1. PROJECT BG051PO001-7.0.07-0028-C0001 Entrepreneurial Knowledge The project is implemented with the financial support of Operational Programme Human Resources Development co-financed by the European Social Fund of the European Union. Добър ден на всички Workshop, October 2014 Patrizia Bernardini, Head of NEID Dept., CPV Entrepreneurship Knowledge Project

2. PROJECT BG051PO001-7.0.07-0028-C0001 Entrepreneurial Knowledge The project is implemented with the financial support of Operational Programme Human Resources Development co-financed by the European Social Fund of the European Union. To help businesses by promoting the very latest techniques in work organisation and manufacturing. It seeks to achieve its objectives by training, informing and assisting in the adoption of new technologies and the creation of new businesses Established in 1952 with the Marshall Plan experiments. 1994  Foundation. Its founders and supporters include five Chambers of Commerce from the Veneto Region, the Council of the Province of Vicenza, the main Trade Associations and State and private bodies. Entrepreneurship Knowledge Project

3. PROJECT BG051PO001-7.0.07-0028-C0001 Entrepreneurial Knowledge The project is implemented with the financial support of Operational Programme Human Resources Development co-financed by the European Social Fund of the European Union.  Training courses and seminars  Study group activities (inter-firm exchange of best practices through workshops and company visits)  Information Services: New Enterprise Information Desk, Innovation Center, Corporate Social Responsibility desk  International Activities and EU Projects CPV’s main activities Entrepreneurship Knowledge Project

4. PROJECT BG051PO001-7.0.07-0028-C0001 Entrepreneurial Knowledge The project is implemented with the financial support of Operational Programme Human Resources Development co-financed by the European Social Fund of the European Union. INFORMATION  On bureaucratic procedures  On financing  On the market  On professional training GUIDANCE/COUNSELLING  Choosing the legal form  Self-assessment test  Introduction to the business plan TRAINING 1 day seminar “Start your own business” Training courses targeted at would-be entrepreneurs and new entrepreneurs Entrepreneurship Knowledge Project

5. Enterprises in Italy 6.039.837 HOW MANY COMPANIES? 45% of the new enterprises are individual companies

6. 6 2013 young people and women YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS (18- 35 years) About 700.000 in Italy WOMEN 8,6% 22,1% ENTREPRENEURIAL IDEA: people related service, commerce, tourism, agriculture They can transmit innovation and creativity ENTREPRENEURIAL IDEA : many issues related to the environment, the welfare of the people, to ethical issues Public and social services, healthcare, accommodation and catering, green economy, education activities They can transmit a feminine way of doing business

7. PROJECT BG051PO001-7.0.07-0028-C0001 Entrepreneurial Knowledge The project is implemented with the financial support of Operational Programme Human Resources Development co-financed by the European Social Fund of the European Union.. Entrepreneurship Knowledge Project  50% of companies falls within the first five years in Europe  Entrepreneurial education  Reduce the required time to create an enterprise, administrative simplification  Access to finance  Support would be entrepreneurs/new entrepreneurs with training, coaching, mentoring, networks with other SMEs 

8. YEAR 2013 in Vicenza : about 800 clients Identikit:  64% women  67% aged from 21- 40 years  53 % employed OUR CLIENTS

9. 26% bureaucratic procedures 18% source of funding 22% legal forms 22% legal forms 17% training REQUESTS

10. SECTORS 37 % COMMERCE 18 % HANDICRAFT 35 % SERVICES

11. PROJECT BG051PO001-7.0.07-0028-C0001 Entrepreneurial Knowledge The project is implemented with the financial support of Operational Programme Human Resources Development co-financed by the European Social Fund of the European Union. REGIONAL PROGRAMME FOR THE PROMOTION OF WOMEN AND YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN VENETO Entrepreneurship Knowledge Project

12. PROJECT BG051PO001-7.0.07-0028-C0001 Entrepreneurial Knowledge The project is implemented with the financial support of Operational Programme Human Resources Development co-financed by the European Social Fund of the European Union.  Promote the women and juvenile entrepreneurship in Veneto through a network of public and private organisations.  To consolidate women’s and junior’s business by promoting the business start up, the growth and the development of it with training sessions. Entrepreneurship Knowledge Project

