With the European economy reliant on the creation and application of knowledge, strong links between the business sector and higher education are essential. Enterprises have become increasingly involved in European education and training programmes, with positive results for both sides, leading to long-lasting partnerships.
The relevant Erasmus+ activities for cooperation with business are:

The University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences (Slovenia) has coordinated the project EMCOSU - Emerging Modes of Cooperation between Private Enterprises and Universities. They have recently published their International Report Insights of European Enterprises and Employers Organisations.
The report focuses on the detailed analyses of the university-business cooperation from the perspective of employers. Provides an analyses of the most frequent means of cooperation with higher educational institutions, identifying the drivers and motives which lead to this cooperation as well as the barriers that companies are facing to implement it. More...

By Nicola Jenvey. South Africa has the lowest level of entrepreneurship education in Africa, driven by the conviction that entrepreneurship was not a ‘decent profession’ and that only 40% of South Africans believed building a business was a desirable goal. More...

By Wagdy Sawahel. This was the main message to come out of two Arab conferences held this month. The first concerned universities and industry under the title "The Role of the University in Economic Development" and was held in Mansoura, a small city in Egypt.
The second was titled "Strengthening University-Industry Interaction" and was held at An-Najah National University in Nablus in Palestine a week later.
The main message from both conferences was that the weak links between universities and industry were the vital reason for Arab states falling far behind in building knowledge economies. This was also outlined in the Arab Knowledge Economy Report 2014, published last December. More...