Abstract
1- Introduction
2- EntreCom framework
3- The Analysis
4- Conclusions
References
Abstract
Since 2014, when the entrepreneurship education became a strategic direction for the EU policies in education, the EU has been providing increasing support to national policymakers in education, to universities and schools, in order to improve their approaches in entrepreneurship education. In 2016, the EntreComp Framework was launched, being not only a landmark for the public authorities but also a tool for analyzing the entrepreneurial orientation of various curricula. This paper aims to make an analysis of the current curriculum for bachelor degree from a faculty, from the perspective of the EntreComp framework, through a comparative method. The intention is to point out the gap between what is already being taught and what should be taught regarding entrepreneurship as a transversal competence and to question the framework’s level that the faculty should aim for through its curriculum.
Introduction
During the last decades, research has proven that there is a strong, positive, relation, on one hand, between the development and the dynamics of the SMEs’ sector and the sustainability and competitiveness of the national, European and international economy (Keskin et al., 2010), and, on the other hand, between the entrepreneurial competencies of the business owners, manager and employees and the success of an SME (Tehseen and Ramayah, 2015). Following this relation, several policies were developed at EU level in the fields of SMEs and education, both in initial training and in long-life learning. Entrepreneurship is as an individual’s ability to turn ideas into action, to be innovative, to take the initiative, to take risks, to plan and manage projects with a view to achieving objectives. By definition, entrepreneurial competencies should be learnt by all the people, regardless of their current position in business or their professional prospects if they are still studying, as entrepreneurial competencies are crucial for the success of any kind of activity.