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  • 06
    Feb

    The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber's role in promoting the Entrepreneurial Learning

    Friederike Soezen, Policy Advisor in the Educational Policy Department of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber

    Small and medium sized enterprises are the backbone of the economy in many European Member States. There is no healthy economy without strong SMEs. One good example of representing its members is the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO - Wirtschaftskammer Österreich).

  • 25
    Jan

    What does it take to make graduate entrepreneurship support in HEIs successful?

    Andrea-Rosalinde Hofer, Economist, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development

    The promotion of youth entrepreneurship has become an important policy objective across the European Union and the OECD area. Public programmes targeted to youth entrepreneurs, such as start-up loans for the under-30s and start-up acceleration programmes, have been launched in many countries (OECD/European Commission, 2012). At the same time, international survey data confirms that students in higher education increasingly consider new venture creation, either on their own or together with others, as an attractive career option (GUESSS, 2016).

  • 27
    Dec

    Entrepreneurship - a voyage not a destination

    Radovan Živković, Head of the VET Department at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia

    According to official statistics, the unemployment rate for young people in Serbia is currently around 40%. While it is one of the biggest problems facing the country, a similar issue can also be found in other countries in the Western Balkans, and indeed across Europe.

  • 25
    Nov

    ICEE Articles on Entrepreneurship Education

    The Innovation Cluster for Entrepreneurship Education (ICEE)

    The Innovation Cluster for Entrepreneurship Education (ICEE) is an international research project aiming to analyse the impact of entrepreneurship education and understand what is needed to reach the European goal, which is that every young person should have a practical entrepreneurial experience before leaving compulsory education.

  • 13
    Nov

    New winds in Entrepreneurship Education

    Maja Jukić and Ines Elezović, National Centre for External Evaluation of Education in Croatia

    In the last decade there is inclination within the Croatian society to promote entrepreneurship as social, economic and educational value. This acceptance of entrepreneurial values can be seen in national-level documents in both area of economy and education.

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