Promoting employment

Business Creation
Comments on the Consultation Document for a Community Support Programme for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Competitiveness 2006-2010

Background to the Entrepreneurship for All thematic group - Aims and scope general : building the bridge between entrepreneurship, employment and social cohesion - Specific objectives of the new programme - Objective 1 speeding up the adjustment of industry to structural change - Objective 2 encouraging an environment favourable to initiative and the development and growth of enterprises from all sectors of the population, and particularly SMEs - Horizontal Actions.

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Business Creation
Analysis of business creation DPs (first round)

Introduction - Development Policy Context and Implications for EQUAL - Main issues and planned activities of the development partnerships - Implications for future European thematic networks - Questions for the Barcelona workshop.

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Business Creation
Analysis of business creation and social economy Transnational Cooperation Agreements (first round)

Introduction - General trends - Lessons for the priority themes of the European thematic group - Lessons for the management and evaluation of TCAs - Conclusions and recommendations.

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Social Economy
Management skills for social enterprises

New skills needed for staff in social enterprises - Recognising informal learning and validating qualifications - EQUAL: helping to deliver comprehensive training and education - Policy recommendations.

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Social Economy
Public-private-social partnership and public procurement

Context / the problem - Policy relevance and opportunities - Evidence - Issues - Draft recommendations.

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Social Economy
Social franchising

Context / the problem - Policy relevance and opportunities - Evidence - Issues - Draft recommendations.

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Social Economy
How to measure social added value

Context / the problem - Policy relevance and opportunities - Evidence - Issues - Draft recommendations.

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Social Economy
Analysis of social economy DPs (first round)

Developing policy context and implications for Equal - Main issues and planned activities of the development partnerships - Implications for European thematic Groups - Questions for the Barcelona workshop.

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Strengthening the Social Economy
May 2004, Antwerp (BE)

Programme [PDF] EN
Press release [WORD] EN

Business Creation and Social Economy Working groups,
October 2003, Brussels (BE)

Outcomes [WORD] EN

Business Creation Seminar,
5-6 June 2003, London (UK)

Programme [PDF] EN
Summary [WORD] EN
Contributions from the Entrepreneurship for All ETG to the Green Paper [WORD] EN

Hard-to-reach but not excluded
EQUAL provides business support to hard-to-reach people

Encouraging entrepreneurship among the disadvantaged - EU pledges long-term commitment to developing small business - Building bridges between local communities and new business - Policy recommendations.

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Better business = inclusive support
EQUAL develops high quality support systems for all

Business support services: too disjointed and inappropriate for disadvantaged groups ? - Businesses need high quality and targeted support - Ensuring high quality business support for all - Policy recommendations.

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Management skills for social enterprises

New skills needed for staff in social enterprises - Recognising informal learning and validationg qualifications - EQUAL: helping to deliver comprehensive training and education - Policy recommendations.

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Financial ladders out of social exclusion
EQUAL supports micro-finance

Supporting small business - The promotion of entrepreneurship high on EU agenda - Tailoring microcredits to real needs - Policy recommendations.

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