1. Education and Culture Higher Education & Entrepreneurship – social or otherwise York St John University International Conference 1-3 September 2015 Juliet Edwards – DG EAC

2. Date: in 12 pts Crucial role for higher education Increasing tertiary attainment levels Improving the quality and relevance of higher education Strengthenin g quality through mobility and cross-border cooperation Linking higher education, research and business for excellence and regional developmen t Improving governance and funding EU Agenda for the Modernisation of Higher Education – key priorities…

3. Date: in 12 pts Entrepreneurship & higher education Changing societal needs and skills gap University-Business Forum – create a dialogue for knowledge exchange & curricular development changing pedagogical approach, content, delivery and outputs "entrepreneurial skills" recognised and increasingly validated across all areas of study Realisation that entrepreneurs/entrepreneurial graduates cannot evolve in rigid HEIs – fundamental changes needed

4. Education and Culture

5. HEInnovate Rise of the "entrepreneurial university/HEI": change in the ecosystem of the HEI itself to produce entrepreneurial people (students, staff, management) Need for guidance, help and advice = HEInnovate a self-assessment tool Holistic approach – the eco-system of the institution itself Developed in partnership by European Commission and OECD, launched in November 2013 Not a ranking or benchmarking system – subjective and confidential Divided into seven areas or dimensions – user ranks statements and results generated are tailored to strength's/weaknesses Case studies, guidance notes training package

6. Education and Culture "Social" entrepreneurship "refers to a specific type of business: whose main objective is to produce social and societal impact while working in an entrepreneurial manner in the market. [..]business in a different way, putting societal benefits over economic gains" Social enterprise: "…has as its primary objective the achievement of measurable, positive social impacts rather than generating profit for its owners, members and shareholders" " Social economy" – meaning is changing from legal structures to social/societal value driven organisations DG EMPL

7. Education and Culture Projects/programmes/funding  Experimentation, networking and exchange:  Cosme  Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs  Erasmus+  Sector Skills Alliances  Knowledge Alliances  Policy experimentation  Horizon 2020  European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT)  Support for national reforms  European Structural Funds, notably ESF  EACEA –Education Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency: manage programmes on behalf of DG EAC Mr Franz Thomas Stiedele (Erasmus+: Higher Education – Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees) will be at the conference on Thursday

8. Education and Culture Social Business Initiative (SBI) 2011 - DG's MARKT/ENTR (now GROW & FISMA)& EMPL Based on observed market failures & barriers 11 key actions in 3 areas: Improve access to finance Improve visibility & recognition Improve the legal environment GECES expert group advises on implementation of SBI (composed of MS reps, local authorities, finance sector, academia & social enterprise reps.) Social entrepreneurship investment priority under ESF (1.3 billion €) Access to markets

9. Education and Culture Objectives for the future Skills aspect to be strengthened SBI continues Increase easy access to finance More internationalisation (DEVCO) Follow up mapping study EFSI funding from 2017 to complement EaSI funds Encourage use of ESF for social enterprise Boost enabling frameworks at national/regional/local levels Enhance skills & competences – mainstreaming social entrepreneurship in relevant EU initiatives Self-assessment tool at regional level for social enterprises (+OECD)

10. Education and Culture EU reference docs & links SBI http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/social_business/index_en.htmhttp://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/social_business/index_en.htm HEInnovate www.heinnovate.eu www.heinnovate.eu EaSI (European Employment and Innovation programme): http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=1093 http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=1093 ERASMUS+  Eligible countries http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus- plus/documents/erasmus-plus-eligible-countries_en.pdfhttp://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus- plus/documents/erasmus-plus-eligible-countries_en.pdf  Higher education opportunities http://ec.europa.eu/education/opportunities/higher-education/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/education/opportunities/higher-education/index_en.htm  EACEA http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/index_en.phphttp://eacea.ec.europa.eu/index_en.php DG GROW WEB SITE http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/promoting- entrepreneurship/support/education/index_en.htmhttp://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/promoting- entrepreneurship/support/education/index_en.htm DG EAC WEB SITE http://ec.europa.eu/education/policy/strategic- framework/entrepreneurship_en.htmhttp://ec.europa.eu/education/policy/strategic- framework/entrepreneurship_en.htm

11. Education and Culture DG EMPL WEB SITE: http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=952&langId=enhttp://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=952&langId=en Publications Agenda for the modernisation of Higher Education 2011 http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/thematic_reports/131en.p df http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/thematic_reports/131en.p df European Higher Education in the World http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/NOT/?uri=CELEX:52013DC0499 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/NOT/?uri=CELEX:52013DC0499 Recommendation on Key Competences for LLL (including a definition of entrepreneurship) http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/education_training_youth/lifelong_learning/c 11090_en.htm http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/education_training_youth/lifelong_learning/c 11090_en.htm Projects and studies (and other actions to implement the agenda): http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/promoting- entrepreneurship/support/education/projects-studies/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/promoting- entrepreneurship/support/education/projects-studies/index_en.htm CEDEFOP study on guidance and entrepreneurship: http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/publications-and-resources/publications/5514