Preparing tomorrow's entrepreneurs

Preparing tomorrow's entrepreneursKeywords: Entrepreneurialism, Business, Education

A report issued by the Swedish Federation of Industry highlights the need to stimulate entrepreneurship among young people by increasing the contacts between business and education. Measuring Entrepreneurship, prepared in collaboration with ten other industrial associations in EU member states, states that today's European educational systems concentrate on preparing people to work in existing firms, rather than training them to start up their own. It provides examples of sound practices and successful experience across Europe. The report can be seen on the Internet, at www.eu2001.swedishenterprise.se