Representatives of BSC Bar together with their project partner Municipality of Bar and Incubator “Inventivnost” from Podgorica attended the Entrepreneurship development Conference held in Rotterdam, Netherlands. This Conference was organized by Holland NGO SPARK, IN Holland University and Triodos Facet consulting house.  The goal of the Conference was to critically analyze entrepreneurship education and business creation programs and to find new linkages and opportunities in the light of entrepreneurship development.

ED Conference was attended by more than 150 individuals from over 20 nations across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Keynote speakers were representatives of Holland and UK universities, directors of consulting houses and networks dealing with entrepreneurship, and recognized entrepreneurs. Program of the Conference was very interactive and consisted of presentations, 9 interactive workshops and 3 simultaneous games. Some of the topics covered were: Innovative methods and solutions for supporting start-ups and business creation, Business Incubators, Maximizing the impact of entrepreneurship development for job creation, Role and impact of networks etc.

Second day of the Conference was reserved for visiting Creative factory, one of the largest incubators in Rotterdam, where we attended the presentation by Chamber of commerce of Rotterdam and the Municipality of Rotterdam and their programs for enforcing entrepreneurship and supporting entrepreneurs in opening and developing their businesses, and how much those programs contributed to the development of the city of Rotterdam.