Guidelines for entrepreneurship education

Entrepreneurship education is a much broader concept than entrepreneurship as a practice of trade. As a concept, it also encompasses training for entrepreneurship.

A publication by the Ministry of Culture and Education in Finland sets guidelines for entrepreneurship education.


Entrepreneurship education is a life-long process. According to publication its core components are an active individual with initiative, an entrepreneurial learning environment, education and training, and active and enterprise-promoting policy in society. Entrepreneurship education generates entrepreneurship at all levels of society and strengthens and creates business.

The guidelines were prepared in broad-based cooperation with different operators in the entrepreneurial community in Finland.

Read the summary and upload the publication on the web pages of the Ministry of Culture and Education.