Measuring impact The Innovation Cluster for Entrepreneurship Speci昀椀c preliminary 昀椀ndings from the ICEE Education (ICEE), funded by the European research indicate that schools must allow Commission (Erasmus+), is a 27-month 昀椀eld for ‘enough’ time for students to practice trial using mini-companies in 20 academic and entrepreneurship education and the JA Company vocational schools across 昀椀ve countries. Programme in particular. Results from the 昀椀eld trials demonstrate that students who spent \ 4 Ministries of Education (Estonia, Finland, more than 100 hours in the programme during Italy and Latvia) and Enterprise Flanders one school year have signi昀椀cantly higher scores (representing the Ministry in Flanders, in most areas of entrepreneurship education Belgium); (starting and running a company, perseverance, \ 3 research institutes (Eastern Norway communication, proactivity, problem-solving,…) Research Institute, The Foundation for compared to those in control groups or with lower Entrepreneurship - Young Enterprise activity. In addition, the research indicates that Denmark, Faculty of Economics in Osijek, J.J. even if students spend a lot of time in their mini- Strossmayer University); company, no negative consequences regarding \ 5 national JA organisations (in Belgium, their learning in other subjects was observed. Finland, Italy, Estonia, and Latvia). Ô Learn more: www.icee-eu.eu Objective: analyse the learning outcomes among participating students, the role of the teacher and of the school, and the effects on the community and the wider society. 7