ERASMUS PER GIOVANI
IMPRENDITORI
Bollenti Spiriti
PrincipiAttivi Camp
Bari – Fiera del Levante
9 Mag 09

Concept
• New entrepreneurs travel to an experienced entrepreneur
in another EU country and work with him/her for 1 to 6
months
• The matching of the new entrepreneurs with the host
entrepreneurs is carried out with the help of the
intermediary organisations
• The objective is to help new entrepreneurs to acquire
relevant skills for running and developing an SME, taking
full advantages of opportunities provided by the internal
market

Main Actors
Beneficiaries
• New Entrepreneurs (NE)
• Host Entrepreneurs (HE)
Facilitators
• Intermediary Organisations (IOs)
• Support Office
• European Commission

How does it work?
• STEP 1: Application
• STEP 2: Matching
• STEP 3: Contracting and preparation
• STEP 4: Stay abroad

STEP 1: Online application
• Application from NE
• Application checked by
IO
• HE states interest to HE
participate
• File is checked by IO IO
NE
www.erasmus-entrepreneurs.eu
IO

CV in Europass format
• Personal information
• Work experience
• Education and Training
• Professional skills and
competence
• Other information
• Attachments
Dowload at:
http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu

Summary of Business Plan
• The idea
• The market
• Service or product
description
• The company
• Summary of financial
situation

STEP 2: Matching
• Matching of NE and HE
with the help of the 2
IOs
STEP 3: Contracting and
preparation HE
• HE, NE and IOs
IO
establish agreements
• NE does pre-departure NE
induction
• NE receives a grant
IO

STEP 4: stay abroad
• Duration: 1-6 months
• On-site support
provided by the host IO
NE
to the NE
• Reporting about the
exchange HE
IO
IO

Benefits for the new entrepreneur
(Maria)
• Maria has gained:
– Valuable experience in running a business in a relevant field, of
potential pitfalls and how to avoid them
– Knowledge on access to finance, business management,
marketing, etc…allowing her to refine her business plan
• Maria has now international perspectives, opening her eyes to
possible opportunities beyond the domestic market and a
potential business partner

Benefits for the host
entrepreneur (Gert)
Günther has:
• developed a new potential business partnership
• benefited from the input of a motivated & creative
collaborator
• developed new perspectives and information on a new,
foreign market
• the possibility to network with other experienced host
entrepreneurs in other EU-member states
• the satisfaction of mentoring a potential new
entrepreneur

REMPART technical
implementation
INTER Nº of NEs Nª of HEs
INTRA Nº of NEs N° of HEs
consortium provided provided
consortium provided provided
Spain 3 2
Spain 6 7
ITC 0 2
ITC 0 3
FULP 2 0
FULP 3 2
FEULL 1 0
FEULL 3 2
Italy 3 2
Italy 6 6
TECNOPOLIS 3 3 TECNOPOLIS 2 1
REGIONE 3 3 REGIONE 1 1
PUGLIA PUGLIA
Finland 5 5 Finland 3 3
ENSIMETRI 5 5 ENSIMETRI 3 3
Bulgaria 6 5 Bulgaria 3 3
BRCCI 6 5 BRCCI 3 3
Portugal 2 2 Portugal 1 1
CEIM 2 2 CEIM 1 1
Total 25 25 Total 13 11

Registration
Interested new and experienced
entrepreneurs shall apply for the
programme via the website:
www.erasmus-entrepreneurs.eu
(from 19.02.09 onwards)
870 stays abroad shall be organised in 2009-
2010 and registrations should be done by
December 2009

THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION!
Contact
Regione Puglia – Bollenti Spiriti
Massimo Avantaggiato m.avantaggiato@regione.puglia.it
Tecnopolis PST Scrl – Creazione d’Impresa
Gaetano Grasso – g.grasso@tno.it
www.erasmus-entrepreneurs.eu