Events

Don't miss the Official Opening Ceremony of Gen-E 2023, as well as the Virtual Expo and Virtual Job Fair happening all on 24 May 2023!

The Sci-Tech Challenge is coming back in person, in Brussels!

28 JA Alumni aged 18-30 from all over Europe will be gathering to come up with innovative ideas on how the Meta Spark Technology can be used to turn their imagination into reality.

Meeting and collaborating with people from all over the world is a great experience! BSM supports such an opportunity and students in Europe will collaborate with other JA students in Asia!

Toyota Motor Europe and Junior Achievement Europe are partnering for the organisation of the second Online Innovation Camp on a topic related to the inclusive and sustainable mobility.

Building on last year’s success, EIT Food, JA Europe and JA Africa are teaming up again and orgaising the Foodathon! More than 300 students from across the two continents have been tasked to crack the current and future challenges of our agri-food systems.

Johnson&Johnson, Arcadis and Junior Achievement Europe are organising the third Women in STEM Chat, a career talk event on Wednesday 12th October 2022, 16:00 - 17:00.

JA Europe, Johnson & Johnson and Arcadis are organising the Sustainability Challenge together.

The FERD’s List Honourees 2022 will be introduced at a special event during the JA Alumni Conference Shape, in Strasbourg on 24 August 2022.

Gen-E is a celebration of entrepreneurship and the achievements of European students, where thousands of young entrepreneurs, 15 years old onwards, will showcase their cutting–edge business ideas and will be competing for the titles of best Company and best Start-Up of the year.

The Global Final Competition of the Social Innovation Relay (SIR) is once again on its way!

The winners of the 10th AmCham EU Youth Entrepreneurship Award will be announced at the AmCham EU Gala in Brussels.

Don't miss the Official Opening Ceremony of Gen-E 2022, as well as the Virtual Expo, Job Fair and Online Voting happening all on 7 June 2022!

The Trade Fair will take place at the main station of Zurich - the busiest railway station in the country with over 300,000 commuters per day.

The 13th edition of the Sci-Tech Challenge will take place on 11-12 May 2022.

Sign up for the Student Company Festival organised by Junior Achievement Latvia that will take place in Riga, Latvia.

JA Europe is taking part in Global Money Week 2022 and is organising a number of activities thanks to the support of ourpartners.

Johnson&Johnson, Arcadis and Junior Achievement Europe are partnering together for the Career talks event on Wednesday, December 9th. As the end of an academic year is approaching, it is a timely occasion to ask J&J and Arcadis professionals to share their professional journey stories to inspire high school and university level students.

The FERD’s List is an initiative by FERD and JA Europe to recognize and celebrate the long-term impact JA has on young people.

The Mobility For All Innovation Camp, supported by Toyota Motor Europe, aims to spark curiosity and foster long term interest of young people, and especially girls, in STEM-related careers.

Junior Achievement Europe together with Intel, aims to empower and equip European youth in the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Johnson&Johnson, Junior Achievement Europe, INJAZ Al-Arab and JA Africa are partnering for the organisation of an Online Innovation Camp on the 9th – 10th November 2021 during the DigiEduHack initiative organised by the European Commission.

Girls Go Circular managed with EIT RawMaterials, EIT Manufacturing, EIT Climate-KIC, EIT Food, European Union and Junior Achievement as a partner together with Ellen Macarthur Foundation, DLearn, Young Initiative Association, Sostenibilidad Etica, Brainshuttle, are teaming up to organize the first Women and Girls in STEM Forum, an annual event where researchers, practitioners, and influential stakeholders in STEM and gender equality get connected with students who participate in this innovative learning programme.

More than 100 students from secondary schools in Africa and Europe will work together to transform our food systems. This Foodathon, which coincides with UN World Food Day 2021, is organised by JA Europe and EIT Food, in partnership with EUROPEN and with the support of Bayer, FoodDrinkEurope and JA Africa.

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM), Junior Achievement Europe and Junior Achievement Asia-Pacific are teaming up to offer young students an opportunity to participate in our first Online Innovation Camp on a topic related to the maritime industry. The Innovation Camp  will take place between 23 and 30 of September 2021, which coincides with World Maritime Day.

The event is focused on NEETs that have already received training and support to acquire the skills needed to find a job or start their own business. This project aimed to prevent another 1,000 young people enrolled in a vocational and technical education school from falling into the NEETs category.

