SMEs in Croatia

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Government of the Republic of Croatia Ministry of
the Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship
INITIATIVE FOR ESTABLISHING OF THE REGIONAL
CENTRE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEARNING Tajana Kesic
apic October 2007
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PROJECT EDUCATION FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP

• Project for training of entrepreneurs
• Project is being implemented continuously from
  2004 with some quantitative and qualitative
  modifications
• In 2007 the Project is implemented in cooperation
  with 57 entrepreneurial centres, incubators and
  educational institutions in all the counties

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Government of the Republic of Croatia Ministry of
Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship
EDUCATION FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP

• seminars for start-ups, for entrepreneurs in the
  phase of growth and development, training for
  craftsmen and cooperative members
• - Seminars held 1.062 (2004/06)
• - Total of participants 15.246 (2004/06)
• seminars HR Caritas 8 (2006)
  participants No 160
• Programme Entrepreneurship against Poverty
• Totally 2004/06
• seminars 1.070 participants 15.406
• 2007.
• co-financed 492 seminars project is underway

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PROJECT EDUCATION FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP

• Beneficiaries of the Project entrepreneurs
  start-ups, entrepreneurs in growth and
  development, the young
• Aim of the Project education of entrepreneurs
  in the function of life-long learning
• Coordinator of the Project the Ministry of the
  Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship

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PROJECTS CONTENT

• EDUCATION OF ENTREPRENEURS
• Basis of Entrepreneurship
• seminars for start-ups
• lasting from 16 to 32 hours
• Advanced Entrepreneur
• seminars for entrepreneurs in growth and
  development lasting 16 hours
• Education for Craftmen and Cooperative
  Entrepreneurship
• seminars lasting 16 hours

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PROJECTS CONTENT

• Education for Entrepreneurship in primary and
  secondary schools
• Pilot project Educative Theatre- Elementary
  schools
• Co-financing for teachers training for training
  companies according to implementation programme
  of MELE 42 hours
• Co-financing of equipping of training companies
  and pupils cooperatives Project Pupils
  Cooperatives and Pupils Companies MELE in
  cooperation with HAMAG primary and secondary
  schools

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EDUCATION FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP

• Integral implementation programme of education
  with defined contents and education
  implementation standards based on defined
  methodics has been made
• 2. Integral implementation programme of education
  of teachers for training companies in secondary
  vocational schools has been made 42 hours
• 3. Institutional partners HGK, HOK, HBOR,
  Ministry of Science, Education and Sport,
  HRCARITAS

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EDUCATION FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP

• PROMOTION AND CREATION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE
  OF THE YOUNG
• Co-financing of training companies and pupils
  cooperatives
• 10th and 11th National Conference on the Economy
  and Entrepreneurship presentation of the best
  business plans of training companies of
  secondary vocational schools and high business
  schools and faculties
• Fair Exhibition EDUCA PLUS presentation of
  the Project Education for Entrepreneurship for
  2005 and 2006 MELE with partners institutions

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Ch 1 Entrepreneurship Education and Training
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Ch 4 Availability of Skills
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INITIATIVE FOR ESTABLISHING OF THE REGIONAL
CENTRE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEARNING

• PROJECTS HOLDER
• Ministry of the Economy, Labour and
  Entrepreneurship
• PARTNERS in the PROJECT
• Croatian Chamber of Economy
• COLLABORATOR IN THE PROJECT
• MSES
• COUNTRIES OF THE REGION IN THE PROJECT
• Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Montenegro,
  Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, UNMIK
  Kosovo and Republic of Albania
• SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT RECEIVED FROM
• DG Enterprise

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Government of the Republic of Croatia Ministry of
the Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship

• GENERAL AIMS
• Making of framework for preparation of national
  strategies for entrepreneurial education
  implementation into national curriculums of the
  countries of the region
• Cooperation improvement and good practices
  exchange

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Implementation phases of the regional centre for
entrepreneurial learning - Feasibility study
making -
The primary beneficiaries of the
project will be key stakeholders concerned with
education and enterprise development in the
pre-accession region, including their European
integration authorities. In particular, the
project addresses the policy interests of the
National Coordinators of the European Charter for
Small Enterprises in the countries, the
ministries for education, economic development
and employment, social partners and small
enterprise interest organisations.
COUNTRIES INCLUDED IN THE STUDY Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Republic of Montenegro, Republic
of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, UNMIK Kosovo
and Republic of Albania, Republic of Croatia
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Implementation phases of the regional centre for
entrepreneurial learning - Feasibility study
making -

• The study will
• detail the opportunities, obstacles, benefits and
  limitations of establishing a regional life-long
  entrepreneurship learning support framework
• identify particular fields of interest of
  entrepreneurship learning as a function of the
  intelligence in the critical review, backed up by
  points justifying the value of regional
  cooperation, and where efficiencies, innovation
  and resources could be maximised through more
  structured and strategic coordination.
• The outcomes of the study and plan should provide
  sufficient decision-making information for a)
  political consideration by all governments and
  social partners in the region for supporting a
  regional entrepreneurship learning academy, b)
  technical assistance, training and other capacity
  building options required d) interest and support
  of international donors in the region.

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Implementation phases of the regional centre for
entrepreneurial learning - activities -

• Making of recommendations for curricular
  implementation of entrepreneurship as a key
  competence on all the levels of education in the
  function of life-long learning
• Making of recommendations for strategies and
  action plans related to entrepreneurial learning
• Determining of needs for entrepreneurial learning
  of small and medium-sized companies
• Expert support for entrepreneurial learning
  development

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Government of the Republic of Croatia Ministry of
the Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship
ENTREPRENEURSIP Key competence in all levels
of education