This Expert 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).

The Report focuses primarily on learning about entrepreneurship as part of non-business disciplines, in particular within technical and scientific faculties and universities.

In this publication you will find a selection of good examples of how the educational systems can help to promote the spirit of enterprise in young people, thus contributing to create a more entrepreneurial culture in our society.

This publication is the result of a process that started a few years ago, with the European Commission supporting the Member States in promoting the exchange of good practice in a number of key areas related to enterprise policy and to the promotion of entrepreneurship.

The Green Paper argues that enterprise is important because it contributes to job creation, economic growth and competitiveness. Both the European Community and the United Kingdom devote considerable funds each year spread over an extensive range of programmes in support of enterprise—in the region of 13 billion euros at Community level and just under 8 billion pounds in the United Kingdom (counting receipts from the Common Agricultural Policy).

The increase of the role of the entrepreneurship in Finland and the bet in the education on entrepreneurship emerging new pedagogical methods, problem oriented learning, experiences and different co-operation with business life.

“The important task of entrepreneurship education is to guide students so that they can achieve this opportunity strategy”.

SOURCE: HSE Small Business Centre, Finland.

Report geared up by the World Economic Forum, an “independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world”, to engage a global effort in the area of the entrepreneurship education.

In the document it is discussed the 3 types of entrepreneurship: youth; higher education and social inclusion, outlining the differing types of education approaches needed for each, identifying opportunities and challenges, highlighting existing entrepreneurship education tools and good practices, and develops recommendations, with the main purpose of providing to entrepreneurship educators and trainers some successful examples.

SOURCE: World Economic Forum

A Communication from the European Commission to the European Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions for the implementation of The Community Lisbon programme: teaching entrepreneurship to foster the entrepreneurial mindsets in Europe.

SOURCE: European Comission

An essay that demonstrates the importance of promoting the entrepreneurial spirit at any age, showing as an successful idea of an high school student can be transformed in a successful business project.

With this testimony it is demystify the thought that entrepreneurs have to be genius, showing as a good idea at any age and anywhere can be transformed in reality.

SOURCE: Kauffman though book