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

This programme has been funded with support from the European Commission

Padraic Murphy Programmes Manager Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council

CHANGING THE MINDSET OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

• 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

THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2020 ACTION PLAN

• 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

THERE IS A WILL BUT IS THERE A WAY?

• Improved Educational Offering – EU and Regional

Policy support movement

• Co operation & Collaboration – quadruple helix

approach

• More structured and sustainable approach

NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES ANALYSIS - NEEDS

NEEDS & OPPORTUNITIES ANALYSIS – STAKEHOLDERS

• Resourcing /Finance
• Curriculum
• Gaps in Educational Offering
• Training of Staff
• Changing Mindset

NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES ANALYSIS - BARRIERS

• 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 - ENABLERS

• 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

NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES ANALYSIS - OPPORTUNITIES

• The ‘Conan’ Test
• New Toy…………
• What is it?
• How to play it?
• Success determined on

how long it is played with?

WHAT’S THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF MASTER?

Problem solving Autonomy

Financial Management

Resiliance Risk Taking

Evaluation

Team Working

Design

Innovative Thinking

EMPLOYABILITY & ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLS GO HAND IN HAND

• 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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