The “Youth Entrepreneurship in Europe“ encounter will start on 25 November 2024 in Paris with the train continuing to Berlin on November 28, 2024, where it will end on December 1, 2024.

The aims of this encounter are

  • to exchange experiences and to share tips for setting up your own social enterprise (NGO, initiative, company);
  • to gain insights into youth entrepreneurship in Germany, France, and the Western Balkans;
  • to highlight existing support structures and measures, associations that have been established between young entrepreneurs or initiatives that promote entrepreneurship of minority groups;
  • to foster contacts and networks for possible further development and cooperation, peer-to-peer learning and mentoring;
  • to promote intercultural learning and understanding.

We are looking for

  • 6 participants from Germany;
  • 6 participants from France;
  • 2 participants from each of the 6 Western Balkan territories (Albania, Bosnia-and-Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia) who have already taken part in the RISE project.

Eligibility requirements and selection criteria

  • be between 18 and 35 years old;
  • be resident in one of the above-mentioned territories;
  • have a social enterprise project with concrete ideas and prototypes on the project you want to realize or have already created a social enterprise in the field of education, employment, tech for good, integration, civic engagement, culture, (mental) health and well-being, ecology and urbanism;
  • be interested in networking and exchanging experiences with like-minded people;
  • good knowledge of English (knowledge of one of the other languages represented is an advantage, but not obligatory).

The working language is English, although all other languages will be given a place.

More information in the call for applications.

Applications must be submitted using this form.

The closing date is 28 June 2024