Transcript Slide 1

How to attract EU Funds for
Universities-Enterprises
teamwork
Ettore Deodato
InEUROPE 2020
“When I was an undergrad
student, I always hoped for
a mentor to take me under
his wing; teach me
everything he knew. It would
be a win-win situation. He
partners with me, invests in
me (time, education, and
possibly even money). I
could be his business and
entrepreneurial clone. He
would then have 48 hours in
his day, 14 days in his week,
and 730 days in his year..”
WHY
GRADUATES?
“One of the most important elements of building
a sustainable entrepreneurial community over a
long period of time is for the entire existing
entrepreneurial community to be extremely
welcoming to young Universities graduates.”
(Bill Gates)
The situation in EU ?
51% of young Europeans graduates would be
interested to follow an entrepreneurial route, but
too few of them know how to put their ambitions
into practice (Source : EUROBAROMETER)
The internationalisation of European SMEs is
insufficient, with only 8% of them exporting their
goods and services within the EU. (Source : DG
ENTR, EC)
ERASMUS
FOR
YOUNG
ENTREPRENEURS
While Erasmus is a great chance for Bachelor students to spend some
time abroad, and Erasmus Mundus offers a similar opportunity for
Masters, there is another program by the European Union that even
goes a step further: Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs offers people
who are thinking about starting up their own business, and those who
are already a successful entrepreneur, a similar way to exchange ideas
and gain new experiences.
THE PROGRAMME
Set up in early 2009, Erasmus for
Young Entrepreneurs offers
graduates and new entrepreneurs
the opportunity to learn from an
experienced entrepreneur who is
running a small or medium-sized
enterprise (SME) in another EU
country.
The exchange of
experience takes place
during a stay with the
experienced
entrepreneur, which
helps the aspiring
entrepreneur acquire
the skills needed to run
a small firm.
The host benefits from
fresh perspectives on
his/her business and
gets the opportunities
to cooperate with
foreign partners or
create a new branch
Universities as I.O.
Universities are perfectly eligible to
become Information Offices with
European grants. These entities
are selected by the European
Commission and they will guide
young graduates throughout their
exchange: help them with the
application, help them establish a
successful relationship with a
suitable entrepreneur as well as
providing graduates with all the
answers to their questions.
I
ACTION !
Careers Officers acting as local I.O. will become managers (with EU
Funds) of young graduates and look for the hosting entrepreneurs
assessing also the applications. Once accepted, young graduates will
be able to search for the“right”entrepreneur.
Success Stories
•
•
New entrepreneur:
Laura Vidal (Spain)
Graduated University of Murcia
Company name: (Start-up)
Sector of activity: ICT
Broadly speaking it has been a very
positive and enriching experience.
Now I can start my own business………..
•
Host entrepreneur:
Matthias Lechner (Austria)
Company name: MKO
Sector of activity: ICT
The establishing of the international contact
might lead to future co-operations.
Universities
are in a key position to orientate young
graduates to become entrepreneur
They can easily apply for European Grants
The three CIP operational
programmes open to Universities:
• The Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Programme (EIP)
• The Information Communication
Technologies Policy Support Programme (ICTPSP)
• The Intelligent Energy Europe Programme
(IEE)
Entrepreneurship
Education
• Creating trans-European models for primary and secondary
school teachers to support the development of their skills and
methods in applying entrepreneurial learning to different
teaching subjects and to different contexts.
• Developing, organising and executing cross-European
training/education workshops for teachers of entrepreneurship
at institutions of higher education (universities, colleges,
business schools, universities of applied sciences, etc.).
What does it mean for Universities ?
• Encouraging an entrepreneurial culture and
promoting the creation and growth of SMEs
• Promoting entrepreneurship, including among
specific target groups.
• Developing entrepreneurial skills especially
among new entrepreneurs, young people and
women.
• Supporting for building-up, together with the
Secondary Education Schools, entrepreneurial
education, skills and attitudes, in particular
among potential and new entrepreneurs
What does it mean for Universities ?
• Institutional cooperation between educational
institutions, youth organisations, businesses,
local and regional authorities and NGOs, to
encourage the development and
implementation of innovative practices in
education, training and youth activities, and to
promote employability, creativity and
entrepreneurship.
Universities and
Entrepreneurs
together
Keep an eye on the future EU
funding opportunities
and go towards EUROPE 2020
Thank you !
Ettore Deodato
InEUROPE 2020
[email protected]
www.ineurope2020.eu