Brussels, April 2012

WWW.ENSPIRE.EU

by Project Manager Allan Nordby OttesenSouth Denmark European Office

Welcome!

In brief the Enspire EU

Focus on EntrepreneurshipInnovationSocial InclusionDisadvantaged groups Example’s

Upcoming seminar in Halland Network building

The European focus on Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is high policy !

• EU 2020 Growth strategy– Procedures and administrative barriers must be simplified– Support to continue after failure

• EU Commission report: 85 % of new jobs are created in SME’s

• Eurodize report published in March 2012: – Entrepreneurship in national curriculums– Regional strategic policy framework

BACKGROUND“The desire for Europeans to be self-employed is decreasing. -Especially in the EU15.” Eurobarometer Entrepreneurship Survey 2007 and 2009

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ENSPIRE EUExpenses for improvement of entrepreneurial framework e.g.:Small Business ActMore FinanceFree Access to Counseling

Entrepreneurial mindset: Willingness to Become Entrepreneur

THE CONSORTIUM

CHALLENGES

AWARENESS OF THE ALTERNATIVE that self-employment is to being a wage earner

ACCESS TO CAPITAL – especially relevant to the ENSPIRE EU target groups

ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS to put up your own business

SUCCES RATE for small and medium sized businesses

SOLUTIONS

AWARENESS CREATION

CREATE INCENTIVES TO

BECOME SELF-EMPLOYED

REMOVE OBSTACLES

- administrative barriers etc.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CONSORTIUM

KNOWLEDGE OF EUROPE’S PROBLEMS IN THIS FIELD

A BIG NUMBER OF SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS

A STRONG BASIS TO INFLUENCE POLICIES

TARGET GROUPSThe 3 Target Groups as defined by the consortium:

DISADVANTAGED/ CHALLENGED:

Women, Migrants and disabled people DISCOURAGED:

Long-term unmemployed people (over 45 years old) and people with a low level of education

DISCONNECTED:

Young people at the secondary level of education who are disconnected from the school system.

• Example’s from the Enspire EU Best Practice Report

Find the report at www.enspire.eu

Social Inclusion and Growth?

• Yes! You can achieve both social inclusion and economic growth if you distinct the people in the specific target group by their motivation to start up

Pan European Study of Enspire EU

Further Network building

• Enspire EU Network on several platforms:– LinkedIn – Twitter

• Policy seminar in Halland 10th May• Final Conference at Cyprus November• www.enspire.eu

LET’S ENSPIRE…..

………TOGETHER!