Eastern Partnership countries aimed at developing relations in entrepreneurial learning

The EU’s Eastern Partner countries have signed up to a policy cooperation framework, defined by the Small Business Act for Europe (SBA), which focuses on entrepreneurial learning and improved skills for small businesses, ENPI Info Center reported.

According to a press release from the European Training Foundation (ETF), representatives from the economic and education ministries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine agreed to a first set of indicators to be used in a policy assessment beginning in May 2011.

The indicators cover issues such as partnership building for lifelong entrepreneurial learning, good practice exchange and baseline intelligence on enterprise skills requirements.

The ETF’s policy support work in the area of entrepreneurial learning and enterprise skills in the Eastern Partnership region builds on a similar effort developed in the EU pre-accession and Southern Neighborhood regions.

The European Training Foundation is an agency of the European Union established to contribute to the development of the education and training systems of the EU partner countries. With an annual budget of ˆ18 million, its mission is to help transition and developing countries to harness the potential of their human capital through the reform of education, training and labour market systems in the context of the EU's external relations policy.


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