entrepreneurship 2020
Entrepreneurial education and
training → create new generations of
entrepreneurs
Creating an environment where entrepreneurs can flourish and grow → offer effective
support or get out of entrepreneurs’
way!
Role models and reaching out = radical cultural
change → entrepreneurship as 'the new cool’; involve groups not
reached before
Action Pillar 1 – Education & Training
New foundations: Investing in entrepreneurial education is one of highest return investments possible
Practical experience (mini-companies) and learning is key
Involve real-world entrepreneurs
Build knowledge, skills (business basics, creativity, responsibility, initiative, sense of achievement) and interest in entrepreneurship
New frontiers: higher education for entrepreneurship
European Institute of Technology (EIT) = key enabler of innovation on EU level
Universities → more entrepreneurial: beyond transfer of knowledge
towards active support for developing entrepreneurial ventures
Action Pillar 2 – Environment where Entrepreneurs flourish & grow
Improve access to finance (COSME & Horizon 2020)
Effective support at crucial stages in business lifecycle (fiscal environment, (Digital) Single Market, EYE)
New business opportunities, need for new skills & capabilities for digital age (Web entrepreneurs, e-skills)
Transfers of business
Efficient bankruptcy procedures and second chance for honest bankrupt entrepreneurs
Reduce regulatory burden (target of 25% has been achieved)
Action Pillar 3 – Role models and reaching out to specific groups
Entrepreneurship as attractive career option and more well-known entrepreneurs celebrated as role models
Practical & positive communication about rewards and recognition of entrepreneurs' achievements ("EU Entrepreneurship Day")
New horizons: reaching out to and mobilising untapped entrepreneurial potential
Women
Seniors
Migrants
Unemployed
Young people
• Develop a pan-European entrepreneurial learning initiative bringing together existing European and national expertise for impact analysis, knowledge sharing, development of methodologies and peer mentoring between practitioners from Member States
• Reinforce co-operation with the Member States to assess the introduction of entrepreneurship education in each country based on real experience and to support public administrations wishing to learn from successful peers
Entrepreneurship 2020 – EU Level (1)
•Disseminate the entrepreneurial university guidance framework in early 2013; facilitate exchange between universities interested in applying the framework; gradually promote it to the EU Higher Education Institutions
• Establish (jointly with the OECD) a guidance framework to encourage the development of entrepreneurial schools and VET institutions
Entrepreneurship 2020 – EU Level (2)
• Ensure that the key competence "entrepreneurship" is embedded into curricula across primary, secondary, vocational, higher and adult education before the end of 2015
• Offer the opportunity to young people to have at least one practical entrepreneurial experience before leaving compulsory education, such as running a mini-company, being responsible for an entrepreneurial project for a company or a social project
Entrepreneurship 2020 – Member States
