SEE

The idea of infusing entrepreneurship into education, and especially among young people aged approximately 15 to 20 (university students excluded), has spurred much enthusiasm in the last few decades. However, putting this idea into practice has posed significant challenges: practitioners often encounter a lack of time and resources, teachers’ fear of commercialism, and difficulty in assessing the effectiveness of programmes and practices. Discussing entrepreneurship in education is essentially about empowering young people and equipping them with the skills needed to become more creative, opportunity oriented, proactive and innovative. Against the background of accelerating climate change and rising inequalities in our societies, it is also about nurturing a culture of sustainability among tomorrow’s entrepreneurs, which goes far beyond a purely economic dimension.

A 2023 Eurobarometer survey shows that 46% of young people aged 15-30 in the EU would consider setting up their own business, although they have not yet taken steps to do so. A majority of young people finds it very or fairly important that a potential employer has defined social goals (75%) or environmental goals (73%) for the company. 1 in 3 young people are familiar with social entrepreneurship and 37% of young people say companies should strive to put people and the planet before profit. Exchanging on the best tools and methods to empower youth are thus of the outmost importance.

SEE aims to improve regional policies and programmes for sustainable entrepreneurship education. The project will identify, analyse, disseminate and transfer good practices in five complementary areas:
- Developing an entrepreneurial mindset
- Developing 21st century skills (i.e. soft skills)
- Developing and using digital tools, games and methods
- Developing a culture of sustainability among tomorrow's entrepreneurs
- Increasing awareness of entrepreneurship education among teachers, schools and other stakeholders.