The joint publication collects and synthesizes information and data on entrepreneurship activities in Europe, focusing on people that are at the greatest risk of social exclusion, including young people, older people, women, ethnic minorities and migrants, people with disabilities and the unemployed.
The book describes how entrepreneurship could be made inclusive by specific policies lists interesting data and inspiring practice from the EU countries.
Particularly enriching is the chapter on policies for entrepreneurship skills (pag.111-129), which examines variations in entrepreneurship skills levels and challenges across disadvantaged and under-represented groups in entrepreneurship and illustrate policy actions that help entrepreneurship skills through formal education, stand-alone training and counselling, coaching and mentoring. Some of them backed up with concrete examples (from Spain, Finland, Ireland, etc.).
Find more information in the dedicated section of the OECD website or order the paper version via the OECD bookshop.
From the OECD website:
What is inclusive entrepreneurship?
It is entrepreneurship that contributes to social inclusion to give all people an equal opportunity to start up and operate businesses. Target groups are those who are disadvantage and under-represented in entrepreneurship and self-employment, including youth, women, seniors, ethnic minorities and immigrants, disabled people and many other groups.
Why is inclusive entrepreneurship important?
Today nearly 26 million people in the European Union are unemployed and actively seeking work. One of the responses to moving people back into work is through business creation and self-employment, which is a key outcome sought from inclusive entrepreneurship policies, and with it greater labour market participation by the target population groups.
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