South Great Plain Regional Innovation Agency

Summary

Relevant programme: B3 Europe_Lifelong Learning Programme LLP_Erasmus
Title of the project: B-Innovative – Entrepreneurship for Better Business in Europe

The project B-innovative is about transferring the successful entrepreneurship lecture series “Basics of Building a Business” from the University of Bedfordshire, where the course concept was developed, to other European Countries. The project constitutes a collaborative effort of six European partners and is funded under the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission.

The main objectives of the B-innovative project are:

To launch a European entrepreneurship programme in five European countries (CH, HU, PL, SK, UK) with country specific modules.
To develop and validate a European Accreditation.
To create a methodology for repeating the process in other European Countries on a commercial basis for long term sustainability.

The B-innovative project therefore wants to encourage students/individuals to take the important decision to start their own business. The use of business leaders as presenters is a key factor of the planned entrepreneuship programme. It enables participants to get introduced to the challenges and the rewards of setting up a business by ‘real world’ entrepreneurs who can also serve as role models and initial entry points to business networks and markets.

In summary, the B-innovative project aims to support the European Union ‘New Skills for New Jobs’³ initiative and increase European employment rates by improving graduates’ chances of developing their business ideas.

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