3. Students

12. (Student) Enterpreneurs

23. Mission
• Stimulate creativity and entrepreneurial behaviour:
– Students
– Staff
– Candidate starters
– SME’s

24. Students working on projects of
starters and SME’s

25. Triangle relation
Support
Guide
Mediate
Coach
Student Entrepreneur
Performance: Demand?
Research Feasibility studie
Business Plan Marketingplan
… …

26. Facilitate creativity sessions
And brainstorms

27. Created own brainstorm tool

28. CfE Trendspot

29. Organise free infosessions for
entrepreneurs and students

30. Stimulate students towards
Entrepreneurial behaviour

31. Bring inspiring entrepreneurial
Stories on campus

32. Organise bootcamps for students
and young entrepreneurs

33. Stimulate students towards
Entrepreneurship

34. Support Student-Entrepreneurs:
Status student-Entrepreneur

35. Organise business contests

36. Offer free work facility

38. Questions?

40. International entrepreneurial
projects within the CfE

41. Knowledge center to Entreprise Services
through Students

42. KESS Characteristics
12 Partners:
Hogeschool Gent (project-leader), Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen, VOKA Kamer van
Koophandel Oost-Vlaanderen, VOKA Kamer van Koophandel West-
Vlaanderen, ERSV West-Vlaanderen, Groupe Sup de Co Amiens, Université
Catholique de Lille, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Institute
Polytechnique La Salle Beauvais, Chambre de Commerce Franco-Belge, Ville de
Marcq-en-Baroeul, Amiens Métropole
Total budget: 1.164.000 euro
Financial support: INTERREG IV France-Wallonie-
Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, Oost-Vlaanderen, West-Vlaanderen, Picardie
Timeperiod: 01-10-2011 until 01-10-2014

43. KESS Aims
• Contribution to the economic growth of both regions by cross-border
student services, like internships, to enterprises;
• Realisation of a structural cooperation between higher education
institutions, representative organisations for business and enterprises from
both regions;
• Creation of opportunities for social and cultural links;
• Improving the student services to enterprises by the creation of
multidisciplinary teams of students, teachers and entrepreneurs;
• Improving the exchange of knowledge cross-border
• Improving entrepreneurship education in a cross-border context
• Alignment of demand and supply of the labourmarket cross-border

44. KESS Actions
• Action 1: Approach between partners
• Action 2: Prospection
• Action 3: Support tools
• Action 4: Project development
• Action 5: Communication
• Action 6: Support to students
• Action 7: Project management

46. European University Enterprise Network (EUEN)

47. EUEN Characteristics
• Pilot project
• 10 Partners:
University partners: Coventry University (Project
Coordinator), Hogeschool Ghent, Fachhochschule Münster, University of
Turku
Business partners: Acerta, Banco Santander, Hewlett-Packard
Limited, Microsoft Worldwide - Education Strategy Group
Network partners: European Business and Innovation Centre
Network, National Centre for Entrepreneurship Education
• Total budget: 495.982 euro
• Financial support: EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Directorate-General for Education and Culture
• Timeperiod: 01-11-2011 until 31-05-2013

48. EUEN aims
• EUEN builds up on the established concept of University Enterprise
Networks, led by the National Centre for Entrepreneurship
Education and the delivery of the Innovation UEN by Coventry
University.
• EUEN will establish partnerships between enterprise and
entrepreneurial universities and multi-national businesses aimed at
making a substantial impact on long term competitiveness in both
sectors.
• EUEN aims to enhance entrepreneurship opportunity by:
– shaping the leadership in education institutions
– building the capability to deliver entrepreneurship through education by
the professional development of the academic and support staff

49. EUEN actions
WP1: Shaping the education environment through collaborative
interventions with institutional leaders to stimulate
entrepreneurship in staff, students and graduates
WP2: Application of collaborative learning opportunities through
business-education-student projects
WP3: Transfer of good practice from the pilot to the wider
European community
WP4: Project management ensuring delivery of outputs on time
and to budget

50. Interregional dissemination of the business
concept of the Centre for Entrepreneurship

51. Characteristics
• 7 Partners:
Hogeschool Gent (project coordinator), Hogeschool Zuyd,
Université du Littoral côte d’opale (ULCO), University of the
Algarve, Jade University Wilhelmshaven, Coventry University,
Mälardalens högskola
• Total budget: 45.147,35 euro
• Financial support: European Fund for Regional
Development
• Time Period: 1-12-2010 until 30-11-2012

52. Aims
• Interregional knowledge exchange on entrepreneurial education
and entrepreneurship support
• Setting up an international network on Entrepreneurial Education
• Bringging together students of University College Ghent with peers of
other European universities, with the goal of setting up business plans
together and facing intercultural opportunities.
• Lower barriers for entrepreneurs willing to trade internationally
• Declining the gap in between education and entrepreneurship
• Create a short but intensive 3ECTS program for foreign students, in
order to position the Centre for Entrepreneurship Internationally

53. Actions
• Action 1: Create a network of partners
• Action 2: Organisastion of an
International Entrepreneurial Seminar
• Action 3: Plan study visits to partner
countries
• Action 4: Create an online International
network
• Action 5: expand the services of the CfE

55. International Entrepreneurial
Seminar
• Main task:
Create a business plan together with 5 other
people from other countries in only 1 week!

56. Content
• Entrepreneurs on the talk
• Teambuilding
• Intercultural Role play
• Brainstorming
• Theory sessions
• Groupwork
• Workshops
• Elevator pitch
• Business speed date
• Company visit
• City tour in the host country
• Final presentations
• Have fun!

69. Interested in joining our network?

70. Be entrpreneurial before it is too late!

71. www.hogent.be/centrumvoorondernemen
OR
FIND US ON FACEBOOK:
Centrum voor Ondernemen (CvO)

73. Interregional study visits

74. Study visits
• Portugal - Faro
• Germany (2x) - Wilhelsmhaven
• The Netherlands – Heerlen / Maastricht
• Sweden – Västeras / Eskilstuna
• Spain - Mataro
• United States – New Orleans
• United Kingdom - London
• France (2x) – Lille / Dunquerke

75. Conclusions
TecnoCampus
Jade University Mataró-
Entrepreneurial Centres for Maresme
courses Entrepreneurship
Idélab
Hogeschool Mälardalens
Zuyd University
HubHouse
Université de ISCID
Lille Dunquerke
CRIA – Faro
Petchey CfE –
East London
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76. Conclusions
1.2
1 Portugal - Faro
Axis Title
0.8
Germany -
0.6
Wilhelsmhaven
0.4
The Netherlands –
0.2
Heerlen / Maastricht
0
Sweden – Västeras /
Eskilstuna
Spain - Mataro
United Kingdom -
London
Belgium - Ghent
Axis Title
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77. Conclusions
Similarities:
• Business games
• Entrepreneurship courses
Differences:
• Pre-incubation
• Extra-curriculur activities
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78. Conclusions
Biggest issue regional:
• Support of city / region
• Competion vs; cooperation with intermediate
organisations
• Student oriented vs. Business oriented
Biggest issue International:
• Funding
• Student - lectors commitment
• Language
• Erasmus agreement
• Change in contact person
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79. Conclusions
Most similar activities in this countries:
• Sweden
• France
• Portugal
• UK
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81. Possibilities to cooperate
• Online network
• Further meetings
• Trade missions
• European business contest
• Exchange students
• Erasmus agreements
• Involve students in each others workshops
• Trendspot-tool.com

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