Do Entrepreneurs need support? The myths and merits of entrepreneurship education and business creation.

On 29 & 30 October the successful international Entrepreneurship Development Conference took place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Over 170 participants attended the conference, representing more than 20 nations across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Triodos Facet initiated the eD2009 Conference together with Spark and InHolland, since we believe that much is to be learnt from entrepreneurship development programmes in all parts of the world. Whether these are conducted in developing, transitional or developed countries; it is the entrepreneur who is challenged daily.

Goal of the conference was to
1) share knowledge and experiences,
2) network, and
3) learn about new opportunities and possible solutions.

The programme had a diverse character and was held at different locations (InHolland Rotterdam and the Creative Factory; a creative business incubator) to stimulate participants to become entrepreneurial.

Follow-up:
• An in-depth report with the outcomes of the conference is drafted as we speak, and will be distributed amongst participants and peers who are interested.
• Key-note speeches are available in the eD2009 Library including. Klaas Molenaar his speech –Why we should learn to listen to each other’s music to compose easy listening among Enterprise Education Programmes.
• You can visit the eD2009 album to get an impression of the conference: http://picasaweb.google.com/ED2009pics?feat=email 
• We invite you to join our Entrepreneurship Development group on LinkedIN as to continue the discussion and keep connected with peers in the field of Entrepreneurship Development

Report:   ed2009 report [928.50 Kb]

Beatrice Moulianitaki
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Entrepreneurship Development Department
Triodos Facet  

Presentation Klaas Molenaar	The conference panel