Association “Education for Entrepreneurship” (Stowarzyszenie “Edukacja dla Przedsiębiorczości”- EDP) was officially registered on 8th September 2003 in Krakow on the initiative of more then 20 Polish universities interested in building a knowledge-based society. Its aim is to reinforce entrepreneurship development and the preparation of educational projects supported from European funds.
It presently consists of 24 members, Polish state and private-owned universities in order to execute the following key activities:
- Task force 1: Training for trainers in the area of Entrepreneurship
- Task force 2: Education of the unemployed
- Task force 3: Education of entrepreneurs
- Task force 4: Self-governments and their role in supporting Entrepreneurship
- Task force 5: Incubators and other structures for implementing Entrepreneurship
- Task force 6: Postgraduate education in the area of Entrepreneurship
- Task force 7: Consulting
The Association achieves the above tasks through:
- Preparation and implementation of the programs concerning skills improvement of the enterprises owners, stressing the European Integration issues,
- Arranging and introduction of entrepreneurship education, with the emphasis on small and medium sized enterprises,
- Fostering entrepreneurial activities in order to support the local development,
- Support of foreign technology and innovation transfer,
- Cooperation with similar foreign institutions,
- Assisting the creation of enterprise incubators, technologies transfer centers, technological parks and other forms of cooperation between universities and enterprises,
- Initiation and implementation of the research and consultative programs concerning entrepreneurship.