What can be a bigger goal than inspiring a whole generation? In 2021, we are merging our flagship events - the Company of the Year Competition (CoYC) and the European Entrepreneurship Challenge (EEC) - into the largest European Entrepreneurship Festival: Gen-E, virtually hosted by JA Lithuania.

The Arconic Foundation is supporting the Innovative Sustainability Business Idea Award as part of its mission to enhance education and improve the environmental sustainability of the communities where it operates. This year, the award will give student companies from France, Germany, Hungary and the United Kingdom the chance to join an international competition, and to develop and present innovative business ideas during the 2020/21 academic year.

Wondering who will be the best social innovator of the year? The Global Final Competition of the Social Innovation Relay (SIR) is on its way!

The SIR is an innovative programme designed to support the development of essential skills for students, while underscoring the important link between businesses and social good. Student around the world collaborate with NN mentors to create business concepts that address social challenges.

As an ending point of the activities, the national winners from 10 participating countries will present their social business ideas during the Global Final Competition. The online event will take place on 22 June 2021 from 9:00 to 12:00 (CET). More information about the partnership here.

Euronext is supporting the Blue Innovation Award as part of its mission to enhance blue education and improve the environmental sustainability of the communities in which it operates that are closely related to the ocean. This year, the award will give student companies from Belgium, France, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom the chance to join an international competition, and to develop and present innovative business ideas related to the Blue Economy during the 2020/21 academic year.

Following the Communication on Achieving the European Education Area by 2025, the European Commission requested the EU STEM Coalition to provide input for the upcoming Recommendation on Education for Environmental Sustainability. To do so, we will organise a special webinar on 8 June.

On 1-4 June 2021, JA Europe and JA Lithuania are jointly organising a virtual hackathon during the EU Green Week, the biggest annual event on Europe's environmental calendar. More than 50 students across Europe will take part in this intense idea-generation event dedicated to Zero Pollution.

On 26 May 2021, students from 6 European countries will be taking part in the European final of our first "Fashion Goes Next" hackathon in partnership with Zalando. The students - who have already won the national competitions in Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland - will pitch their innovative ideas to a panel of judges including leading fashion brands and influencers to win their tickets to the first-ever Zalando Diversity & Inclusion Conference, which will be taking place in autumn 2021.

The Sci-Tech Challenge, a partnership between JA Europe and ExxonMobil, is designed to motivate students aged 15-18 ton consider Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) careers, raise awareness on the importance of STEM skills and about how they can be applied in enterprising ways to tackle the challenges of tomorrow.

JA Europe is partnering with the Bank of Tokyo - Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFG) to provide the next generation with cutting edge, skill-building opportunities that enable young people to find meaningful and productive careers. On 24-25 March 2021, we will organise an Online "Financial Education" Innovation Camp for approximately 70 students aged 15-18 who will come up with innovative solutions by a complex challenge.

The initiative focuses on ensuring that young people are financially aware and acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to make sound financial decisions. This feeds into the theme of this year's Global Money Week - "Take care of yourself, take care of your money" - which highlights the importance of building financial resilience and staying healthy in the current context.

JA Europe organises a virtual peer-learning workshop on Entrepreneurship Education, as part of a COSME-funded European project. The purpose of the workshop is to gather stakeholders from Ministries, public entities as well as private and other non-profit actors to co-create actions and recommendations for future European, national and regional policies and funding mechanisms for Entrepreneurship Education.

For more information, please contact Minna MELLERI at minna@jaeurope.org 

JA Europe is partnering with Boeing to spark curiosity and foster long-term interest in STEM education, with a focus on aviation. On 2-3 March 2021, we will organise an Online Innovation Camp for 8 teams of students selected by 4 JA organisations in Europe (Belgium - LJE and VLAJO, the Netherlands and Luxembourg).

This winter, Johnson & Johnson and JA Europe are organizing an Online Innovation Camp on 28 - 29 January 2021 for 20 teams of talented young students coming from the Junior Achievement (JA) network. This initiative focuses on innovation, digital skills and health-related topics, with the aim of providing new and creative solutions to tackle the main issues in the healthcare sector.

The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated that it is not possible to have a successful economy without good healthcare. This is a wake-up call we all need to heed – it cannot be business as usual when the pandemic is over. In order to protect our people and economies against future public health threats it is crucial to improve the long-term sustainability of our health systems.

Join us for an interactive webinar with successful and inspirational JA Alumni to celebrate the honourees of the FERD's List 2020.

