ERASMUS PER GIOVANIIMPRENDITORI

Bollenti Spiriti

PrincipiAttivi Camp

Bari – Fiera del Levante

9 Mag 09

Concept

• New entrepreneurs travel to an experienced entrepreneur

in another EU country and work with him/her for 1 to 6

months

• The matching of the new entrepreneurs with the host

entrepreneurs is carried out with the help of the

intermediary organisations

• The objective is to help new entrepreneurs to acquire

relevant skills for running and developing an SME, taking

full advantages of opportunities provided by the internal

market

Main Actors

Beneficiaries

• New Entrepreneurs (NE)

• Host Entrepreneurs (HE)

Facilitators

• Intermediary Organisations (IOs)

• Support Office

• European Commission

How does it work?

• STEP 1: Application

• STEP 2: Matching

• STEP 3: Contracting and preparation

• STEP 4: Stay abroad

IO

STEP 1: Online application

• Application from NE

• Application checked by

IO

• HE states interest to

participate

• File is checked by IONE

HE

www.erasmus-entrepreneurs.eu

IO

CV in Europass format

• Personal information

• Work experience

• Education and Training

• Professional skills and

competence

• Other information

• Attachments

Dowload at:http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu

Summary of Business Plan

• The idea

• The market

• Service or product

description

• The company

• Summary of financial

situation

NE

IO

STEP 2: Matching

• Matching of NE and HE

with the help of the 2

IOs

STEP 3: Contracting and

preparation

• HE, NE and IOs

establish agreements

• NE does pre-departure

induction

• NE receives a grant

HE

IO

NE

IO

HE

STEP 4: stay abroad

• Duration: 1-6 months

• On-site support

provided by the host IO

to the NE

• Reporting about the

exchangeIO

Benefits for the new entrepreneur

(Maria)

• Maria has gained:

– Valuable experience in running a business in a relevant field, of

potential pitfalls and how to avoid them

– Knowledge on access to finance, business management,

marketing, etc…allowing her to refine her business plan

• Maria has now international perspectives, opening her eyes to

possible opportunities beyond the domestic market and a

potential business partner

Benefits for the host

entrepreneur (Gert)

Günther has:

• developed a new potential business partnership

• benefited from the input of a motivated & creative

collaborator

• developed new perspectives and information on a new,

foreign market

• the possibility to network with other experienced host

entrepreneurs in other EU-member states

• the satisfaction of mentoring a potential new

entrepreneur

REMPART technical

implementation

INTRA

consortium

Nº of NEs

provided

N° of HEs

provided

Spain 6 7

ITC 0 3

FULP 3 2

FEULL 3 2

Italy 6 6

TECNOPOLIS 3 3

REGIONE

PUGLIA

3 3

Finland 5 5

ENSIMETRI 5 5

Bulgaria 6 5

BRCCI 6 5

Portugal 2 2

CEIM 2 2

Total 25 25

INTER

consortium

Nº of NEs

provided

Nª of HEs

provided

Spain 3 2

ITC 0 2

FULP 2 0

FEULL 1 0

Italy 3 2

TECNOPOLIS 2 1

REGIONE

PUGLIA

1 1

Finland 3 3

ENSIMETRI 3 3

Bulgaria 3 3

BRCCI 3 3

Portugal 1 1

CEIM 1 1

Total 13 11

Registration

Interested new and experienced

entrepreneurs shall apply for the

programme via the website:

www.erasmus-entrepreneurs.eu

(from 19.02.09 onwards)

870 stays abroad shall be organised in 2009-

2010 and registrations should be done by

December 2009

THANK YOU FOR YOUR

ATTENTION!

ContactRegione Puglia – Bollenti Spiriti

Massimo Avantaggiato m.avantaggiato@regione.puglia.it

Tecnopolis PST Scrl – Creazione d’Impresa

Gaetano Grasso – g.grasso@tno.it

www.erasmus-entrepreneurs.eu