1. International entrepreneurial
projects within the CfE

2. European University Enterprise Network (EUEN)

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. http://www.ebn.eu/euen/

7. Knowledge center to Entreprise Services
through Students

8. Matthijs van der Want
Staff member
Project coordinator Interreg Kess project
matthijs.vanderwant@hogent.be

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

18. International Entrepreneurial
Seminar
• 7 day seminar
• April-May
• 36 students, 6 facilitators + 4 org. Members
• 7 different participating countries
• Nationalities completely spread over teams
• Intense, interactive program
• Residential location
• Annual change of host country

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

20. 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!

45. Quotes
"International Entrepreneurial Seminar: we came as
guests, we left as a family!“
"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is
progress. Working together is success.“
“Unleash your entrepreneurial talent with this
encouraging seminar.”

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47. Be entrpreneurial before it is too late!

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