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  • YOUNG EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS’ SEMINARYOUNG EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS’ SEMINAR Page Page 22

    Introduction At a time when Europe is plunged into a difficult economic and social situation, the

    young generation of entrepreneurs is a hope for the future. The Young European

    Entrepreneurs’ Seminar 2011 was an opportunity to come together to find the best

    solutions to the many problems facing young European entrepreneurs in the

    creation and development of their business. In fact, for several years we, the

    Employers' Group, are seeing the scepticism and apprehension with which young

    Europeans consider entrepreneurship. It seems more and more difficult to get into this increasingly competitive sphere with numerous rules. The web portal

    “EntrepreneurEnvoy” was launched during the second day of the seminar. It aims

    to be a source of support and information for young European entrepreneurs.

    The seminar allowed participants to discuss several sensitive topics and issues. The discussions focused on the themes of mentoring, the place of education

    throughout the themes related to entrepreneurship, with the financing of new

    enterprises, and the support already well-established entrepreneurs can provide

    to youth with innovative ideas who want to create their own business. The

    participants, from various nationalities, have also raised the question of how to

    create a European identity for entrepreneurs in order to facilitate their interactions,

    while maintaining this rewarding diversity.

    Building on the success of previous editions, we welcomed during these two days

    about 60 young people from 18 different European countries who were able to

    share experiences and to debate with the speakers on the occasion. These

    speakers held a range of backgrounds covering a wide spectrum of the European

    business sphere, and were able to impact their personal experience to assist the

    young entrepreneurs in the challenges they currently face. It was intended that the participants would not only acquire an understanding of the workings of the EU,

    but would also stand the benefit from newly established links with members of the

    EESC.

    The main objective of this seminar is to show to young people that Europe is a

    large economic unit, and with a fully-fledged economic market it is a springboard

    towards the global market. It can bring all the resources, all necessary contacts for

    their business operations. This is why this seminar was an opportunity to remind of

    the benefits that may result from the creation of companies within the EU by a

    generation conscious of belonging to a community. The meeting, which will see

    other editions in the coming years, is an important commitment to gradually lead to

    a situation as profitable as possible for these young entrepreneurs.

    Mr. Henri Malosse, President of the Employers' Group of the EESC Ms Eve Päärendson, Vice-President of the Employers' Group of the EESC Ms Madi Sharma, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC Mr. Mihai Manoliu, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    Milen Minchev Romain Cordaro Secretariat of the Employers’ Group of the EESC

    Mr. Henri Malosse

    Ms Eve Päärendson

    Ms Madi Sharma

    Mr. Mihai Manoliu

  • Table of contents

    Introduction 2

    Programme 4

    Working Groups 6

    Working group n°1 7

    Financing: bank loans, business angels

    and EU support programs

    Working group n°2 8

    Mentorship: mentors, shadowing

    entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial

    education and best practices on

    school visits

    Working group n°3 9

    Final debate: how to give entrepreneurs

    a European identity?

    Launching of the online portal 10

    “Entrepreneur Envoy”

    Press releases 11

    Closing ceremony 13

    List of participants 14

    Notes 17

    MAY 2012MAY 2012 Page Page 33

  • Programme

    YOUNG EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS’ SEMINARYOUNG EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS’ SEMINAR Page Page 44

    Registration of participants and warm-up event

    Thursday, November 17, 2011 8:30 - 9:00 Registration of participants

    Opening by Mr. Jan Oravec, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    Welcome address by Mr. Henri Malosse, President of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    The EC‘s promotion of entrepreneurship by Stephanie Mitchell, deputy Head of Unit: Entrepreneurship, DG Entreprise, EC

    Presentation of the initiatives and achievements of the Action Group for

    Young European Entrepreneurs by Ms Madi Sharma, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    General debate on the challenges for entrepreneurs and presenting the existing frameworks and tools to address them

    Moderator: Mr. Jan Oravec, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    9:00 - 11:00

    Room JDE 63

    11:00 - 11:20 Coffee break

    11:20 - 13:00

    Room JDE 63

    Panel on Financing: bank loans, business angels and EU support programs

    Moderator: Ms Madi Sharma, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    Ms Elena Letemendía, Senior Adviser, Economic & Monetary Affairs, EBF - European Banking Federation

    Mr. Maciej Otulak, Policy Officer, Unit: Financing Innovation & SMEs, DG Enterprise, EC

    Ms Chiara de Caro, General Manager of EBAN - European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds, and other Early Stage Market

    Players

    Mr. Raymond Maes, Acting Head of Unit: Youth Employment, Entrepreneurship, Microfinance Facility, DG EMPL, EC

    Mr. Jan Oravec, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    Mr. Benjamin Kainz and Mr. Oscar Lundin, founders of “Ung Omsorg”

    Wednesday, November 16, 2011

    18:00 - 22:00

    Restaurant

    La Medina

    Registration of participants and warm-up event

    Networking dinner hosted by Mr. Henri Malosse, President of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    Restaurant La Medina,

    Avenue de la Couronne 2, 1050 Ixelles, Brussels

    Thursday, November 17, 2011 8:30 - 9:00 Registration of participants

    Opening by Mr. Jan Oravec, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    Welcome address by Mr. Henri Malosse, President of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    The EC‘s promotion of entrepreneurship by Stephanie Mitchell, deputy Head of Unit: Entrepreneurship, DG Entreprise, EC

    Presentation of the initiatives and achievements of the Action Group for

    Young European Entrepreneurs by Ms Madi Sharma, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    General debate on the challenges for entrepreneurs and presenting the existing frameworks and tools to address them

    Moderator: Mr. Jan Oravec, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    9:00 - 11:00

