Through Networking to Fostering Entrepreneurship Education in Europe: Croatia as a Part of European Entrepreneurship Education Network (EE-HUB)

Europska mreža učenja za poduzetništvo (European Entrepreneurship Education NETwork) je paneuropsko tijelo koje čine institucije i pojedinci najaktivniji u promicanju i razvoju poduzetničkog obrazovanja u Europi. Ono je osmišljeno s ciljem da se zainteresirani dionici povežu te, obogaćeni razmjenom iskustava, nastave unapređivati razinu poduzetničkih aktivnosti, učenja i poučavanja, u svojoj zemlji i diljem Europe. EE-HUB projekt traje tri godine (od 2015. do 2018.), a sufinancira ga Izvršna agencija za mala i srednja poduzeća (EASME) Europske komisije, u okviru COSME programa. Konzorcij voditelja projekta čine četiri partnera: JA Europe, EUROCHAMBRES, SEECEL i EUproVET. U sklopu EE-HUB projekta već su sada dostignuti značajni rezultati u području nacionalnih politika, potpore stručnome usavršavanju učitelja, sklapanju partnerstava i mreža, ojačavanju regionalnih tijela, škola i poduzetničkih inkubatora te prikupljanju instrumenata za praćenje i vrednovanje poduzetničkih postignuća. Koristeći brojne suvremene kanale, uglavnom informacijsko-komunikacijske tehnologije, prikupljaju se i analiziraju najbolje nacionalne prakse. Važna aktivnost je suradničko učenje i sastanci na kojima se donose preporuke koje svaki od stručnjaka prenosi natrag u svoju zemlju – svojoj organizaciji, ministrima, vladi i praktičarima. EE-HUB je zamišljen kao savjetodavno tijelo za europske donositelje javnih politika, kao i za institucije, s glavnim ciljem razmjene i prenošenja dobrih praksi u učenju za poduzetništvo. U okviru ovog projekta, u kojem sudjeluju i eksperti iz Republike Hrvatske, održane su konferencije i okrugli stolovi te čitav niz online seminara. Također, do sada su objavljeni sažetci s rezultatima aktivnosti radnih skupina, primjeri dobrih praksi, blogovi te izvješća.European Entrepreneurship Education NETwork is a Pan-European body constituted out of institutions and individuals that are most active in promoting and developing entrepreneurship education in Europe. It is organized with the aim of connecting interested shareholders who, enriched by this experience of exchange, then continue their work of enhancing levels of entrepreneurship activities, learning and teaching in their country and around the Europe. EE-HUB project has duration period of three years (from 2015 do 2018) and is co-financed by The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) of the European Commission. Consortium of project coordinators consists of four companies: JA Europe, EUROCHAMBRES, SEECEL and EUproVET. Within the EE-HUB project significant results have already been achieved in the area of national politics, development of professional teacher training, partnerships and networks creation, fostering regional institutions, schools and entrepreneurship incubators and gathering instruments for monitoring and evaluating entrepreneurial achievements. By using multiple contemporary channels of information-communication technologies, the best national practices are being collected and analyzed. Important project activities are also peer learning process and expert meetings in which recommendations are being formulated. Every expert member conveys these recommendations to his/her country, more specifically to organizations, ministries, government and practitioners. EE-HUB is envisioned as an advisory body for European policy makers and institutions with the main goal of exchanging and relaying good practices in entrepreneurship education. So far conferences, round tables and set of online seminars were conducted within this project and Croatian experts participated in all of them. Also, summaries with the results of working groups, examples of good practices, blogs and reports were published as project results