1. WS4 outcomes Lukasz Hoppe Paris 16 September 2012

2. WS4 – the goals of the workshop To name factors that can have influence on self-employment To show the different situations in different countries To list the factors that show up around Europe And one more coming soon…

3. WS4 – countries that gave some feedback: Poland, Italy, Portugal, Malta, Spain, UK, Latvia, Slovakia, Estonia, Austria, Lithuania, Norway, France, Germany, Bulgaria, Finland, Check Republic, Denmark, Moldava

4. The outcomes generaly: Unfortunately most of the factors that were mentioned in the WS4 sessions were pessimistic or Discouraging… The spectrum of the factors differ from country to country Some positive factors in one country turn to be negative in different country conditions

5. WS4 – the outcome generaly: The best way for developing a self- employment programme would be to take the experience of other countries but take under consideration your country situation before implementing Most factors that influence the activity of VI around entrepreneurship are social not economic

6. Precise outcomes will be sent to participants by EBU To encourage the participants to look for those factors in their country when thinking of supporting VI people in self-employment. Finding them will help overcome barriers that stop vision impaired people from entrepreneurship. The final goal:

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