Past Events
Final BEPART Conference held on 2 Oct. 2007
The final BEPART conference "Cultivating Entrepreneurship in Education and in Regions: From 'lessons learnt' to future directions" took place 2nd October 2007 in Rostock, patronized by the deputy premier of the fed. state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Mr. Jürgen Seidel, minister of economic affairs.
Conference documentation available in our download-area.
22 - 23 March 2007 in Tampere/ FI: BEPART Symposium
"Entrepreneurship Promotion in Networks – Challenge for Network Learning and Evaluation" was the topic of this international symposium, hosted by our partner university in Tampere.
The idea behind this symposium: Entrepreneurship promotion within regions can only succeed if several relevant actors combine their respective competences and resources towards the common goal of providing professional support for (potential) entrepreneurs and their often different needs and expectations. No single actor can deliver everything - at least not in high quality. This assumption and experience challenges a network-approach. Networking can mean different things, from exchange of knowledge and experience to a sharing of work. The reality behind 'networking' as a buzzword is often a difficult job requirement for those who are engaged in networks. Can certain modes of learning and destined evaluation approaches support the work, quality and results of networks, and if so: how?
Preliminary output of the conference is a documentation in our download-area. Still online is the Conference Website and the latest program here (pdf).
26 - 27 Oct. 2006: SECOND BEPART CONFERENCEBEPART & the University of Tartu were glad to welcome about 100 researchers and educators, entrepreneurs and managers, politicians and administrators at the SECOND BEPART CONFERENCE - Towards Entrepreneurial Regions: Universities & Innovation-Networks Challenged by the Knowledge Society Main topics of this conference were:
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8 - 9 June 2006 in Rostock: International Symposium and Open Space on Innovating Entrepreneurship Education & Training
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With more than 75 participants from 9 European countries we looked forward towards innovations and improvements within education and training for entrepreneurship, and made them tangible. The event brought together academics, practitioners and decision makers from different fields and levels of responsibility.
Keynote presentations are partly available for download.
Full conference program (pdf).
Thank you for all who participated and shared their ideas!
3–4 November 2005: First BEPART ConferenceFirst BEPART Conference: Towards Entrepreneurial Regions - A perspective on Learning, Knowledge & Innovation The event took place in Århus/ Denmark hosted by the Århus School of Business. This conference addressed not only researchers and academics. We could bring together academics, politicians and administrators, entrepreneurs and business people - all with a hands-on interest into entrepreneurship and regional development. Keynote speakers were Prof. Bengt Johanisson (Växjö University and SIRE), Prof. Torben Bagor (Kolding of Kolding and IDEA), Johannes Flensted-Jensen (County Mayor of Århus Region) and Dr. Bert W. M. Twaalfhoven (European Fundation for Entrepreneurship Research). Download full programme here (pdf)
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29 – 30 September 2005In Tallinn/ Estonia: BEPART workshop on Network Learning followed by the Meeting of the Steering Group Members. |
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27 – 28 September 2005
The two "Action Learning and Reflection Groups" ARGs of BEPART met in Hämeenlinna/ Finland. Both ARGs are working on improvements in entrepreneurship learning and training programmes.
The meetings were open to further participants so will be future meetings. Interested to participate? Please contact (1) for ARG 1 which works on training for trainers in entrepreneurship training and education : Doreen Holtsch at the University of Rostock (2) for ARG 2 working on good practice, methods and tools in entrepreneurship training and education: Gerben Blaauw at the University of Twente.
A third ARG was formed during the talks in Hämeenlinna, which will in future focus on "innovative actions" in entrepreneurship training and education, and at the same time prepare a larger international symposium to be held in the city of Rostock in 2006. Contact person: Kerstin Wilde at the University of Rostock.
22 September 2005
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BEPART was invited to present in Prague on the occasion of the Interreg III C All Zone Meeting of all four Interreg III C secretariats. Participants were 100 board members of the Interreg III C programme from 25 EU-countries and delegates from the EU Commission.
11 - 13 July 2005 IntEnt ConferenceMembers from the BEPART network were invited to present during the “Internationalising Entrepreneurship Education and Training Conference” IntEnt 2005 at the University of Surrey (UK). The conference attracted approximately 200 delegates from 23 nations and focused on the task of Fostering Entrepreneurship through Education. http://www.intent-conference.de/ BEPART partners from Tallinn Technical University (Ene Kolbre, Urve Venessar and Toomas Piliste) contributed on “Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurial Initiative in Estonia”. Paula Kyro and Kaisa Hyrsky from Tampere University showed in how far “Woman Entrepreneurship Programme Breaks Government’s Gender Neutrality in Finland”. Tönis Mets and Urmas Varblane (Univ.of Tartu) presented their comparative research results on “Higher Education Institutions in the Fostering of Entrepreneurship in Central, East and South-East European Countries”. Poster sessions on BEPART were given by project coordinator Christoph Diensberg. The partcipiation has been quite encouraging for BEPART as the main messages and topics exactly reflected what BEPART is working on. And as David Kirby from Surrey pointed out: “Around the world, and not just in the UK, universities are being exhorted to contribute to the creation of entrepreneurial cultures. This is not unexpected in a modern, knowledge-based economy.” |
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