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  • ICEE Progression Model: From the Entrepreneurship Competence Framework (EntreComp) to Real Practice in Schools

    18 April 2018

    When a school moves into entrepreneurship education, they need to consider several factors: National priorities and plans meet local curricula and subject plans. Progression has to be secured by planning on what to do in different age groups, and how to merge local subject curricula with different tools and methods.

  • Celebrating the final results of a major multi-country study

    06 February 2018

    The ICEE (Innovation Cluster for Entrepreneurship Education) international research project was led by JA Europe and included 4 Ministries of Education (Estonia, Finland, Italy and Latvia) and Enterprise Flanders (representing the Ministry in Flanders, Belgium); 3 research institutes and 5 national JA organizations. Thanks to the enthusiasm and professional work of the consortium, the project reached out to 12,000 students, parents, teachers and business volunteers, worked with 25 schools and conducted 150 in-depth interviews. We extend our gratitude to all of teachers and head teachers in each of the schools who made the research such a success and special thanks to all partners of the consortium who made this possible!

  • 2 Webinars To Disseminate the ICEE Findings

    26 November 2017

    The Eastern Norway Research Institute (ENRI) published the final ICEE research report in January 2018. Two webinars taking place at 11 o’clock on the 19th January and the 27th of February will present and discuss the final findings. 

  • Interview with Mailis Reps, Minister of Education and Research of the Republic of Estonia

    26 November 2017

    Reflecting on the Impact of Entrepreneurship Education - Interview with Mailis Reps, Minister of Education and Research of the Republic of Estonia

  • How to make young people more employable? Teach entrepreneurship in schools

    21 November 2017

    A detailed survey of five EU member states in which schools have been teaching entrepreneurship confirms impressive benefits for young people, businesses, and wider society, explains Caroline Jenner on an article on the Parliament Magazine

  • Major multi-country research shows the different positive impacts of Entrepreneurship Education

    16 November 2017

    If half of the entire student population had practical experience of setting up a company while still in school, what would be the individual and wider societal impact? This is just one of the questions addressed by the Innovation Cluster for Entrepreneurship Education.

  • SO WHAT? Reflecting on the Impact of Entrepreneurship Education

    01 September 2017

    In the framework of the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU, JA Europe, in cooperation the Estonian Ministry of Education and JA Estonia, is organising a special event to reflect on the impact of entrepreneurship education and celebrate its achievements.

  • Save the date - Final ICEE Round Table

    19 July 2017

    The final round table of the ICEE policy experimentation project will take place on 16-17 November in Tallinn, Estonia. It will be combined with a teacher training, the third edition of The Entrepreneurial School Awards and an EE-HUB round table. 

  • European Entrepreneurship Education Summit

    31 May 2017

    Organised under the umbrella of the European Entrepreneurship Education NETwork (EE-HUB), the 1st European Entrepreneurship Education Summit will take place in Brussels (Belgium) on July 11-12 by gathering academics and experts in entrepreneurship education, policy-makers and government officials, educators, business and NGOs representatives.

  • Teaching entrepreneurship education is about guiding students and not giving answers. It works, teachers say!

    02 May 2017

    The Innovation Clusters for Entrepreneurship Education (ICEE) is an international research/policy experimentation project to evaluate the impact of entrepreneurship education. The first report about results from the qualitative study is now ready. A total of 70 informants were interviewed face to face. In addition, ministry representatives from each of the five participating countries have reflected on some open questions posed by email.

  • “Switch on Europe” to bring entrepreneurship to education [New Europe]

    25 April 2017

    While 3 out of 4 European teachers do not feel encouraged to bring innovation into the classroom and 4 out of 10 companies across the EU have difficulty finding staff with the skills they need, students step up and ask for a change in education. Wearing white masks and holding signs, students who have had an entrepreneurial experience are asking for a change in education.

  • The Italian Case and the new Work Exchange Programme

    06 December 2016

    The next ICEE Steering and Coordination Committee will take place in Rome (Italy) on 16-17 January 2017. 

  • High Level Round Table 'Celebrating Entrepreneurship Education'

    28 September 2016

    The second ICEE round table took place in Riga (Latvia) on September 22-23.

  • ICEE publishes 3 new articles on entrepreneurship education

    15 September 2016

    In the framework of the ICEE Innovation Clusters, 3 new articles on entrepreneurship education have been recently published.

  • Moving Entrepreneurship Education Forward - Policy Webinar

    16 June 2016

    After the success of the first series of ICEEwebinars, we are proud to announce that on October 28, from 10:00 to 11:00 CET Time, a new webinar will take place with the main purpose of presenting the main outcomes of the Innovation Cluster on National Strategies. 

  • Save the Date: mid-term roundtable

    08 April 2016

    The next roundtable of the ICEE project will take place on 22-23 September 2016 in Riga (Latvia). Policy makers, ICEE partners and representatives of the schools involved in the field trials are invited to participate to discuss what we already know about the impact of entrepreneurship education and to share the interim results of the ICEE Innovation Clusters on National Strategies, Teacher Training, Content and Tools and Assessment. 

  • ICEE webinars coming up...

    31 March 2016

    Within the ICEE project, all partners participated in a peer evaluation exercise, by sharing good practices available at national and regional level and discussing success factors and policy recommendations on national strategies, teacher training, content and tools and assessment. JA Europe and ICEE partners are delighted to invite you to the following webinars where some of the outcomes will be shared...

  • ICEE Field Trial Underway

    29 September 2015

    The first part of the field trials of the ICEE project has started. We are now collecting information about entrepreneurship education from thousands of students, teachers, parents and volunteers in five countries (Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Italy, Latvia). 

  • Outcomes of the Kick-off

    03 June 2015

    The launch of Innovation Cluster for Entrepreneurship Education (ICEE) project took place in Brussels on June 3-4, 2015. The event involved more than 70 people from ICEE partners, the Ministries of Education and Economy in the countries of the project, representatives from the schools selected to take part in the research and special guests from the European Institutions.

  • Kick-off meeting of the Innovation Cluster for Entrepreneurship Education

    01 June 2015

    JA Europe in collaboration with four Ministries of Education (Estonia, Finland, Italy and Latvia) and Enterprise Flanders (representing the Ministry in Flanders, Belgium); three research institutes (Eastern Norway Research Institute, The Foundation for Entrepreneurship - Young Enterprise Denmark and the Faculty of Economics in Osijek, J.J. Strossmayer University) and five national JA organizations (Belgium, Finland, Italy, Estonia, and Latvia) are launching the Innovation Cluster for Entrepreneurship Education (ICEE) project.

  • JA-YE Europe and 5 countries embark on impact research to mobilize entrepreneurship education in schools

    26 January 2015

    “If half of the entire student population received practical experience in setting up a company while still in school, what would the individual and wider societal impact be? This is just one of the questions that will be addressed in this new three-year study”, says Caroline Jenner, CEO of JA-YE Europe, the largest provider of entrepreneurial education programmes in Europe.

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