Since it was founded in 1987, EFER has played an active role in promoting entrepreneurship across Europe by sharing best practices, generating support for European entrepreneurship case studies, conducting research on entrepreneurship, training faculty across Europe and influencing policy through numerous presentations and meetings.

EFER works closely with an extensive network of schools and professors from across Europe and around the world, from technical universities to business schools, bringing together the latest information on best practices in entrepreneurship education. EFER also works with networks of entrepreneurs and other practitioners.

Activities

• Conduct and support entrepreneurship training programmes for European faculty
• Support exchange of faculty between countries
• Facilitate the sharing of good practice and networks between faculty across Europe
• Build and strengthen faculty networks and collaboration
• Support the development of European entrepreneurship cases and course materials
• Encourage interaction between academics teaching entrepreneurship and the “real world” entrepreneurs and practitioners

EFER Track Record of Success

• 456 professors from 183 institutions in 43 European countries have been trained in entrepreneurship at EFER's successful "Teach-the-Teachers" programme in Cambridge 2001, the HBS Harvard Business School EECPCL programme 2005-2008 and the EEC 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012
• 24 professors have participated for cross border teaching and research through EFER Bologna Faculty Exchange Programme since the programme started in the fall 2007
• 8 EFER Faculty Network Roundtable Meetings have been successfully held in Aachen, Barcelona, Frankfurt, Oslo, Ljubljana, Gent, St Petersburg and St Gallen
• 50 European case studies have been supported