A pilot concept for researchers in a public research centre. Entrepreneurship training at the Joint Research Centres of the European Commission

Summary form only given. In the framework of the “European Technology Transfer Initiative”, the JRC of the European Commission is developing a coherent set of activities to foster technology transfer. The activities primarily aim to promote the creation of spin-offs through: training, access to capital, consulting and networking. Progress on these pilot actions is reported, and the initial results of the training programme in entrepreneurship are presented. Preliminary results of the training programme in 2000 are presented