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LEARNING FROM GOOD PRACTICES, CONCRETE EXAMPLESOF IMPLEMENTING THE COMMISSION COMMUNICATIONRECOMMENDATIONAdopting a comprehensive strategy for entrepreneurship educationNORWEGIAN STRATEGY PLAN FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN EDUCATIONInger Karin Røe Ødegård, Adviser, Directorate for Primary and Secondary Education, Norway.The Norwegian strategy for Entrepreneurship in Education “See opportunities and make them work” 2004-2008, wasrecently revised. The Strategy has been prepared in collaboration by three Ministries: Ministry of Research andEducation, Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development and Ministry of Trade and Industry. TheNorwegian Government has submitted the revised strategy and spoken this vision:Entrepreneurship in the education system shall renew education and create quality and multiplicityin order to foster creativity and innovation.A strategy for entrepreneurship in education is a strategy to strengthen the individual’s ability to see and exploitopportunities in an economic, social and cultural context. Thus, the way will be paved for future entrepreneurship,innovation and reorientation throughout Norway.The educational system has a role to play in stimulating attitudes and behavior that promote the capacity for collaboration,creativity and innovation in children and young people. This must take place through long-term work withsatisfactory progression. The young must be allowed to believe in their own creative powers and the ability to seeand utilize local resources as a basis for creating values, developing workplaces and taking responsibility in theirlocal community.The purpose of the strategy is to profile entrepreneurship as an educational objective and training strategy. The wishis to motivate and inspire educational institutions, municipalities and county municipalities to plan and firmly establishtraining in entrepreneurship in collaboration with trade and industry and other relevant players in the local environment.The target group for the strategy is primarily those who are responsible for education at all levels of the educationalsystem. Various players who support entrepreneurship in their sectors, in this strategy will find a comprehensive planand overview of the work. The responsibility for implementation of the strategy plan for entrepreneurship in educationlies with owners of the educational institutions. The responsibility for coordination lies with the Directorate forEducation and Training and the Ministry of Education and Research.Entrepreneurship in education has a broad definition which includes economic, social and cultural factors. The definitionused in the Norwegian Strategy rests on the definition submitted by EU`s Expert Group in 2002.“Entrepreneurship is a dynamic and social process where individuals, alone or in collaboration, identify opportunitiesfor innovation and act upon these by transforming ideas into practical and targeted activities, whether in a social,cultural or economic context.”Entrepreneurship in education includes development both of personal qualities and attitudes and of formal knowledgeand skills, together these two main elements will give pupils/students competence in entrepreneurship.20Entrepreneurship Education in Europe: Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindsets through Education and Learning