Project | Entrepreneurial Learning
Recognising this, 16 countries of South Eastern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East have expressed their desire to increase opportunities for lifelong entrepreneurial learning as part of their commitment to the EU enterprise charters.
Together with the European Commission and other partners, the ETF has been working on a policy index, designed to help countries meet the specific challenges of promoting the enterprise culture, since 2006.
What is the aim of this project?
This project aims to help build capacity for developing lifelong entrepreneurial learning and the creation of enterprise skills in general and higher education in 16 countries. It builds on the ETF's expertise in designing and applying indicators in this area in these two partner regions over the past two years.
More specific aims include enhancing capacity for strategic thinking, building the necessary policy partnerships and conducting enterprise-led training needs analysis as well as forging stronger links between education and industry.
How are we doing this?
Second, it is using the policy index to help businesses to better understand and articulate their training needs. This activity is concentrating on Syria, although the resulting know-how will be shared with two neighbouring partner countries.
Third, it is piloting a set of indicators for measuring how well universities are doing at delivering entrepreneurial learning in all disciplines and generally promoting the spirit of enterprise. Starting with a select group of instutions, it is also using this activity as a wa of promoting structured dialogue between ministries of education and the economy.
Topics
Lifelong learning
Put simply, lifelong learning means that people can – and should have the opportunity to – learn throughout their lives.
Equal access to education
Across the world, certain groups of people are still hard pressed to get the most out of their education and training system.
Education and business
Partnership between the worlds of work and education is a process that is set to become an integral part of how we go about developing education.
Employment
“Employment”: a better guidance contributes to broader economic and social well-being by easing the functioning of labour markets.
Portability of skills
Making qualifications transparent and easily readable, even across international frontiers, is a high priority for the ETF.
School and teacher development
Teachers are a critical factor in education reforms. The ETF takes therefore the role of schools and teachers seriously throughout its work.
Innovation in learning
E-learning methods have changed the way of learning and teaching, providing a fundamental contribution in their processes of innovation and reform.
Key competences
Focusing on key competences is one of the surest ways of keeping education and training relevant in a fast-changing environment.
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