Press Release: Commission tables plan to promote business spirit in schools and universities

The European Commission on 13 February outlined a set of recommendations aimed to enhance the role of education in creating a more entrepreneurial culture in European societies. Starting from an early age, school education should stimulate young people’s awareness of entrepreneurship as options for their future, give them the means to develop basic entrepreneurial skills and help them to be more creative and self-confident in whatever they undertake. At a later stage, universities and technical institutes should integrate entrepreneurship as an important part of the curriculum, spread across different subjects, and require or encourage students to take entrepreneurship courses. This initiative formed part of the EU’s Lisbon partnership for Growth and Jobs.

European Commission: Memo: MEMO/06/69, Promoting entrepreneurial mindsets – Examples of good practice in Europe, 13.2.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/69&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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