„Aktiva" is a special unit
within the educational system of the Polytechnic of Požega. It is the starting
point for the programs of regular education of students in the segment of
entrepreneurship and the programs of lifelong education and training of
entrepreneurs. The Incubator develops long-term co-operation between the
Polytechnics and Business Areas in Požega Slavonia County and the region,
especially the small economy sector. The Polytechnic within the framework of
Incubator's activities conducts research of entrepreneurial tendencies and
aspirations of the population of students of the final years of study. The
results of these surveys are comparable to similar researches carried out today
in European countries. The results will be expected to provide a relevant
insight into entrepreneurial ambitions of students as well as insight into the
entrepreneurial environment from which they originate, expectations about
self-employment, attitudes to entrepreneurial climate in the county, expected
barriers to starting a stand-alone business, lacking knowledge and skills for
self- business and the like. The results of the research are the basis for the
definition of special programs for the education and training of students and
unemployed people with stated entrepreneurial preferences and intentions. The
incubator covers that part of the total student population that manages to
clearly define its entrepreneurial intent, either in the form of business ideas
developed in some form of business plan, either as a choice after completing
higher education.