REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ERENET NETWORK Dr. Antal Szabó & Dr. Erić Dejan 20 May 2011 CUB

FOUNDATION 22 April 2005: Establishment of of ERENET Research and Development Partnership (ERENET RDP) by representatives of 12 universities from 6 countries at the CUB with participation of the Regional Adviser of Entrepreneurship and SMEs of the UNECE. ERENET is the acronym of EntREpreneuship NETwork.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORK OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES http://www.erenet.org

BASIC DECLARACION See on http://www.erenet.org/foundation_declaration.htm

THE AIMS OF ERENET (i) Creation of a network of professors, lecturers, scientists, experts from CEE to work together in order to create common Central European set of values, (ii) Exchange of university curriculum, lecturers and later students, (iii) Launching joint research projects (iv) Organizing workshops, seminars on entrepreneurship (v) Preparing joint Internet periodical.

LEGAL STATUS ERENET is an open-ended research and development network based on partnership relation among its Members. ERENET has no deed of foundation in form of international contract. It is an unregistered contract type organization. The Members based on suvereign decision participate in specific projects, support each other's events, and contribute with their scientific research results, publications to common intellectual capital. This is an indispensable condition of valid membership.

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC INTEREST GROUPING Due to our legal status not being a legal entity, ERENET directly could not participate in any project launched by the European Commission. We could participate only in cooperation with institutions/universities/authorities of our members. It is a time to think how to transfer our prestigious and valuable network into a legal entity, e.g. Into a European Economic Interest Grouping - EEIG - based on the Council Regulation No 2137/85 of 25 July 1985.

MEMBERSHIP҆S STATISTICS http://www.erenet.org/members/members.htm Year Number of members Number of countries 2006 36 16 2007 55 23 2008 90 29 2009 123 34 2010-2011 166 41

CEE SET OF VALUES "Hungary and Poland are two eternal oak, which are grown in a separate tribe, but the roots run far underground, invisibly linked and intertwined. Therefore, one is the existence and strength of the other life and health condition." . WE ARE INTERDEPENDENT. WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IF WE COOPERATE WITH EACH OTHERS. Stanislaw Worcell 1849

(BELGRADE) is the SEE HEADQUARTERS for ERENET. In addition to CUB, from December 2008, the INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES (BELGRADE) is the SEE HEADQUARTERS for ERENET. Cognoscere est mutare = To know is to change

MAIN ACTIVITIES SINCE THE 4th ANNUAL MEETING development of national SME policies entrepreneurial education study of the impact of the economic crises on the SME sector family, youth and women entrepreneurship publication in ERENET PROFILE projects cooperation with international organizations

DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL SME POLICIES ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SME POLICY DEVELOPMENT IN THE BSEC REGION IN THE TIME OF EMERGING FROM THE ECONOMIC CRISES 12 COUNTY STUDIES AND WORKSHOP IN JULY 2011 IN ISTANBUL WORKSHOP ON "THE HUNGARIAN SME POLICY - EVALUATION AND POSSIBLE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT" – GYŐR 2010 GYŐR DECLARATION ON SMEs

ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION Project on “Researcher Regarding Harmonization of Entrepreneurial Education of Romanian Universities with the EU and Eastern European Universities (EDARO)” Project on "European Entrepreneurship Education" ERASMUS-ECDM

Harmonized teaching materials 1. Sustainable Development and Business Opportunities 2. Entrepreneurial Creativity and Innovation Management 3. Entrepreneurship 4. Business Planning 5. Small Business Administration and 6. English for Business.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION - Problems - Thinkings Antal Szabó - Raqib Quliev - Tural Quliev Publishing House: NURLAR 2011, Baku

IMPACT OF THE ECONOMIC CRISES ON SMEs RENT PRE-CONFERENCE on "ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN TIME OF CRISES" – BUDAPEST – November 2009 THE REACTION AND PROTECTION MECHANISMS OF SMALL BUSINESSES AGAINST THE STRESS-FACTORS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS IN SOME COUNTRIES OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN REGION Support the BSEC-KAS Workshop on SMEs in the era of global economic crises – TIRANA – April 2010

FAMILY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP & GROWTH OF FAMILY FIRMS – CRACOW – 4-5 June 2009

INTERNET BASED QUARTERLY PUBLICATION See at www.erenet.org ISSN IDENTIFICATION: 1789-624X Daily between 25-30 hits. In 2010 over 100thousand hits

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION EUROPEAN SMALL-BUSINESS ALLIANCE (ESBA) PERMANENT INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY OF THE ORGANIZATION OF BSEC KONRAD ADENAUER FOUNDATION (KAS)

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