This fall, Johnson&Johnson (J&J) and JA Europe are organizing an Online Hackaton on 12-13 November 2020 for a group of talented young girls coming from the JA network in Europe. This exciting initiative focuses on innovation, digital skills and health-related topics with the aim of providing new and creative solutions to the disruption caused by COVID-19 in different sectors of our society.

The Entrepreneurial School Awards is an annual recognition of the outstanding primary and secondary schools championing entrepreneurship education.

Join us for an interactive webinar with successful and inspirational JA Alumni to celebrate the honourees of the FERD's List 2020.

Join us for an interactive webinar with successful and inspirational JA Alumni to celebrate the honourees of the FERD's List 2020.

Europe will once again celebrate its best young entrepreneurs in 2020. We invite you to join us virtually for the 31st anniversary of the JA Europe Company of the Year Competition on 22-24 July, hosted by JA Portugal. Hundreds of young entrepreneurs, who have participated in the year-long JA Company Programme and who qualified at the national-level, will compete for the title of JA Europe Company of the Year 2020. More details about the JA Europe Company of the Year Competition here: https://www.jacompanyoftheyear.org/

For its 8th edition, the AmCham EU Youth Entrepreneurship Award (YEA) is going all-female, featuring 5 young women who represent the strongest start-ups from a pool of JA alumnæ across Europe. The Award, organised in collaboration with the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) is a symbol of our support for jobs, growth and innovation, as well as a commitment to the future prosperity of Europe.

For the first time ever, the JA Europe Enterprise Challenge 2020 will bring together student Start Ups for a two-day competition, 24–26 June, in a virtual competition hosted by JA Greece. Learn more about EEC 2020 here: https://www.jaenterprisechallenge.org/ 

The competition is JA Europe’s annual celebration of the achievements of its Start Up Programme for students and their companies from across Europe. At this event, the winning companies from all participating countries will proudly present their businesses and key takeaways from their experiences. Learn more about the JA Start Up Programme here: http://www.jaeurope.org/education/ja-programmes/46-start-up-programme.html

Wondering who will be the best social innovator of the year? The Global Final Competition of the Social Innovation Relay (SIR) is on its way!

The SIR is an innovative programme designed to support the development of essential skills for students, while underscoring the important link between businesses and social good. Student around the world collaborate with NN mentors to create business concepts that address social challenges.

As an ending point of the activities, the national winners from 10 participating countries will present their social business ideas during the Global Final Competition. The event will take place on 16 June from 9:00 to 12:00 (CET). More information about the partnership here.

Digital technology is changing the world. Statistics show that 65% of children entering schools today will work in jobs in the future that do not yet exist. Digital can be a powerful tool to transform people’s lives and communities for the better and to offer products and services that did not exist before. BNY Mellon is supporting the Digital Innovation Award as part of the company’s global strategy focused on providing the future workforce with the technology and business skills needed for employment in the digital age.

Throughout the school year, 'Inventing the Future', an initiative of JA Europe and the Arconic Foundation,  exposes secondary school and VET students from France, Germany, Hungary and the UK to different issues and challenges related to material innovation in the manufacturing industry.

Why are STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) skills critical? How can they be applied to solve future health- and climate-related issues?

Join us for the first ever virtual Sci-Tech Challenge to discover! We will celebrate the achievements of all the teachers and students involved in the different activities in 2019/2020 and close the programme year together. More about the Challenge: http://scitech.jaeurope.org/ 

The next JA Global Leadership Conference will focus on the future of JA: the #next100 years! GLC is a unique opportunity to engage with like-minded, passionate JA colleagues who are committed to preparing young people for employment and entrepreneurship.

The Entrepreneurial School Awards is an annual recognition of the outstanding primary and secondary schools championing entrepreneurship education.

JA Europe is organizing the international Innovation Camp in partnership with Bata Shoe Organisation in Zlín, Czech Republic on October 2-4, with support of the experts from Bata Innovation Labs (BIL), Bata Shoe Organisation and Tomas Bata Universty. The event will be organized in the premises of Tomas Bata University – the Footwear Research Centre and the Bata Villa.

Each year, thousands of JA alumni enter Europe’s economy as potential entrepreneurs. Since 2013, AmCham EU and JA Europe team up through the AmCham EU Youth Entrepreneurship Award to recognize young people who have participated in a JA programme and are now running businesses with strong growth potential.

