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ESP Stakeholder Event: 4 March 2015

25 February 2015

The Launch of the Entrepreneurial Skills Pass: the European Passport to train, work and start up. JA-YE Europe and its partners (WKO, Foundation for Entrepreneurship - Young Enterprise Denmark, CSR Europe) are hosting a high-level roundtable lunch with policy stakeholders from the public and private sector on March 4th 2015. The event is graciously hosted by MEPs Petra Kammerevert, Member of the Committee on Culture and Education and MEP Jutta Steinruck, Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and supported by Visa Europe.

The event aims to raise awareness about the importance of boosting uptake of entrepreneurship education in Europe. Young people benefit not only because they build competences that are essential in any career, but they improve their entrepreneurial potential, financial capability and employability. We are introducing the Entrepreneurial Skills Pass (ESP) at this forum as one concrete example of how we can work together to respond to the needs of young people and businesses in order to facilitate students’ transition from education to entrepreneurship or employment

See the agenda below - Download the event booklet.

Programme
12.15-12.30	Participants registration
12.15-13:00	Networking Lunch
13.00-13.15	Welcome & Opening remarks MEP Petra Kammerevert (S&D, Germany), Committee on Culture and Education MEP Jutta Steinruck (S&D, Germany), Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
13.15-14.00	The role of entrepreneurial learning in enhancing financial literacy and problem solving skills Presentations from high-level speakers: Understanding the impact of entrepreneurial learning at European Union level Marko Curavic, Head of Unit 'Entrepreneurship', DG Enterprise and Industry European Commission Rodrigo Ballester, Member of the Cabinet, European Commission, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Key findings of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Research Adele Atkinson, Policy Analyst, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development The strategic role of partnerships in entrepreneurial learning Ben Butters, Director EU Affairs, EUROCHAMBRES and Vice President of Austrian Federal Economic Chamber Blending financial literacy into the curriculum - case study corporate partnerships Nick Jones, Head of Digital Communications & Corporate Social Responsibility, Visa Europe Q&A session moderated by Christophe Leclercq, Board Member of JA-YE Europe, Founder and Publisher of Euractiv.com
14.00-14.15	Launch of the Entrepreneurial Skills Pass Trudy Norris-Grey, Managing Director Central & Eastern Europe, Public Sector Microsoft
14.15-14.30	Closing remarks Andrus Ansip, Vice-President for the Digital Single Market European Commission Jo Deblaere, Chairman of JA-YE Europe, Chief Operating Officer Accenture

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