Educating for entrepreneurship

EBRD non-financial support: TAM (Turn Around Management) and BAS (Business Advisory Services) programmes

Through these programmes, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development helps private enterprises adapt to the demands of the market economy and contributes to the development of small firms in the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Education and training programmes - calls

Open calls for projects, proposals and expressions of interest in the field of education and training.

Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs

This exchange scheme, funded by the EU, helps new entrepreneurs gain hands-on business experience abroad, allowing them to acquire relevant skills and develop business relations for the future.

EU-China Managers Exchange and Training Programme

The programme provides training for Chinese and European managers in languages, business culture and practices of the other continent.

EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation

This organisation encourages exchanges of experience and know-how between EU and Japanese businesses and helps them improve their competitiveness and cooperation.

EU-Japan industrial cooperation programmes

These programmes consist of training sessions in Japan for EU companies of all sizes. They include scholarships for participants from small firms.

EU support for training and mobility for SMEs

This page provides information on mobility focussed EU support schemes for vocational and educational training, with specific emphasis on smaller firms.

Executive Training Programme in Japan and South Korea

The programme aims at helping European firms, including SMEs, succeed in the Japanese and South Korean markets. It offers and funds an intensive training scheme for executives combining lectures, language training and internships.

Guide for Training in SMEs

A downloadable guide on how to develop skills in small firms through training.

Leonardo da Vinci programme

Individual training, mobility or cooperation between training organisations European-wide - the programme funds projects in order to improve Europeans' competences, knowledge and skills through a period abroad.

TurnAround Management Programme (guide)

The programme, addressed at transition economies, helps small businesses develop new business skills at the senior management level in order to be able to compete in the market economy.

Vocational training

Vocational training (VET) plays a key role in providing the skills, knowledge and competences that European small businesses need to remain competitive. Read more here about how the Commission acts together with Member States to strengthen the provision of VET across Europe.