1. Promoting Education for Entrepreneurship in Europe Maud Skäringer European Commission Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General Entrepreneurship Unit European Commission Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General

2. The Lisbon Agenda Integrated Guidelines for Growth and Jobs: Guideline n o 15: Member States should reinforce entrepreneurship education Commission’s Annual Progress Report, January 2006: Proposal: Add entrepreneurship to all national school curricula

3. Instruments Open method of co-ordination Tools: Expert groups, studies, dialogue with governments and stakeholders, benchmarking, monitoring of progress, organisation of events Objectives: To promote the exchange and dissemination of good practice To steer policy action in the EU Member States

4. Some activities of the EC Education for Entrepreneurship, especially in primary and secondary schools. Expert Reports and Guide on Good Practice Student Mini-companies in Secondary Education. Expert Report and audiovisual material Commission’s Communication “Fostering entrepreneurial mindsets through education and learning”, February 2006 Ongoing project: Entrepreneurship in Higher Education, especially in non- business studies

5. Higher Education project Components Study: To provide a comprehensive picture of the state of the teaching of entrepreneurship in European higher education Group of Experts: To integrate the results of the survey with more “qualitative” information, identify key issues for promotion of entrepreneurship in higher education, draw conclusions for policy making. Timing Study: Spring 2007 Final report of the expert group: Autumn 2007

6. Higher Education project The project will: Identify strengths and weaknesses in European higher education institutions as regards providing entrepreneurship training Investigate pedagogical methodologies in use Highlight factors of success and main obstacles Promote the exchange of experiences Benchmark public policies in this area Draw main conclusions and recommendations for policy action

7. Commission Communication Scope: Fostering entrepreneurial mindsets among young people from primary school to university education Objectives: Set the scene, and show good practice Identify key issues to be addressed Suggest measures Trigger action

8. Approach Bring together evidence based on projects carried out by Commission and Member States Highlight that good practice can be found in Europe – the challenge lies in spreading existing positive examples Support Member States in developing a more systematic strategy

9. Proposed action – General Reinforce cooperation between different ministries and departments Develop a global strategy on entrepreneurship education Include entrepreneurship in national curriculum Support schools and encourage take-up of programmes Raise the awareness of heads of schools and provide training to teachers Favour links between schools and businesses Promote the use of student mini-companies

10. Proposed action – Higher Education Integrate entrepreneurship across different subjects and courses, notably scientific and technical studies Public authorities’ support especially needed to provide high-level training for teachers and to develop networks to share good practice Encourage teacher mobility between university and the business world Encourage involvement of business people in teaching

11. Next steps Member States to take the necessary action and report on progress (Lisbon Reports) Commission to support Member States through: Coordination, dissemination of good practice, events (e.g. Conference in Oslo, October 2006) Specific projects (e.g. on Higher Education) Support to concrete initiatives (e.g. new Community programme for Lifelong Learning, ESF)

12. Information For more information:entr-entrepreneurship@ec.europa.eu Internet: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/entrepreneurship/ support_measures/training_education/index.h tm