EntreComp and GreenComp for Entrepreneurship. What is the ‘Real’ Relationship?

Abstract

This paper seeks to explore the relationship between two educational frameworks: EntreComp, the European entrepreneurship competency framework (Bacigalupo et al., 2016) and GreenComp, the European sustainability competency framework (Bianchi et al., 2022). At first sight the relationship is just a matter of competency addressing entrepreneurship and sustainability respectively. Thus, a simple comparison between the two lists of competences would reveal two similar but different competency lists, perhaps aimed at different audiences? The reality though, we posit, is that there is an underlying conceptual emphasis on responsibility which is yet to be fully explored. This paper provides the above comparison but then explores this conceptual underpinning in the light of what we term Responsible Entrepreneurship Education.

The role of higher education institutions (HEIs) in educating future leaders with social impact contributing to the sustainable development goals

“…The systems perspective similarly is developed in the being and doing dimensions, as students gained a sense of interconnectedness with others around them and learnt how to engage stakeholders; conversely, the thinking side of system theory is partly developed through knowledge of the SDGs, but not holistically in conjunction with prior education, as students mentioned they are not aware of the SDGs prior to joining Enactus. In summary, this confirms that while participating in Enactus, students did not acquire a sustainability mindset, they were given the opportunity to develop one (Moon et al , 2019). A sustainability mindset is a set of knowledge, values and competencies that should be developed holistically, with Enactus capable of providing for the being and doing dimensions of it, but in unison with HEIs that should provide for the thinking dimensions of the sustainability mindset framework’s dimensions.…”

“…The research further contributes to education for sustainable development literature by showing how the sustainability mindset framework is a theoretical tool useful to evaluate the education of future leaders aligned with the SDGs (Moon et al, 2019). The study highlighted that it is through a holistic type of education that students can grasp the knowledge necessary to understand the SDGs, but more than anything it is through an experiential and real-world action like Enactus that they develop an aspiration to create social impact; this can be truly formed when a student develops values and competency around sustainability.…”

“…To evaluate the transformative power of a learning intervention focused on sustainability, recent studies of social enterprise education evaluate the developed sense of self-efficacy and the intention of students in opening a social enterprise in the future, after participating in a specific programme (Hockerts et al , 2018; Bazan et al , 2020). Another approach explored is the evaluation of increased intention to be a future changemaker through the development of an ecological or social mindset, which is conceptualised in terms of compassion, empathy and connectedness with the SDGs (Moon, et al , 2019). Fairfield (2018) stated that an individual with a sustainability mindset is more conscious than the average person of the potential negative environmental effects of many types of reckless behaviour.…”

Greater than the Sum of Its Parts: Combining Entrepreneurial and Sustainable Competencies in Entrepreneurship Education

“…Moreover, a thorough comparison of both is still missing. Moon and colleagues attempt to compare the two frameworks, but without clear methodology or results [42]. In their article, which develops a self-assessment tool for EntreComp, López-Núñez et al mention in the conclusion that EntreComp and GreenComp could be combined without further investigating the commonalities [43].…”

Key leaders' sustainable decision making: The roles of key leaders' sustainability mindset

“…Second, Being relates to the being side of human, specifically regarding spirituality. From the spirituality perspective, a sustainability mindset can be formed based on the values of empathy, compassion and connectedness to nature (Moon et al, 2019; Rimanoczy, 2017). Third, Doing means enhancing the ability to make sustainable decisions.…”