Submitted by Stephanie Koenen on 30/04/2012
Hosted and organised by the German Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, the COPIE Policy Forum on ‘Entrepreneurship for All: Promoting inclusive growth in Europe through the European Structural F
Submitted by Stephanie Koenen on 20/06/2012
The COPIE network has now finalised one of its key products, the COPIE Toolkit for Inclusive Entrepreneurship.
Submitted by Stephanie Koenen on 02/06/2012
As a result of COPIE's work over the past three years, the members of the COPIE network have published a COPIE Action Plan for Inclusive Entrepreneurship that is addressed to polic
Submitted by Stephanie Koenen on 19/09/2011
‘Joint action planning’ is one of the five designated thematic areas of collaboration within the COPIE partnership. Over a period of one year, delegates from Asturias, the Czech Republic, Flanders, Germany and Wallonia met four times to share experience in governing regional entrepreneurship systems. More specifically, discussions revolved around the four themes of ‘Developing a common vision’; ‘Agreeing an evaluation strategy’; ‘Building an integrated campaign’; and ‘Planning for a legacy’. Partners shared their individual regional policies and practices, and the group jointly worked towards identifying strengths and weaknesses as well as key criteria for success.
The principal tool that has been tested by this group is a participative workshop methodology which drives delegates to building consensus around a core issue and then generating practical action as a result of this consensus. Supporting this workshop are a series of telephone conferences and personal pledges which collectively have been tested in four separate cycles across all of the participating COPIE members and have proved to be a useful mechanism for change.
Submitted by Stephanie Koenen on 23/08/2011
This report provides an overview on the administrative structure, the role of the ESF and the ERDF in entrepreneurship support and the level of joined up support in Asturias.
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Submitted by Stephanie Koenen on 23/08/2011
This report provides an overview on the administrative structure, the role of the ESF and the ERDF in entrepreneurship support and the level of joined up support in the Czech Republic.
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Submitted by Stephanie Koenen on 23/08/2011
This report provides an overview on the administrative structure, the role of the ESF and the ERDF in entrepreneurship support and the level of joined up support in Flanders.
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Submitted by Stephanie Koenen on 23/08/2011
This report provides an overview on the administrative structure, the role of the ESF and the ERDF in entrepreneurship support and the level of joined up support in Wallonia.
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Submitted by PuZ6 933gg8UTffb53 on 16/06/2011
The principal tool that has been tested by this group is a participative workshop methodology which drives delegates to building consensus around a core issue and then generating practical action as a result of this consensus. Supporting this workshop are a series of telephone conferences and personal pledges which collectively have been tested in four separate cycles across all of the participating COPIE members and have proved to be a useful mechanism for change.
Submitted by Stephanie Koenen on 16/06/2011
Activities of the group have included the following international participatory workshop:
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Creating and sharing a vision of inclusive entrepreneurship, March 2010 in Flanders, Belgium;
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Appropriate evaluation mechanism for inclusive entrepreneurship programmes, August 2010, Wallonia, Belgium
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Building a sustained and coherent campaign for inclusive entrepreneurship, November 2010, Czech Republic;
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Leaving a legacy, April 2011, Asturias, Spain
Many people across Europe are falling through a gap between entrepreneurship and employment policies. On the one hand, many of those responsible for economic and business development feel that entrepreneurship is primarily the reserve of the more educated and technologically advanced members of society. On the other hand, those concerned with social inclusion and employment policy often feel that the way to combat exclusion is through employment.
The main objective of this thematic group is to help policy-makers and ESF Managing Authorities to plan cohesive activities that support entrepreneurship in their region alongside their key stakeholders.
