Education and training for entrepreneurship - reference documents
Entrepreneurship In Higher Education, Especially Within Non-Business Studies - Final Report Of The Expert Group (March 2008)
This report explores key issues regarding the teaching of entrepreneurship in higher education, identifies existing obstacles and proposes a range of solutions, taking into account the different levels of responsibility (public policy, institutions, educators and relevant stakeholders).
Assessment of compliance with the entrepreneurship education objective in the context of the 2006 Spring Council conclusions 
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This document presents the situation in the EU Member States, as regards the implementation of measures for enhancing education for entrepreneurship. In particular, the assessment focuses on the inclusion of entrepreneurship as a key competence in national curricula for general/comprehensive secondary education.
The Oslo Agenda for Entrepreneurship Education in Europe (October 2006) [770 KB]
The ideas advanced at the Oslo Conference on "Entrepreneurship Education in Europe: Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindsets through Education and Learning" by a broad representation of stakeholders resulted in a detailed catalogue of initiatives. The Agenda is a menu of proposals, from which all responsible actors can pick actions at the appropriate level, and adapt them to the local situation.
Commission Communication of 13 February 2006:
Implementing the Community Lisbon Programme:Fostering entrepreneurial mindsets through education and learning
(COM/2006/0033)
The Commission has 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, 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.
Best Procedure Project on Mini-Companies in Secondary Education - Final report of the Expert Group (September 2005)
The report on the role of student companies in secondary education looks at the different methods and providers of such programmes. It shows how concrete examples can be successfully implemented, and looks at possible obstacles and difficulties. The report proposes a set of recommendations - addressing all the actors concerned - on how to increase the presence of these methodologies in education systems and their take-up by schools.
This report by a group of national experts of 26 European countries, co-ordinated by the Commission under the Multiannual Programme for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship (2001-2005), is the follow-up of a previous "Best Procedure" project (see information provided below). Coherently with priorities identified by the Entrepreneurship Action Plan, it aims to strengthen and focus current efforts at all levels to foster an entrepreneurial culture in Europe, starting from school.
Best Procedure project on "Education and training for entrepreneurship" - Final Report of the Expert Group [362 KB] (November 2002)
The "Best Procedure" project on education and training for entrepreneurship tries to identify and compare initiatives from across Europe that aim to promote the teaching of entrepreneurship in the education systems, from primary school to university. For this purpose, a group of experts was established with members appointed by the national governments (the EU 15 + Norway), and with the Commission taking a coordinating role.