{"id":279890,"date":"2025-11-10T10:24:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T09:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/news\/il-contamination-lab-delluniversita-di-pisa-entra-tra-le-best-practice-europee-per-leducazione-allimprenditoria\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T14:43:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T13:43:41","slug":"the-contamination-lab-at-the-university-of-pisa-has-been-recognised-as-one-of-the-best-practices-in-europe-for-entrepreneurship-education","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/en\/news\/the-contamination-lab-at-the-university-of-pisa-has-been-recognised-as-one-of-the-best-practices-in-europe-for-entrepreneurship-education\/","title":{"rendered":"The Contamination Lab at the University of Pisa has been recognised as one of the best practices in Europe for entrepreneurship education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/contaminationlab.unipi.it\/\">Contamination Lab<\/a> of the University of Pisa has officially entered the European map of best practices in university-level entrepreneurship education. The CLab has been cited as an <strong>example of good practice in the new European Commission report <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/op.europa.eu\/en\/publication-detail\/-\/publication\/f5dcff17-bac5-11f0-b37f-01aa75ed71a1\/language-en\">\u201cEntrepreneurial Skills and Mindsets in Education\u201d<\/a>, which showcases the most effective models adopted by universities and institutions to foster entrepreneurial skills within educational pathways.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-279829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/clab_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/clab_2.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/clab_2-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/clab_2-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/clab_2-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/clab_2-1536x1071.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Produced within the <strong>Community for Educational Innovation <\/strong>(CEI), the report analyses trends, success stories and recommendations to make entrepreneurship a structural component of European education systems. The Pisa experience of the Contamination Lab is among the selected cases from across Europe, recognised for its ability to bring together different disciplines, promote collaboration with the local area, and offer experiential learning opportunities to students from all academic backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince its inception, the Contamination Lab has been a laboratory of ideas and relationships \u2014 a valuable asset for the University of Pisa and for the local community \u2014 where contamination means openness, collaboration and innovation,\u201d says <strong>Alessio Cavicchi<\/strong>, Director of the CLab and Rector\u2019s Delegate for the Promotion of Entrepreneurial Culture and Social Innovation. \u201cOver the past three years, with the support of externally funded projects, we have consolidated an ecosystem that places students and researchers at its centre, fostering dialogue with local communities and international networks, and promoting growth, experimentation and internationalisation. I would like to thank everyone who has worked and continues to work with the CLab, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circle-u.eu\/\">Circle U.<\/a> Alliance and the <a href=\"https:\/\/startforfuture.eu\/\">Start For Future<\/a> project: their expertise and commitment have been crucial in creating real opportunities, such as international mobility grants, which enable teams to develop innovative solutions at partner universities\u2019 centres of excellence. The European Commission now recognises these kinds of initiatives and values as good practice, alongside other significant experiences at the European level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-279805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/immagine4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/immagine4.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/immagine4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/immagine4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/immagine4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/immagine4-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The report highlights the importance of international university networks, such as those developed by the University of Pisa within the European Alliance Circle U., and pays attention to European initiatives aimed at reducing the gender gap in access to entrepreneurship. In this context, the University\u2019s collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/netval.it\/\">Netval<\/a> is crucial in strengthening women\u2019s participation in innovation and business creation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-279831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/clab_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/clab_3.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/clab_3-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/clab_3-1024x676.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/clab_3-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/clab_3-1536x1015.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the heart of the publication lies the idea that entrepreneurship is a cross-cutting competence, not limited to the creation of new businesses. Being entrepreneurial involves developing creativity, critical thinking, resilience, and the ability to turn ideas into solutions and generate a positive impact on society \u2014 a mission that the Contamination Lab of Pisa has been pursuing for years, helping to train new generations of innovators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pisa-based initiative is featured as one of the most innovative models in the EU report \u201cEntrepreneurial Skills and Mindsets in Education\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":279806,"menu_order":4,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"tag-notizie-persone":[],"tags_news":[1897,1226,2307],"categorie":[159],"class_list":["post-279890","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tags_news-contamination-lab-en","tags_news-innovation","tags_news-society","categorie-unipinews-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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