期刊名称：Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti Bulletin : Economic Sciences Series
印刷版ISSN：2284-8576
电子版ISSN：2247-8582
出版年度：2020
期号：1
页码：52-58
语种：English
出版社：Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti
摘要：This article approaches entrepreneurship education as an important tool for reducing youth unemployment.Entrepreneurship is considered to be the engine of the economic growth of a country, which contributes to the well-being of individuals.Therefore, European countries took measures to stimulate entrepreneurial thinking among young people.Young people do not need to be born with specific entrepreneurial skills in order to design and run a business.Entrepreneurship education supports young people to advance their business knowledge and entrepreneurial skills through different classes, courses and programmes.The entrepreneurial spirit can be a result of education or experience.In recent years, unemployment has been a phenomenon which has affected young Europeans.Entrepreneurship education is considered to be an instrument to reduce youth unemployment in European countries.Once they acquire business knowledge and entrepreneurial skills, the young people will manage to design new business opportunities for the development of the business environment.Young people are among the most affected by unemployment, which is why they are involved in different programmes in the field of entrepreneurship education.The research methodology includes an analysis of best practices in the field of entrepreneurship education in several European countries in order to highlight the importance of this concept.The results highlight the fact that entrepreneurship education is currently an important and effective tool for reducing the number of unemployed young people: creates new businesses and new jobs.
