EUROPAPRENEURPartners:Opeko, AKOL& The Federation of Finnish Enterprises from Finland Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association Ltd Ireland DBO Belgium Scalconsult – Consultores, Lda Portugal Instituto de Formación y Estudios Sociales – IFES, SpainCENTRE RECURSOS D’INICIATIVES I AUTOCUPACIÓ SL, Spain SVGB kennis- en opleidingencentrum, Holland; Center Republike Slovenije za poklicno izobraževanje Slovania;FRAREG s.r.l. Italy (until 31 March 2010)The objective of the project is to transfer the elements of the innovative entrepreneur diploma - national competence based qualifications for entrepreneurs developed in Finland to European partner countries and to develop entrepreneurship training (training of nascent entrepreneurs) in Finland further through the impulse from the partner countries. The final objective is the creation of a common European diploma. The project team integrates expertise and experience in fields of training, e-learning, management and legal consulting, curriculum development, and vocational training. The mix between SMEs, training institutes, public bodies and departments of ministries of education/VET, e-learning experts, consulting companies and end-users will produce results, which employ theoretical and entrepreneurial approaches as well as practical experiences. The main products* survey on the situation in the partner countries concerning systems of competence-based qualifications and needs for the European competence based entrepreneur qualifications – entrepreneur diploma (EUROPAPRENEUR diploma)* design of the competence-based qualifications for the European entrepreneurs with testing situations and contexts* design of a training course for achieving the qualification* learning platform for entrepreneurship and further training * piloting results of the programme (training course and the qualification for the entrepreneurs)* design of a multipliers’ guide for future users of the project resultsThe national and international “cascade effect” anticipated as a result after the project life-time will focus on trainers and educators; local, regional, and national education authorities and policy makers; associations and networks; conference and seminar participants and arrangers, policy papers and studies to be written, the development of new curricula and methodologies for vocational education, particularly in the validation of informal and non-formal learning. Finally, the new European competence-based qualification for entrepreneurs will be widely disseminated and exploited by both education institutes and labour market.