1. Youth entrepreneurship as a tool for growth 30. August 2011, Tallinn

2.  “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

3.  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

4.  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.

5.  Estonia was among top-5 countries for youth unemployment in Europe in 2010.  Unemployment in Estonia has decreased fast lately, but less so amoung young people  Competitiveness of young people on job market?

8.  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?

9.  Estonian young people are relatively entrepreneurial (Italy, Hungary, Estonia) in Europe ◦ But Europeans are less entrepreneurial than Chinese, Brasilians or Americans.

11.  Please write 7 random words on a paper

12.  How to increase youth entrepreneurship?  How to reduce youth unemployment?