Norwegian national policy brief

This policy brief focusses on the insights gained during the Norwegian international conferences held in Sandefjord on March 9th, 2023, under the umbrella of the EU Erasmus+ KA3 project SIATE.
The SIATE conference in Sandefjord, Norway presented 14 national stakeholders representing both the public and private sectors. The conference was divided into two themes. The first theme, “Policies and programs promoting inclusion through entrepreneurship,” focused on official Norwegian support programs for the unemployed who want to start their own businesses while retaining public benefits, as well as different methodologies in the work with support for entrepreneurial training. The second theme, “Different models for promoting social inclusion,” presented best practices and valuable experiences from different stakeholders working with entrepreneurial training for various target groups, such as migrants, students, women, people with disabilities, and elderly individuals. The Norwegian conference engaged 120 individual participants from 10 different European countries.