The document discusses the Enspire EU project which focuses on entrepreneurship, innovation, and social inclusion. It aims to support disadvantaged groups and provides examples of best practices. An upcoming seminar will be held in Halland to build networks for the project. The EU prioritizes entrepreneurship in its 2020 growth strategy and most new jobs are created by small and medium enterprises. However, the desire for self-employment is decreasing, especially in older EU countries. The Enspire EU consortium will work to address challenges like awareness, access to capital, and administrative barriers faced by target groups including women, migrants, the long-term unemployed, and disconnected youth.

1. Brussels, April 2012
WWW.ENSPIRE.EU
by Project Manager Allan
Nordby Ottesen
South Denmark European
Office

2. Welcome!
In brief the Enspire EU
Focus on Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Social Inclusion
Disadvantaged groups
Example’s
Upcoming seminar in Halland
Network building

3. The European focus on Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is high policy !
• EU 2020 Growth strategy
– Procedures and administrative barriers must be simplified
– Support to continue after failure
• EU Commission report: 85 % of new jobs are created in SME’s
• Eurodize report published in March 2012:
– Entrepreneurship in national curriculums
– Regional strategic policy framework

4. BACKGROUND
“The desire for Europeans to be self-employed is decreasing.
-Especially in the EU15.” Eurobarometer Entrepreneurship Survey 2007 and 2009
70
60
50
40
% for self-employment 07
30
% for self-employment 09
20
10
0

5. ENSPIRE EU
Expenses for
improvement of
entrepreneurial
framework
e.g.:
Small Business Act
More Finance
Free Access to Counseling
Entrepreneurial mindset:
Willingness to Become Entrepreneur

6. THE CONSORTIUM

7. CHALLENGES
 AWARENESS OF THE ALTERNATIVE that self-employment is to being
a wage earner
 ACCESS TO CAPITAL – especially relevant to the ENSPIRE EU target
groups
 ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS to put up your own business
 SUCCES RATE for small and medium sized businesses

8. SOLUTIONS
 AWARENESS CREATION
 CREATE INCENTIVES TO
BECOME SELF-EMPLOYED
 REMOVE OBSTACLES
- administrative barriers etc.

9. OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CONSORTIUM
 KNOWLEDGE OF EUROPE’S PROBLEMS IN THIS FIELD
 A BIG NUMBER OF SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS
 A STRONG BASIS TO INFLUENCE POLICIES

10. TARGET GROUPS
The 3 Target Groups as defined by the consortium:
 DISADVANTAGED/ CHALLENGED:
Women, Migrants and disabled people
 DISCOURAGED:
Long-term unmemployed people (over 45 years old) and people with a
low level of education
 DISCONNECTED:
Young people at the secondary level of education who are disconnected
from the school system.

11. • Example’s from the Enspire EU Best
Practice Report
Find the report at www.enspire.eu

12. Social Inclusion and Growth?
• Yes! You can achieve both social inclusion and
economic growth if you distinct the people in the
specific target group by their motivation to start
up
Pan European Study of Enspire EU

13. Further Network building
• Enspire EU Network on several platforms:
– LinkedIn
– Twitter
• Policy seminar in Halland 10th May
• Final Conference at Cyprus November
• www.enspire.eu

14. LET’S ENSPIRE…..
………TOGETHER!