Download the ideas for mainstreaming here.

With funding from the Local Innovation Award, achieved by Tameside in 2010, the pilot will allow 30 young people the chance of starting a business in the summer holidays with coaching from local business people. The Summer Entrepreneur programme has been a huge success in Sweden and the programme has already been successfully transferred to the region of Flevoland in the Netherlands.

Tameside MBC hopes to become the UK agent for the Summer Entrepreneur programme in the UK and will encourage other Councils and organisations to consider setting up the programme in their areas.

Apart from the good practice descrition, the catalogue also contains a judgement on the transferability of the practices.

The practices are now available here:  Mini Europe good practice catalogue update May 2011

Moderator: Sudhir Seyboth

THE AGENDA

“From static to open systems for innovations” – Introduction and short presentation with examples from new methods to boost innovations and commercial results

9.30

“Open system in practice -a greenhouse for development”

Lars Malmbom ALMI Mid Sweden, project leader innovation

“Packaging Mid Sweden’s components for the creation of an innovative environment”

Robert Nordin/Magnus Viström, Åkroken Science Park, Project Management

10.00  Brainstorming and Round Table discussions in mixed groups from MiniEurope countries: How to build creative areas and designing innovative projects and effective meetings between entrepreneurs, small and large enterprises and institutions.

11.30 Presentations of Round Table discussions

12.00 Lunch

“Design – a powerful tool for development” – Introduction and short presentation with examples how design can be used to create development

13.00

“Summer Design Office – an innovative way to create new business”

Christer Ericson, Swedish Industrial Design Foundation, Process Leader

“Design in Community development”

Claes Frössen, Swedish Industrial Design Foundation, Process Leader

13.30

Brain storming and Round Table discussions in mixed groups from Mini Europe countries: How to use design to create new products, methods and services in industry and community functions

14.30 Coffee

15.00 Presentations of Round Table discussions

16.00 General conclusions and next step

16.30 End of workshop

For more information:

Roland Zetterberg

ALMI Företagspartner Mitt AB

e-mail: roland.zetterberg@almi.se

www.mitt.almi.se

It all started within the framework of a local and regional project in the County of Vasternorrland addressing young people and their potential entrepreneurial future. Within the framework of this project “Open for Business”( OFB) a number of programmes and activities were developed and launched for enhancement of entrepreneurial attitudes among students and young people up to 30.

In collaboration with 3 OFB municipalities 50 young students created their own summer jobs as micro entrepreneurs 2002-2005. The programme today runs in more than 40 municipalities with 600-700 participants yearly.

It’s based on a well developed methodology and a unique approach to entrepreneurship with its origin from the cooperation between Centre for Entrepreneurship, Education and Development, Nova Scotia, Canada and the County of Vasternorrland, Sweden.

The students are selected via our database which every year consists of at least 350 students from all over the world (mostly Swedes). Depending of the type of company and the brief we select students from that perspective.
Every office has a project manager and a supervisor. The project manager starts his work in February/march by planning the project, finance discussions, looking for companies. In the middle of may the students get their information whether they will be offered an office or not. The office generally starts around June 8 and runs for 3 weeks, after that 4 weeks off and it starts again late July and lasts for another 4 weeks. Final presentation around aug.20. The first week is a get together week for the student team, supervisor, and manager. They will also visit all the companies and get their brief. Then the work starts and the student team 2-3 persons/company depends on what skill is needed. The design superwiser will set the scheme and see that they will follow and deliver reports/results from their agreement with the companies. At the end there is a final presentation where public and media also are invited among with the companies. A couple of days before that occasion every company have their private presentation with the supervisor and the students.