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The need for more Entrepreneurial Spirit in Europe, which is facing increasing competition from the USA and Asia, has long been recognized. The European Employment Guidelines presented at the LdV seminar "Development of Entrepreneurship (Hague 2003) is one example of a recent document aimed at redirecting efforts towards a more structured approach to the effective training of entrepreneurs.
In all European Countries hundreds of seminars and short courses are given each year on subjects on or about entrepreneurship and how to start up and run a business. The timing and content of these courses is of course not following any kind of plan which connects them in any way with each other. There is no imbedded structure in the offerings and any individual is expected to pick and choose courses at will as these become available without regard to any prerequisite knowledge or any interconnection or relation with other courses. Furthermore there is no unified system to value and verify this knowledge acquisition process. It is quite clear that there is need to harmonise and improve the different viewpoints to Entrepreneurship in the EU countries now numbering 25 members.
In this project it is proposed to develop the model of a programme of structured instruction for practicing or budding entrepreneurs which, when implemented, will lead to a recognized qualification outside the formal educational system of the traditional schools of entrepreneurship which are available at the secondary and tertiary levels of education.
Co-financed by:
European Commission DG Education and Training
LEONARDO DA VINCI Programm – II
Consortium
Proplan Ltd. – Zypern
Foundation for Women Entrepreneurs – Malta
METRICS, Ingegneria della Comunicazione – Italien
Business School Ostrava plc. – Tschechien
ATS Consulting – Griechenland
Kompetansemegleren AS (Skillbroker Ltd.) – Norwegen
INI-Novation GmbH – Deutschland
Transsilvanische Universität von Brasov – Rumänien
Kilmarnock College - Schottland
Visit the official project website: http://www.sofe-idea.eu
Contact
INI-Novation GmbH
Rundeturmstr. 10, 64283 Darmstadt
Tel: +49 6151 155 592 Fax: +49 6151 155 599
E-Mail: info @ ini-novation.com
Contractor |
European Commission – Education and Culture |
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IDEA –Integrated Development Of Entrepreneurial Achievers |
Duration |
October 2006 – October 2007 |
Objectives |
INI-Novation’s role in the project was to develop a sustainability plan for the IDEA Concept. The plan included the proposal to be made to various (appropriate) stakeholders for operating as IDEA agents in their region. It illustrates mutual benefits as well as partner’s obligations. |
Activities |
• Collection of general Information about franchise systems work and development of a franchise concept for IDEA |
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• Discussion with potential customers in order to achieve at a “formular” which organizations can adopt when the Project is commercialized |
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• Creation of Entrepreneurship Education evaluation and examination sheets and their translation into different languages |
Participants |
Dr. Marion Mienert |
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Fabrice Acevedo |
Results |
• Delivery of an IDEA franchising concept for future commercial exploitation |
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• Delivery of Entrepreneurship Education evaluation questionnaires |
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• Translation |
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