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International conference Towards Entrepreneurial Skillship: the role of higher education and business cooperation in a global era will take place on June 7th, 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. The conference will be an opportunity to learn more about the project results and main conclusions on how to intensify university-business cooperation and increase student employability.

Thematic University-Business Forum was hosted in Donostia-San Sebastian (Spain) on October 18-19, 2016. Representatives from project #europehome and #empl-oi took part in the Forum to contribute to the discussions about university-business cooperation, share best practices and innovative cooperation models as well as discuss possibilities to expand them further.

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Towards Entrepreneurial Skillships (TES) Conference taking place on 16-17th November in Lodz, Poland.

The conference will bring together European Higher Education representatives and labour market experts to explore and discuss opportunities and innovative methods to foster university cooperation with business partners.

Participants will have an opportunity to attend plenary sessions, workshops and a poster session focused on:

The first international conference Towards Entrepreneurial Skillships (TES) organized by the project #europehome consortium will be hosted by the Lodz University of Technology in autumn, 2016.

Ongoing changes in the labor market and available statistics about high unemployment rates of young people require concrete steps in order to address the challenges and increase employment prospects of young graduates. There is an increasing number of initiatives to equip young people with skills needed for launching their own business and establishing start-ups, however, transversal skills that are required in the labor market and can increase the competitiveness of young employees, should not remain neglected.