24 participants from 12 countries (Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Turkey )
participated in the training course "ECO Startup" which took place in
Murcia from 5 to 11 May. This training
course was organized by the association EPlan and funded by the European
Program Youth in Action.
The participants from each country had to
prepare homework – a short presentation on the different aspects of youth
unemployment and green entrepreneurship in their country. These short
presentations helped the participants to discover new things about their home
country and compare their situation with the rest of the Europe. The
presentations showed that there are huge differences in the process of starting
a new company in different countries. Not surprisingly the countries with the
easiest procedures, lowest financial demands and best support processes are the
ones with the highest number of entrepreneurship projects. Besides that the
participants compared the cultural reasons behind the lack of entrepreneurship
in some countries – such as fear of failure and the idea of a safe job in a big
company or government as the best possible option.
During the training course the participants got
to known examples of Green Entrepreneurship from the different partner
countries and especially Murcia – the hosting region. Throughout the seven days
of the course participants shared the experiences and discussed the role of
green entrepreneurship in Europe in this time of crisis and high unemployment
levels among youth. They also expanded their knowledge on how to motivate and
advise young eco-entrepreneurs so they can address the barriers that come their
way, learned about the financial and technical support available for young
entrepreneurs in Europe and discussed what it takes to become an entrepreneur.
Some of the participants of the training
course were entrepreneurs themselves, while many other have been carrying an
idea for a company in their minds for a long time. Hopefully some new green
companies will appear in Europe based on the ideas exchanged in the blog and
the training course itself.
You can download all the materials used in the training course by clicking here.
To see more photos of the course visit our facebook here.
You can download all the materials used in the training course by clicking here.
To see more photos of the course visit our facebook here.
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| Speakers and collaborators during the course in Murcia |
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