Student Transnational Entrepreneurship Program
This project of inclusive growth is at the heart of the Europe 2020 strategy and aims to strengthen entrepreneurial culture by supporting student entrepreneurship in the blue and green growth priority sectors of the transnational FR-IT area. The general objective of the STEP project is to provide entrepreneurial skills to students so that they are better prepared to enter the labour market, promote new business opportunities in the field of blue and green growth and support higher student mobility in the transnational area. STEP’s actions should improve the employability of young people and their access to the labour market. There are three key objectives. The first will make students aware of entrepreneurship and the identification of good cross-border practices. The second will promote the development of entrepreneurial skills for students with a business creation training and action course. The third will promote transnational mobility and professional opportunities for student entrepreneurs by creating a "STEP" resource centre cross-border pilot network in universities and their entrepreneurial ecosystems. This project will support the professional vocations of students and young graduates, by providing them with entrepreneurship training and increasing their awareness of transnational opportunities in the blue and green growth priority sectors. The project will promote the exchange of knowledge and transnational mobility in two ways. One will be the organisation of a cross-border competitive exam where young people who took the training and action course will have the opportunity to submit their projects. The other will be the creation of a network of cross-border mobility support structures specially adapted to student entrepreneurs.