The 2019 JA Global Alumni Conference will mark the first-ever global conference of our broad and diverse network. JA Alumni from all over the world will meet in Vienna to network, workshop and experience inspiring sessions, with top speakers. The main focus of the conference? Innovation and creativity, communication, and risk taking. Register now! https://www.jaglobalalumniconference.org/

Organised under the umbrella of the EE-Hub, the 2nd European Entrepreneurship Education Summit will gather academics and experts in entrepreneurship education, policy-makers and government officials, educators, business and NGOS representatives. http://www.ee-hub.eu/

This year we'll celebrate the 30^th anniversary of the JA Europe Company of the Year Competition in France. The event will be combined with the centennial celebration of the JA Company programme at worldwide level and the 2nd European Entrepreneurship Education Summit.

During the Social Innovation Relay teams of high school students develop their own social business idea. Throughout this process they receive mentoring from NN volunteers. The top 10 teams from each country compete in a national final event, where the best business idea will be selected as the national winner. The SIR Global Final is an final stage of the competitions.

The European Finale of the Enterprise Challenge will gather university students who took part in the 'JA Start Up Programme' across European countries. Learn more: visit http://eec2019.org

The SCI-TECH Challenge programme ( a partnership between JA Europe and ExxonMobil) is designed to motivate students aged 15-18 to consider Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) – oriented careers, raise their awareness of the importance of STEM skills and how they can be applied in enterprising ways to tackle the challenges of tomorrow.

Throughout the school year, ‘Inventing the future ‘exposes secondary school and VET students from France, Germany, Hungary and the UK to different issues and challenges related to material innovation in the manufacturing industry.

All across Europe, JA Marketplace offers an opportunity to secondary school student companies to show off their innovative ideas and sell their products and services in a public setting. It is also an opportunity to meet young people from other countries, their teachers and business volunteers.

Learn more: http://www.jaeurope.org/education/initiatives/1851-ja-marketplace-2019.html

very year we invite participants from our network and public to an Annual conference, where they learn essential information about the network, communications, structure and overall organisation. This is an excellent opportunity for them to gain knowledge in important processes and procedures, as well as our growing community.

Skills: Getting it Right for the 4th Industrial Revolution

Skills have the potential to transform lives and drive economies. However, in many countries, imbalances between the supply and demand for skills lead to significant skill mismatches and shortages, with as many as three in five workers in the OECD employed in jobs that do not make the best use of their skills. At the same time, a large number of employers report hiring problems due to skill shortages.

The Entrepreneurial School Awards is an annual recognition of the outstanding primary and secondary schools championing entrepreneurship education.

FERD’S LIST is an initiative by FERD and JA Europe to recognize and celebrate the long-term impact JA has on young people. This European list of young and inspirational entrepreneurs, innovators and leaders is an annual celebration. The 2018 honourees to FERD’s LIST will be celebrated during a special evening in Brussels. http://ferdslist.org/

The 2018 JA Alumni Europe annual conference will bring together young people from more than 30 different countries across the JA Worldwide network. The event will take place in the digital hub of Europe, and will be all about helping young leaders and entrepreneurs get inspired and bring their ideas to life.

Learn more: https://create18.eu/

In Belgrade, all of the JA organisations in Europe will celebrate their best 200+ young entrepreneurs. A high-level panel of 10 judges will examine the contestants.

The European Finale of the Enterprise Challenge will gather university students who took part in the 'JA Start Up Programme' across European countries. Learn more: visit http://eec.jaeurope.org

During the Social Innovation Relay teams of high school students develop their own social business idea. Throughout this process they receive mentoring from NN volunteers. The top 10 teams from each country compete in a national final event, where the best business idea will be selected as the national winner. The SIR Global Final is an final stage of the competitions.

During the 'Inventing the future’ project secondary school and VET students develop innovative solutions to challenges related to material innovation in the manufacturing industry, influencing societal challenges such as urban mobility.

The next EE-HUB Round Table will take place on 4-5 June in Budapest gathering around 50 representatives from national ministries, businesses and experts from several European countries. Hosted by the Hungarian Ministry for Economy, the event aims to showcase best practices from Central and Eastern Europe where government experts and other stakeholders from these countries can exchange views on entrepreneurship education policy.

Together, AmCham EU (The American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union) and JA Europe are putting youth entrepreneurship in the spotlight by showcasing young people who have chosen to become entrepreneurs and sending a positive message to the media and policymakers.

