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OPPE, THE FRENCH GOOD PRACTICE TO PROMOTEENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRITCatherine Léger-Jarniou, Paris Dauphine University, FranceThe OPPE – Observatory of Pedagogical Practices in Entrepreneurship has been created in March 2001. The steeringcommittee is composed by ministries of research, education, industry and SME, APCE, « Académie de l’entrepreneuriat», representatives from universities & schools and the DIESE Association. A large contribution of professors specialisedin entrepreneurship as « experts » is a tradition since the beginning.Missions Promote the entrepreneurial spirit in education Offer a data base of all education actions in entrepreneurship in secondary and higher education (universities,engineering and management schools)Realisations1. On-line data base, daily Letter from APCE, Annual OPPE Conference in order to develop and initiate exchangesbetween professors, institutions and support structures for start-up. (Networking with Free, Belgium andOFQJ,Québec).2. Inventory of all entrepreneurship actions in France using an on-line questionnaire (www.entrepreneuriat.net):197 in higher education84 in secondary degree14 “collective actions”1 “Maison de l’entrepreneuriat”3. Research and analysis: 220 academic references are available on the website plus 8 specific reports concerningactions by type of institution and 4 specific research on students’ entrepreneurial intentionFuture realisations1. Increase the promotion of the « learning tools » for professors in secondary and higher education. For this purposea national contest was launched in June 2006 and results will announced during the OPPE annualConference in December 20062. Updating and extension of the inventory3. New inventory of students’ reports and works4. Daily promotion of the OPPE’s activities (APCE daily)5. More academic references to be available on the website6. More interviews of professors, students to be available on the websiteKey factors Real willingness of the pioneers Small team with support of involved ministries Networking Involvement of an entrepreneurship specialist at APCE Involvement of professors in entrepreneurship as “experts”59Entrepreneurship Education in Europe: Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindsets through Education and Learning