The objective of the Business at School-programme is to establish closer relationships between education and working life in order to create a foundation for future wealth creation.This is done through establishing partnerships, binding agreements of co-operation between schools and working life. The agreements contain various pedagogic arrangements and last normally for 3 years with...
Linking Enterprise is a networking initiative that brings together small business executives in contact with lead business organisations and firms. The initiative is structured around a company site-visit organised and targeted for participants hailing from a specific business sector or else addressing challenges of common interest. Such areas of cross-cutting interest could be relat...
Young entrepreneurs and startups require support from comprehensive entrepreneurial practical education to mentorship, funding and support once the business is off the ground.Bootcamps and accelerators help young entrepreneurs take their ideas further and competitions help them validate their ideas and consolidate their business by bringing national/international attention to their s...
Leveraging the Human Capital inside businesses through well-structured employee volunteering schemes to support entrepreneurship education in schools. In countries with education systems that promote a lot of interaction between classrooms and the world of work, there is lower youth unemployment. One of the success factors of entrepreneurship education is the fact that the experience...
The Entrepreneurship Academy is a programme that inspires students about entrepreneurship, provides them with the necessary knowledge for an entrepreneurial career and offers them the chance of experiencing the different aspects of setting up a business during a 10-week series of intense workshops. At the end of the programme, students know whether an entrepreneurial career is someth...
Job Shadow is a mentor program where students spend a day with a professional at his/her workplace. During the day students gain an understanding of business culture, work ethic, and career choice. The goal is to enable young people to make better informed career choices, enlarge their network and improve their career opportunities. This experience inspires young people to be entrep...
Demola (www.demola.net) is a network of initiatives started in Finland, with centres in Sweden and Lithuania that consists of various partners (universities, faculties, researchers, students, companies, local agencies and other Demola Centers around the world) and facilitates co-creation of projects between university students and companies, either locally and internationally.The loc...
It’s My Business interactive classroom programme for students aged 13 to 15. This programme encourages students to use critical thinking to learn entrepreneurial skills as they explore career choices.Through the interaction with volunteers from the business world, students learn about entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship by:Identifying entrepreneurial characteristics they possess;Under...
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This free enterprise education programme is open to young people aged 11-19 who want to get a taste of what it’s like to be an entrepreneur. It gives them a chance to think of a new business idea and make it happen, using real money to take risks in the business field, make a profit – and make a difference. The challenge last about four weeks and normally during F February and MarchT...
