Be Enterprising: a “think tank” for entrepreneurship education in Estonia

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Gain Creators / Outcomes

  • The Think tank initiative has the right timing. It is helping to have a stronger focus on entrepreneurship education and a stronger network promoting and implementing it.
  • Lobbying towards ministries to create more support, both financial and policy point of view.
  • Critical amount of success stories as well as programmes and activities promoted by Junior Achievement and other actors in the field, which are visible/known in country and motivate young people to choose to start their own business as a career option.

  • The Think tank initiative has the right timing. It is helping to have a stronger focus on entrepreneurship education and a stronger network promoting and implementing it.
  • Lobbying towards ministries to create more support, both financial and policy point of view.
  • Critical amount of success stories as well as programmes and activities promoted by Junior Achievement and other actors in the field, which are visible/known in country and motivate young people to choose to start their own business as a career option.

Gains / Needs

  • In the New National Curricula for Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools (2011), entrepreneurship education is explicitly recognized at all school levels as a general competence and a cross-curricular objective, but school need to better understand how to implement it.
  • Support from the Ministry of Education is crucial to make entrepreneurship education a regular activity.
  • Due economic downturn, overall across country, there is the need of having more entrepreneurial employees and more entrepreneurs.

  • In the New National Curricula for Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools (2011), entrepreneurship education is explicitly recognized at all school levels as a general competence and a cross-curricular objective, but school need to better understand how to implement it.
  • Support from the Ministry of Education is crucial to make entrepreneurship education a regular activity.
  • Due economic downturn, overall across country, there is the need of having more entrepreneurial employees and more entrepreneurs.

Target Group

The target group is the whole education system with its key actors: schools at all levels, ministries and relevant partners in entrepreneurship education.

The target group is the whole education system with its key actors: schools at all levels, ministries and relevant partners in entrepreneurship education.

Implementation Method

  • Sharing knowledge on entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship support.
  • Creating website for members and provide information about entrepreneurship education practices.
  • Support teachers implementing the entrepreneurship education initiatives.
  • Developing financial measures at the national

  • Sharing knowledge on entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship support.
  • Creating website for members and provide information about entrepreneurship education practices.
  • Support teachers implementing the entrepreneurship education initiatives.
  • Developing financial measures at the national

Be Enterprising: a “think tank” for promotion of entrepreneurship education in Estonia

The Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ECCI) is convinced about the importance of entrepreneurship education. Back in 2010, the organisation took the leading role for creating the Entrepreneurship Education Think Tank where to bring together a wide range of stakeholders.

The Think Tank brings together a wide range of people working in the field of entrepreneurship education, from universities to enterprising youth organisations. The main goal is to encourage and promote the need for more entrepreneurship all over the country and at all levels of education by supporting schools, businesses and ministries to better understand and commit to entrepreneurship key competence. The key actions are:

  • Support entrepreneurship education initiatives
  • Inclusion of enterprising skills into curriculum
  • Increase government support for implementation
  • More teacher training activities
  • Coordination and information exchange between stakeholders

The Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ECCI) is convinced about the importance of entrepreneurship education. Back in 2010, the organisation took the leading role for creating the Entrepreneurship Education Think Tank where to bring together a wide range of stakeholders.

The Think Tank brings together a wide range of people working in the field of entrepreneurship education, from universities to enterprising youth organisations. The main goal is to encourage and promote the need for more entrepreneurship all over the country and at all levels of education by supporting schools, businesses and ministries to better understand and commit to entrepreneurship key competence. The key actions are:

  • Support entrepreneurship education initiatives
  • Inclusion of enterprising skills into curriculum
  • Increase government support for implementation
  • More teacher training activities
  • Coordination and information exchange between stakeholders

Activities

  • Awareness rising.
  • Curricula development.
  • Coordination and cooperation among stakeholders.
  • Creation of a network of entrepreneurship education promotors who champion and support delivery.
  • Development of measures to support teacher training.
  • Development of high quality tools and materials.

  • Awareness rising.
  • Curricula development.
  • Coordination and cooperation among stakeholders.
  • Creation of a network of entrepreneurship education promotors who champion and support delivery.
  • Development of measures to support teacher training.
  • Development of high quality tools and materials.

Resources

  • Stakeholders commitment.
  • Funding opportunities (partners, funding calls, EU structural funds, etc.).

  • Stakeholders commitment.
  • Funding opportunities (partners, funding calls, EU structural funds, etc.).

Pain Relievers / Solutions

  • Leadership, coordination and focus for creating framework and development plan for entrepreneurship education.
  • Learning from other countries’ success and best practices.
  • Commitment of stakeholders.
  • Possibility to address gaps and use collective resources to design and  deliver innovative programmes and initiatives.

  • Leadership, coordination and focus for creating framework and development plan for entrepreneurship education.
  • Learning from other countries’ success and best practices.
  • Commitment of stakeholders.
  • Possibility to address gaps and use collective resources to design and  deliver innovative programmes and initiatives.

Pains / Challenges

  • Entrepreneurship education not a priority for the education community.
  • No cooperation between the different actors.
  • Awareness about importance of  entrepreneurship education not widely spread.
  • Few teachers are interested in the implementation of entrepreneurship education.

  • Entrepreneurship education not a priority for the education community.
  • No cooperation between the different actors.
  • Awareness about importance of  entrepreneurship education not widely spread.
  • Few teachers are interested in the implementation of entrepreneurship education.
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