Supporting innovative, entrepreneurial thinking and strong skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) among young people is key to ensuring Europe’s future competitiveness. The European Sci-Tech Challenge is an annual competition organized by JA Europe and ExxonMobil.

Leaders-for-a-Day invites young graduates of the JA Company Programme from across Europe to learn from a leader by shadowing them for a day. This year, AT&T is the main sponsor of a very special edition. Not only is the opportunity available to JA Alumni who have obtained an Entrepreneurial Skills Pass (ESP) certification, but also to JA Alumni in the countries involved in the AT&T Aspire mentoring programme. http://entrepreneurialskillspass.eu/l4d.html

This unique event will engages young people and decision-makers from politics and business in an exchange on the future of Europe. The focus will be on bringing concrete contributions into the wider policy debate in Europe. Learn more: www.whyeuropematters.eu

Every year we invite our members to an internal conference, where they learn essential information about the network, communications, structure and overall organisation. This is an excellent opportunity for them to gain knowledge in important processes and procedures, as well as our growing community.

The final round table of the ICEE policy experimentation project as well as the EE-HUB roundtable will take place on 16-17 November in Tallinn, Estonia. It will be combined with a teacher training session as well as with the 3rd edition of The Entrepreneurial School Awards.

Registration and programme

The first honourees to FERD’s LIST will be celebrated during a special evening at the Norway House in Brussels. FERD’S LIST is a partnership between JA Europe and FERD, to recognize and celebrate young men and women on a unique path to “creating enduring value and leaving a lasting footprint”. Outstanding JA alumni, 5-10 young men and women will be nominated from across Europe. Learn more on ferdslist.org.

In Brussels, all of the JA organisations in Europe will celebrate their best 200+ young entrepreneurs. A high-level panel of 10 judges will examine the contestants.

Organised under the umbrella of the European Network for Entrepreneurship Education (EE-HUB), the 1st European Entrepreneurship Education Summit will gather academics and experts in entrepreneurship education, policy-makers and government officials, educators, business and NGOS representatives.

The Social Innovation Relay Online Global Final will take place on June 21. This competition is the culmination of an academic year in the SIR programme, at which time the national winners from each country come together to vie for the best social business idea.

EE-HUB (European Entrepreneurship Education NETwork) will organize new webinars on Entrepreneurship Education in 2017.

Each year, thousands of JA Alumni enter Europe’s economy as potential entrepreneurs. This year the Youth Entrepreneurship Award in collaboration with AmCham EU will leverage JA’s network to identify young people who have participated in a JA programme, have made it past the initial start-up phase and have a business concept with strong growth potential.

YE Switzerland is delighted to invite you to the International Trade Fair that will be held in Zurich on May 26-27, 2017

JA Europe is organising the European finale of the Sci-Tech Challenge in cooperation with ExxonMobil.

On 4 May, JA Europe will host a lunch-time round table at the European Parliament to share good practices on entrepreneurship education and launch of virtual map where we will turn on 'lights' to recognize decision-makers who are committed to entrepreneurship education in Europe.

JA Latvia is happy to invite you to participate at the International Student Company Festival and the International Teachers Conference 2017!

JA Lithuania welcomes you to participate in its Student Trade Fair, part of JA Marketplace.

The Austrian Trade Fair 2017 will take place in Vienna, on 17-19 March.

JA Estonia would like to invite you to the Estonian Student Trade Fair 2017 - which will be held in Tallinn - in the shopping centre Rocca al Mare

The meeting will be hosted by the Italian Ministry of Education and it will focus on the topic of business-school partnerships.

Every year we invite our members to an internal conference, where they learn essential information about the network, communications, structure and overall organisation. This is an excellent opportunity for them to gain knowledge in important processes and procedures, as well as our growing community.

The 4th Youth Entrepreneurship Award, in collaboration with Amcham EU, jury deliberation was held online on Tuesday 11 October 2016.

The award will be formally presented to the winner by Amcham EU CEO, Susan Danger, on Wednesday 9 November during the event on the future of Europe: "Europe at a crossroads: Where do we go from here?"

Leaders-for-a-Day invites young graduates of entrepreneurship programmes from across Europe to learn from a leader by shadowing them for a day. The aim is to empower young people to make informed career choices, enlarge their network and expand their career opportunities.

