Padraic Murphy Programmes Manager Lisburn & Castlereagh City - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Padraic Murphy Programmes Manager Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council This programme has been funded with support from the European Commission

CHANGING THE MINDSET OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2020 ACTION PLAN - Answer to Challenges of biggest economic crisis in 50 years - Blueprint to unleash Europe’s Entrepreneurial potential - More supportive environment for entrepreneurs to thrive and grow

THERE IS A WILL BUT IS THERE A WAY? - More progress required to mainstream the transversal skills of entrepreneurship in the vocational, education and training sectors - Opportunity to create capacity building approach - Opportunity to create a regional approach (regional alliances) that will create a more systematic and sustainable approach

NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES ANALYSIS - NEEDS - Improved Educational Offering – EU and Regional Policy support movement - Co operation & Collaboration – quadruple helix approach - More structured and sustainable approach

NEEDS & OPPORTUNITIES ANALYSIS – STAKEHOLDERS

NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES ANALYSIS - BARRIERS - Resourcing /Finance - Curriculum - Gaps in Educational Offering - Training of Staff - Changing Mindset

NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES ANALYSIS - ENABLERS - Strong entrepreneurship focus – EU & National Policies - Further and more intensive collaboration between stakeholders – education, labour market, businesses - Existing entrepreneurial cultures in regions

NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES ANALYSIS - OPPORTUNITIES - Building on Existing Provision - Contributing to Policy - several EU sectoral policies - Collaboration between regions and countries – potential for new innovative relationships and cross sectoral approach

WHAT’S THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF MASTER? - The ‘Conan’ Test - New Toy………… - What is it? - How to play it? - Success determined on how long it is played with?

EMPLOYABILITY & ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLS GO HAND IN HAND Problem solving Autonomy Financial Management Resiliance Risk Taking Team Working Evaluation Design Innovative Thinking

FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT - Creation of MASTER Regional Alliances - Identification and piloting of 10 innovative entrepreneurship support activities - Student Entrepreneurship Toolkit - Implementation Review and Evaluation - Dissemination ………………………………….

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