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Entrepreneurial thinking and action as a key competence for more innovation, knowledge-based start-ups and employability
In the second half of 2019, the Department of Entrepreneurship Education at the University of Kassel launched the PACE project (la pensée et l'action entrepreneuriales ont le but d'augmenter la capacité des emplois) together with the Research Center for Entrepreneurial Thought and Action (Fludh) and the Universities of Tunis El Manar and Sousse.
The aim of the project is to increase the employability of graduates and to increase the number of knowledge-based start-ups at the Tunisian partner universities of Sousse and Tunis El Manar. The comprehensive strengthening of entrepreneurial thinking and action as a key competence at universities leads as a reform process to an orientation towards the needs of the labor market, increases the employability of students and strengthens the overall sustainable development of the respective university location.
Project goals/sub-projects:
| 1. a university-wide strategy to promote entrepreneurial thinking and action at the two partner universities in Sousse and Tunis El Manar |
| 2. the development and expansion of the teaching and learning skills of university teachers through a training of trainers for entrepreneurial thinking and action at the two partner universities |
| 3. the promotion of entrepreneurial thinking and action as a key qualification in teaching at the two partner universities |
| 4. the development and expansion of university start-up advice and support at the two partner universities |
| 5. the development of a format for a university ideas competition and, if necessary, across universities |
Activities:
Design Thinking course
The first web-based design thinking course took place in the week from November 16 to 20. More are to follow in early 2021.
Innovative Learning Labs (ILL)
The ILLs have been set up at both Tunisian universities. They are due to go into operation in 2021.
Second workshop in Kassel | Project coordinators from Tunisia visit
A meeting to concretize the goals and steps for anchoring entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education at the universities of Tunis El Manar and Sousse took place from 16 to 20 December 2019 at the University of Kassel and the Science Park Kassel.
At the coordination meeting with Prof. Dr. Brigitte Halbfas (Department of Entrepreneurship Education at the Universityof Kassel), Christian Martin (Research Center for Entrepreneurial Thinking and Action), Prof. Hamid Amiri (University of Tunis El Manar) and Mehdi Haddada (University of Sousse), a detailed plan for the next 15 months was drawn up and, in particular, measures for the broad involvement of university members of the two partner universities in the project were developed.
Planning workshop
From September 9-14, 2019, a planning workshop was held in the Science Park at the University of Kassel, where the guests from the two Tunisian universities worked intensively on the plan to integrate and adapt the strategies and measures.
In addition to the work in the workshop, the Tunisian guests were also offered a cultural supporting program with a visit to the Bergpark and the city museum, which met with a lot of positive feedback. The next step is now to refine the planning at the respective universities in coordination with the project team in Kassel and to begin the first measures.