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Higher Education & Entrepreneurship – social or otherwise

York St John University International Conference 1-3 September 2015

Juliet Edwards – DG EAC

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Crucial role for higher education

Increasing tertiary

attainment levels

Improving the quality

and relevance of

higher education

Strengthening quality through

mobility and cross-border cooperation

Linking higher

education, research

and business for excellence

and regional developmen

t

Improving governance and funding

EU Agenda for the Modernisation of Higher Education – key priorities…

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Entrepreneurship & higher education

• Changing societal needs and skills gap

• University-Business Forum – create a dialogue for knowledge exchange

& curricular development

• changing pedagogical approach, content, delivery and outputs

• "entrepreneurial skills" recognised and increasingly validated across all

areas of study

• Realisation that entrepreneurs/entrepreneurial graduates cannot evolve in

rigid HEIs – fundamental changes needed

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HEInnovate

• Rise of the "entrepreneurial university/HEI": change in the ecosystem of the HEI itself to produce entrepreneurial people (students, staff, management)

• Need for guidance, help and advice = HEInnovate a self-assessment tool

• Holistic approach – the eco-system of the institution itself

• Developed in partnership by European Commission and OECD, launched in November 2013

• Not a ranking or benchmarking system – subjective and confidential

• Divided into seven areas or dimensions – user ranks statements and results generated are tailored to strength's/weaknesses

• Case studies, guidance notes training package

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"Social" entrepreneurship

"refers to a specific type of business: whose main objective is to produce social and societal impact while working in an entrepreneurial manner in the market. [..]business in a different way, putting societal benefits over economic gains"

• Social enterprise: "…has as its primary objective the achievement of measurable, positive social impacts rather than generating profit for its owners, members and shareholders"

• "Social economy" – meaning is changing from legal structures to social/societal value driven organisations

DG EMPL

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Projects/programmes/funding Experimentation, networking and exchange:

CosmeErasmus for Young Entrepreneurs

Erasmus+Sector Skills AlliancesKnowledge AlliancesPolicy experimentation

Horizon 2020European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT)

Support for national reforms European Structural Funds, notably ESF

EACEA –Education Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency: manage programmes on behalf of DG EACMr Franz Thomas Stiedele (Erasmus+: Higher Education – Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees) will be at the conference on Thursday

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Social Business Initiative (SBI)

• 2011 - DG's MARKT/ENTR (now GROW & FISMA)& EMPL• Based on observed market failures & barriers• 11 key actions in 3 areas:

• Improve access to finance• Improve visibility & recognition

• Improve the legal environment

• GECES expert group advises on implementation of SBI(composed of MS reps, local authorities, finance sector, academia & social enterprise reps.)

• Social entrepreneurship investment priority under ESF (1.3 billion €)• Access to markets

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Objectives for the future• Skills aspect to be strengthened• SBI continues• Increase easy access to finance• More internationalisation (DEVCO)• Follow up mapping study• EFSI funding from 2017 to complement EaSI funds• Encourage use of ESF for social enterprise• Boost enabling frameworks at national/regional/local levels• Enhance skills & competences – mainstreaming social

entrepreneurship in relevant EU initiatives• Self-assessment tool at regional level for social enterprises

(+OECD)

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EU reference docs & links• SBI http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/social_business/index_en.htm• HEInnovate www.heinnovate.eu  • EaSI (European Employment and Innovation programme):

http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=1093

• ERASMUS+ Eligible countries

http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/documents/erasmus-plus-eligible-countries_en.pdf

Higher education opportunities http://ec.europa.eu/education/opportunities/higher-education/index_en.htm

EACEA http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/index_en.php

• DG GROW WEB SITE http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/promoting-entrepreneurship/support/education/index_en.htm

• DG EAC WEB SITE http://ec.europa.eu/education/policy/strategic-framework/entrepreneurship_en.htm

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• DG EMPL WEB SITE: http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=952&langId=en

Publications• Agenda for the modernisation of Higher Education 2011 http://

eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/thematic_reports/131en.pdf • European Higher Education in the World

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/NOT/?uri=CELEX:52013DC0499 • Recommendation on Key Competences for LLL (including a definition of

entrepreneurship) http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/education_training_youth/lifelong_learning/c11090_en.htm

• Projects and studies (and other actions to implement the agenda):• http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/promoting-entrepreneurship/support/education/proj

ects-studies/index_en.htm• CEDEFOP study on guidance and entrepreneurship:• http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/publications-and-resources/publications/5514