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UPthEM – Upskilling Pathways for Employability
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Various researches and authors agree that the key competences needed to be an
entrepreneur depend on the economic and social context in which the person moves. They
also highlight the fact that entrepreneurial skills are closely linked to transversal skills.

Increasingly, the range of entrepreneurial skills is expanding as a result of the social and
cultural scenario in which we are living. However, international bodies have proposed
"consensus frameworks" for identifying entrepreneurial skills. In 2016, the European
Commission has developed the EntreComp reference framework, the European Framework
of Competence for Entrepreneurship, which defines 3 major competence areas related to
entrepreneurial skills:

Competencies in
the area of ideas Competencies in the Competencies in the
area of resources
area of taking action
and opportunities

Within these three key competencies we have a number of subcompetencies that are necessary
for entrepreneurship.

• Selfawareness
• Identification of opportunities • Motivation and perseverance
.
• Creativity • Mobilizing resources
• Vision • Financial and economic literacy

• Evaluation of ideas • Mobilizing others

• Ethical and sustainable thinking

Area of
ideas and Area of
opportun resources
ities

Area of taking action

• Taking the initiative
• Planning and management
• Working with others
• Coping with uncertainty, ambiguity and risk
• Learning through experience

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