EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXPERIENCES FROM SECONDARY AND UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN BELGIUM

Abstract

Entrepreneurship constitutes a vital link in the economic growth of a country. Small and medium-sized businesses create jobs and are a seedbed for dynamism and innovation. It is, therefore, important for the country's economy that entrepreneurial talents are not left undeveloped, and that both starting and established business managers with ample potential are given full support. The degree to which the educational system in Belgium contributes or can contribute to that constituted the subject of the survey “Education and Entrepreneurship”. We examined this central issue by answering the five following questions: 1. What does entrepreneurship imply?2. What is currently being done to encourage young students to set up their own businesses?3. What are the training facilities for starting and established business managers?4. What is the attitude of the educational system and of students and graduates towards entrepreneurship and business administration courses?5. What do business managers and other privileged witnesses expect from the educational system with respect to business administration? This survey report consists of three sections. A detailed account of the research method used is followed by an analysis of the research results, then a list of concrete policy proposals.

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