Shaping/Creating Enterprising A ttitude among Children & Youngsters

1. Shaping/Creating Enterprising Attitude among Children & Youngsters European Days of Promoting Entrepreneurship Among Young People Olsztyn, Poland, Oct 12, 2011

3. Europe’s Education Challenge • 16 million high skilled employees will be required in Europe by 2020 • 1 in 7 Europeans drop out of school • Europe’s startup rate is less than 8% • Youth unemployment is double the national average in most member states • Tomorrow’s social and economic challenges will require innovative and sustainable solutions

4. „Encouraging the enterprise spirit is a key to creating jobs and improvingcompetitiveness and economic growth throughout Europe.“ Expert Group, European Commission, Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General

5. Expert Group, European Commission, Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General • Primary education level – foster the personal qualities that contribute to the development of an entrepreneurial attitude (creativity, initiative, independence) through autonomous and active forms of learning and through providing early knowledge of and contact with the world of business… • Secondary education level – raising the awareness about self-employment as a career option through learning by doing – for instance by running mini-enterprises… • Tertiary education level - specific training on how to start (and run) a business, includingthe capacity to draft a real business plan and the skills associated with methodsof identifying and assessing business opportunities. Also, it will encourageandsupportembryonic business ideas.

6. JA-YE is about inspiring and preparing young people to succeed in a global economy. Education for Entrepreneurship Skills for Employability Financial Capability JA-YE Europe is a not-for-profit organization based in Brussels, Belgium and is also the European headquarters for JA Worldwide® www.ja.org

7. JA-YE Programmes • 24 globally distributed programmes • Three pillars of student learning • Seven content areas • Regular evaluation • 72 locally developed programmes

8. JA-YE at Primary Education Level Europe in 2010-11: • 478,095children aged 6-12 and 633,582aged 13-15 participated in the programmes that foster the personal qualities that contribute to the development of an entrepreneurial attitude and were supported by 35,727 teachers and 20,136 volunteers trained by local JA organisations

9. JA-YE at Secondary and Tertiary Education Level Europe in 2010-11: • 232,614 students aged 16-18 and 12,454aged 19+ run their mini-enterprises within the JA-YE programmes and were supported by 11,357 teachers and 21,490 volunteers trained by local JA organisations

10. Closing the Gap Between Business and Education • 71% of European businesses feel their countries do a poor job of developing financial and entrepreneurial skills among young people • 54% of respondents feel that young people are lacking in ‘soft skills’ (such as confidence, presentation skills, networking, motivation, drive and teamwork). • 87% of respondents stated that business involvement in developing young people was ‘very important’. • JA-YE’s programmes are felt to counter these particular skills gaps well, with 81% of respondents stating that they ‘make a difference’ in equipping young people for the future. 500+ CEOs of European companies from 28 countries; 29% small (less than 50 employees), 35% large (more than 1,000); 68% international, 32% national operations.

11. Skills young people are missing

12. Skills JA-YE develops

13. The JA-YE Company Programme Students (aged 15 to 18) experience running their own company, discover first hand how a company functions, gain an insight into how their talents could be used to set up in business forthemselves. • 223,396Students • 19,282Business Volunteers • 10,021Teachers • 36European countries

14. Coaching by business volunteer

16. Adding Value and Impact • Network with national to regional to global reach • Curricula, training and support for educators, students and business coaches

17. What Happens Later? Start-up rate among students who have participated in JA-YE entrepreneurship education programmes

18. Additional Gains

19. www.ja-ye.org