13. PROJECT BG051PO001-7.0.07-0028-C0001 Entrepreneurial Knowledge The project is implemented with the financial support of Operational Programme Human Resources Development co-financed by the European Social Fund of the European Union. A full week dedicated to women and youth entrepreneurships with workshops and free advice for would-be and new entrepreneurs in Veneto Region VICENZA 30.09.14 (Scuola d’Arte e Mestieri del CPV) PADOVA 1.10.14 (Gran Teatro Geox) BELLUNO 2.10.14 (Belluno Chamber of Commerce) ROVIGO 3.10.14 (Rovigo Chamber of Commerce) VENEZIA 7.10.14 (Hotel Novotel Mestre Venezia) VERONA 8.10.14 (Verona Chamber of Commerce) TREVISO 9.10.14 (Treviso Chamber of Commerce) Entrepreneurship Knowledge Project OPEN WEEK OF WOMEN AND YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN VENETO REGION

14. PROJECT BG051PO001-7.0.07-0028-C0001 Entrepreneurial Knowledge The project is implemented with the financial support of Operational Programme Human Resources Development co-financed by the European Social Fund of the European Union. Entrepreneurship Knowledge Project  accompany aspiring entrepreneurs at key stages of the business life, from his birth to his development (training for would be entrepreneurs, coaching and tutoring with new entrepreneurs)  offer the possibility of assessing the feasibility of the business idea through training and consultancy

15. 15 What does” doing business” mean? BRAINSTORMING have an idea create a job believe in a project innovate change know the market risk self- managment DOING BUSINESS ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

16. PROJECT BG051PO001-7.0.07-0028-C0001 Entrepreneurial Knowledge The project is implemented with the financial support of Operational Programme Human Resources Development co-financed by the European Social Fund of the European Union. Entrepreneurship Knowledge Project  TRAINING COURSE FOR POTENTIAL ENTREPRENERUS IN ITALY (October 2013)  TRAINING COURSE FOR NEW ENTREPRENERUS IN ITALY (January 2014)  WORKSHOP IN BULGARIA (February 2014)  TRAINING COURSE FOR BEF STAFF (March 2014)  BOOKLET “BUSINESS START UP”  INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR BUSINESS START UP (business idea evaluation test)  WORKSHOP IN BULGARIA (October 2014)

17. Workshop “HOW TO START A BUSINESS” Objectives To inform about the opportunities and challenges of a new business/self- employment. Topics Enterprise creation (statistical figures, numbers..), opportunities and difficulties of a new business, the entrepreneur’s role and skills, the business plan’s steps, from the idea to the business, regulations, questions from participants.

18. STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS: BUSINESS PLANNING’S LABORATORY Objectives To provide participants with a basic grounding in the business skills required to start and manage a small business To help the would be entrepreneurs to evaluate the feasibility of their business’s idea writing a business plan Topics Introduction to marketing and to market research, characteristics of a good Business Plan, legal aspects, sources of finance for start-up, promotion, introduction to costing and pricing, preparation of cashflow forecasts. How In room training (30-40 hours) and assistance on a one-to-one basis by business experts.

19. “COURSE FOR NEW ENTREPRENEURS (0-5 years)” Objectives - to analyze the difficulties of a start up during the first 5 years - to plan a shot-term strategy to make the company grow and to give a surplus value to the company Topics Business management, marketing and finance How In room training (21 hours) and assistance on a one-to-one basis by business experts.

20. PROJECT BG051PO001-7.0.07-0028-C0001 Entrepreneurial Knowledge The project is implemented with the financial support of Operational Programme Human Resources Development co-financed by the European Social Fund of the European Union. благодаря Fondazione Centro Produttività veneto – CPV Via E. Montale, 27 36100 Vicenza – IT Contact: Patrizia Bernardini E-mail: bernardini@cpv.org Website: www.cpv.org Entrepreneurship Knowledge Project