Youth entrepreneurship as a tool for growth 30. August 2011, Tallinn
“Initiatives of promoting youth entrepreneurship” Maria Kasepalu, Adviser to the Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications of Estonia “Regional possibilities and challenges for youth entrepreneurship” Tiit Leier, Rapla County Governor “Practical examples and possibilities in promoting youth entrepreneurship” Epp Vodja, Junior Achievement Estonia “Entrepreneur’s experience: from crazy ideas to valuable solutions” Bruno Lill, Managing Director, Pipfrog
Round table: Situation and views on entrepreneurship as a tool of reducing youth unemployment in partner countries of “Pro-Youth” (Estonia, Spain, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Denmark) and reporting good practices. E. Elenurm, T.Leier, Y. Corrochano, G. Pappada, A. Imbesi, Greco, K. Heydecke, D. Kauffmann, A. Tatar, M.B. Jensen Discussion and idea generation on: ◦ Best ways to motivate young people to be entrepreneurial ◦ Tools to improve information flow between young people and companies
Exchanging best practices on ideas how to reduce youth unemployment ◦ Youth unemployment tends to be higher than overall unemployment ◦ Enterpreneurship as a tool for growth and gettign experiences Partners from Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Italy, Spain and Turkey.
Estonia was among top-5 countries for youth unemployment in Europe in Unemployment in Estonia has decreased fast lately, but less so amoung young people Competitiveness of young people on job market?
How to support entrepreneurial activities? Lifestyle vs growth entrepreneurship? Experience vs energy & new ideas? Flexibility? Mentoring? Courage vs „doing everything correctly?“ Increasing young peoples’ competitiveness on job market when needed?
Estonian young people are relatively entrepreneurial (Italy, Hungary, Estonia) in Europe ◦ But Europeans are less entrepreneurial than Chinese, Brasilians or Americans.
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How to increase youth entrepreneurship? How to reduce youth unemployment?