ETF Entrepreneurship Award

Developing entrepreneurial mindsets is key in the EU’s drive to build more competitive and employable workforces. The European Training Foundation is seeking examples of good practice among training providers promoting entrepreneurship as a key competence in the ETF partner countries*.

Marianne Thyssen, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, will present the ETF Entrepreneurship Award to the most inspiring entry during the 2019 European Vocational Skills Week in Helsinki.

How can I apply?

Applications can be sent via the ETF’s overall call for good practice, Benefits for People. In the online application form, please, select the topic “Entrepreneurship” to share your examples. The deadline for applications is 22 May 2019.

Find out more about the European Entrepreneurship Competence Framework and about examples of using the framework in practice.

Meet the 2017 award winner from Palestine Polytechnic University here and the 2018 award winner from the School of Chemical Technology from Subotica, Serbia, here .

For any further enquiries contact: EntreComp@etf.europa.eu

* Albania, Algeria, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Kosovo⁺, Lebanon, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Palestine⁺⁺, Russia, Serbia, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

+ This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

++ This designation shall not be construed as recognition of a State of Palestine and is without prejudice to the individual positions of the Member States on this issue.