Flash Eurobarometer 212 (Attitudes towards the planned EU pilot project "Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs" - Young would-be and young existing entrepreneurs)

Attitudes towards the planned EU pilot project ´Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs´.<br>Topics: business situation; usefulness of participating in an EU programme that supports young entrepreneurs; reasons for not spending time abroad to exchange experience with other entrepreneurs; preference to exchange experience with young or with experienced entrepreneurs; preference to open support programme to other target groups and kind of target groups; preferred age range of target group; preferred branch or business sector for exchange; preferred size of enterprise to visit; preferred main objectives of support programme; usefulness of selected topics to be taught in support programme: single market and EU law, growth and internationalization of companies, local market in host country, specific know-how of host company, language, other; preferred length of exchange period; willingness to contribute to the financing of the stay; type of costs willing to finance; attitude towards the following statements on the impact of a support programme: makes it easier to start up own business, increases chances of success, contributes to knowledge and inter-cultural understanding, no impact; additional ideas to be part of the support programme.

Respondents who started own business within the last 1 – 3 years were additionally asked: willingness to contribute to the hosting of a young entrepreneur in own company; kind of contribution willing to offer.

Demography: sex; age; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; type of community; household composition and household size; own a mobile phone and fixed (landline) phone.

Additionally coded was: respondent ID; interviewer ID; language of the interview; country; date of interview; time of the beginning of the interview; duration of the interview; type of phone line; region; readiness for re-contact; weighting factor.