For three years we in the YES project have been working with this question in our interregional team. We have different experiences and varying degrees of influence. We all, though, agree on one thing. Europe needs more positive attitudes towards entrepreneurship and the way to do it best is through the system that brings young people together i.e., the education … [Read more...]
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Welcome to our projects section. AER was involved in the "YES" project. The articles below are related to youth entrepreneurship.
Get inspired – YES! Youth entrepreneurship strategies at their best
Pori (FIN), 10 February 2012 A hundred participants gathered yesterday in Pori (FIN) in the framework of the Youth Entrepreneurship Strategies (YES) project* with a common goal: promote entrepreneurship education (EE) in schools. They dedicated the day to exchanging best practices on EE activities and strategies. With youth unemployment in the EU averaging just below … [Read more...]
A resounding “YES” to youth employment!
AER Peer Review: Third stop in Krapina Zagorje Krapina Zagorje (HR), 31 January 2012 Only a week after Croats said YES to EU membership, the Croatian County of Krapina Zagorje was the host of an AER Peer Review on youth employment, organised in the framework of the “Promoting Youth Employment” (PYE) project. Experts from abroad, young people and local stakeholders have … [Read more...]
Youth mobility and entrepreneurship : AER banks upon young people
Orléans, Centre (F), 19th April 2011 The overall assessment is bad: the unemployment rate of Young Europeans reached a record highpoint of 21% on average, this figure even attaining 45% in Spain! In order to contain this flail, the Assembly of European Regions (AER) mobilised its member regions and its Youth Regional Network (YRN) during a conference on youth … [Read more...]