The Edward de Bono Institute for the Design and Development of Thinking at the University of Malta launched a new publication entitled Best Practices in Teaching Entrepreneurship and Creating Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Europe during a dissemination meeting at the Grand Hotel Excelsior, Floriana.

This was an opportunity for attendees, most of whom are local key players in the promotion of entrepreneurship, to learn more about initiatives aimed at fostering entrepreneurship at different levels in Malta and overseas.

The publication was developed as part of an international project funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ programme and is the result of a collaborative effort by four partners from Poland, the UK and Malta, namely Global Entrepreneurship Week Foundation Poland, Youth Business Poland, British NGO Peace Child International and the University’s Edward de Bono Institute.

The project was a response to the low levels of entrepreneurship and high levels of unemployment and under-employment among young people in many parts of Europe.

The publication is available in Polish, English, German, Italian, Spanish and French.

It features four parts: part one provides the social, economic, historic and legal background of the three participating countries; part 2 presents examples of partnerships between the government, private and non-governmental sectors and discusses the challenges being faced in this regard; part 3 showcases tools and methods of teaching entrepreneurship in formal and non-formal education; and part 4 provides recommendations on potential further actions in the field of entrepreneurship education and the creation of positive entrepreneurial ecosystems.