JA Europe and Visa launched a new research on financial education, as an endeavour to analyse the financial skills gap faced by young people in Europe. The Financial Education Roundtable will present the results of the research and discuss how to implement its policy recommendations.

JA Europe together with JA Latvia will host a 3-in-1 event on entrepreneurship education on 22-23 September in Riga, Latvia.

This is a special event on entrepreneurship education, where the sessions will be practical, hands-on, giving different stakeholders in entrepreneurship education the chance to network and create valuable connections , share good practices and contribute to moving entrepreneurship education forward in Europe.

JA Europe and the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO) are delighted to invite policy-makers, teachers and practitioners from across Europe to the International Summit for Educators to discuss how to support entrepreneurial schools and how to develop effective teacher education systems for entrepreneurship. 

JA Alumni Leadership Conference "Mobility in the Future" is the network's main event of the year bringing together the most entrepreneurial alumni from all across Europe. Each year the conference is hosted by a different member country, in 2016 the event will take place in Stuttgart, Germany co-hosted by the German and Swiss JA alumni networks.

In Lucerne, all of the JA organisations in Europe will celebrate their best 200+ young entrepreneurs. A high-level panel of 10 judges will examine the contestants.

The JA Europe Enterprise Challenge is JA Europe's annual celebration of the achievements of its students and their companies from across Europe. At this event, the winning companies from all participating countries will proudly present their business and what they have learned from their experiences.

The activities developed and implemented in the Social Enterprise 360 programme will culminate with a summit at the end of the second year the Erasmus+ grant. The summit will bring together representatives of the programmes’ stakeholders”: students, teachers, business volunteers, social entrepreneurs, education bodies, national and European policy bodies.

Throughout one academic year students run their own mini-companies, participate in the classroom visits conducted by Hyundai Volunteers, join national trade fairs, and finally, compete at the national level for a spot in the last act of the programme, the Hyundai Skills for the Future Award.

The best three national teams - winners of the European Online Sci-Tech Challenge 2016 will travel to a European destination to the Grand Finale, where the winner will be announced.

Annual General Meeting targets the core leadership of the network. It is a unique opportunity during the year for national board members (member nation delegates) to meet and strategize with JA Europe board members.

National winners will work together and compete in the European Online Finals with the national winners from the other countries. Again, business volunteers will be on hand to help mentor the students, structure their plans and guide them towards answering tricky questions that may be posed by the judges. The best three national teams will travel to a European destination to the Grand Finale, where the winner will be announced.

The European Entrepreneurship Education NETwork (EE-HUB) is a focal point for entrepreneurship education in Europe bringing together organizations and individuals from both the public and private sectors with strong records of accomplishment in entrepreneurship education at regional, national and European level.

Every year we invite participants from our network and public to an Annual conference, where they learn essential information about the network, communications, structure and overall organisation. This is an excellent opportunity for them to gain knowledge in important processes and procedures, as well as our growing community.

The future of business in Europe is the main topic of the 2015 Enterprise 2020 Summit organised by CSR Europe and taking place on 16-17 November at BOZAR, Brussels.

Eleven schools from eleven countries across Europe won The Entrepreneurial School Award 2015, a national and European recognition of the best schools championing entrepreneurship education.

Leaders-for-a-Day invites young graduates of entrepreneurship programmes from across Europe to learn from a leader by shadowing them for a day. The aim is to empower young people to make informed career choices, enlarge their network and expand their career opportunities.

We are delighted to invite you to a lunch debate to showcase collaboration between EuroCommerce members and JA members on entrepreneurship education projects.

JA Alumni Europe International Conference is the networks’ main event of the year bringing together the most entrepreneurial alumni from all across Europe. Each year the conference is hosted by a different member country, in 2015 the event will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark.

In Berlin, all of the JA organisations in Europe will celebrate their best 200+ young entrepreneurs. A high-level panel of 10 judges will examine the contestants.

The Hyundai Skills for the Future Award is the culmination of a year of entrepreneurial business learning and practice, in a business-education partnership involving corporate mentoring, recognised by the European Commission as best practice in entrepreneurial education.

First Round Table & ICEE kick-off event

Representatives from the EU and people from the consortium as well as from the schools involved in the research will be invited to lunch the ICEE project and discuss the details of the policy experimentation.

The JA Europe 'Annual General Meeting' will welcome our board of directors, representatives from member nations….

This initiative aims to promote entrepreneurship education and make policy recommendations that can be put into effect by national school systems.