Founded in 2012 ECECE (European Centre of Entrepreneurship Competence and Excellence)  was established in accordance with Austrian national law through a founding team of four long-serving international experts from Austria, Italy, and the UK. Ecece set up its headquarters in the southern Austrian federal province of Carinthia in Austria. The founding team has many years of experience in; entrepreneurial training and coaching, project coordination and management,. Over the years, the founding team has built up a network of international experts with varying competences in other European countries who are now part of the ECECE team.