    Room JDE 63

    11:00 - 11:20 Coffee break

    Panel on Financing: bank loans, business angels and EU support programs

    Moderator: Ms Madi Sharma, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    Ms Elena Letemendía, Senior Adviser, Economic & Monetary Affairs, EBF - European Banking Federation

    Mr. Maciej Otulak, Policy Officer, Unit: Financing Innovation & SMEs, DG Enterprise, EC

    Ms Chiara de Caro, General Manager of EBAN - European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds, and other Early Stage Market

    Players

    Mr. Raymond Maes, Acting Head of Unit: Youth Employment, Entrepreneurship, Microfinance Facility, DG EMPL, EC

    Mr. Jan Oravec, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    Thursday, November 17, 2011

    8:30 - 9:00 Registration of participants

    Opening by Mr. Jan Oravec, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    Welcome address by Mr. Henri Malosse, President of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    The EC‘s promotion of entrepreneurship by Ms Stephanie Mitchell, deputy Head of Unit Entrepreneurship, DG Entreprise, EC

    Presentation of the initiatives and achievements of the Action Group

    for Young European Entrepreneurs by Ms Madi Sharma, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    General debate on the challenges for entrepreneurs and presenting the existing frameworks and tools to address them

    Moderator: Mr. Jan Oravec, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    9:00 - 11:00

    Room JDE 63

    11:00 - 11:20 Coffee break

    11:20 - 13:00

    Room JDE 63

    Panel on Financing: bank loans, business angels and EU support programs

    Moderator: Ms Madi Sharma, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    Ms Elena Letemendía, Senior Adviser, Economic & Monetary Affairs, EBF - European Banking Federation

    Mr. Maciej Otulak, Policy Officer, Unit: Financing Innovation & SMEs, DG Enterprise, EC

    Ms Chiara de Caro, General Manager of EBAN - European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds, and other Early Stage

    Market Players

    Mr. Raymond Maes, Acting Head of Unit: Youth Employment, Entrepreneurship, Microfinance Facility, DG EMPL, EC

    Mr. Jan Oravec, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    Mr. Benjamin Kainz and Mr. Oscar Lundin, founders of “Ung Omsorg” Sverige, awarded “Young entrepreneurs of the year 2009”

    Ms Frédérique Clavel, President of MIX FOR VALUE and business

    15:30 - 17:30

    Room JDE 63

  • MAY 2012MAY 2012 Page Page 55

    13:00 - 14:30 Lunch break

    14:30 - 16:00

    Room JDE 63

    16:00 - 16:30

    Room JDE 63

    16:30 - 18:00

    Room JDE 63

    Panel on Mentorship: mentors, shadowing entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial education and best practices on school visits

    Moderators: Mr. Mihai Manoliu, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC and Mr. Florin Jianu, President of YEAR - Young Employer Organisation from Romania

    Mr. Bernard Abraham, President of EGEE - Inter Generations Alliance for Employment and Enterprise Development

    Mr. Daniel Falcón, President, JADE - European Confederation of Junior Enterprises

    Mr. Marko Curavic, Head of Unit: Entrepreneurship, DG Entreprise, EC

    Mr. Eduardo Royo, President, JEUNE - Young Entrepreneurs of the European Union

    Mr. Peter Coenen, CEO, VLAJO - Vlaamse Jonge Ondernemingen

    Mr. Ivan Sempere Massa, President, YES - European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs

    Debate with the participants

    Launching the online portal for Young European Entrepreneur Ambassadors

    Presentation of the portal by Ms Madi Sharma, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    Launching the online portal for entrepreneurship

    Debate with the participants on the strategy of its promotion and

    feedback on the key elements of an online portal for entrepreneurs

    Final debate: how to give entrepreneurs a European identity?

    Moderator: Ms Eve Päärendson, Vice-President of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    Ms Catie Thorburn, President, GEF - Generation Europe Foundation

    Mr. Daniel Cloquet, Entrepreneurship & SMEs Director, BUSINESSEUROPE

    Mr. Ralph Resch, Secretary General, CEEP

    Mr. Dirk Vantyghem, Director for International Affairs, EUROCHAMBRES

    Mr. Henri Malosse, President of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    Debate with the participants

    Closing ceremony

    Closing address by Mr. Henri Malosse, President of the Employers' Group of the EESC

  • YOUNG EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS’ SEMINARYOUNG EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS’ SEMINAR Page Page 66

    � Financing: bank loans, business angels and EU support programs

    � Mentorship: mentors, shadowing entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial education and best practices on school visits

    � Final debate: how to give entrepreneurs a European identity?

  • Working Group N°. 1

    The working group reflected on the current opportunities and issues about the

    financing for new entrepreneurs or young entrepreneurs who aimed to start a new business. Financing is often seen as one of the primary difficulty for young

    entrepreneurs: they need resources and don’t easily have access to venture

    capitals, financial markets or other sources of funding. Most of the time, they

    depend upon loans from the banks. However, in the context of the current crisis,

    the banks get even more prudent and untrusting towards young or new

    entrepreneurs which cannot provide sufficient guarantees.

    Regarding the growing difficulties for young entrepreneurs to have access to

    financial resources, the participants presented alternative private sources of

    funding such as “Business Angels”: private individuals investing their own money

    in high potential start-ups in exchange for a share in the company and who can also contribute their expertise in business management and their personal

    network of contacts. These latter invest 4 billion euros per year in 20 000

    companies.

    The panellists agreed on the important role the European Union can play to

    promote entrepreneurship by means of European financing facilities, especially microcredit with the example of “The European Progress Microfinance Facility”

    (Progress Microfinance) launched in 2010. The latter “increases the availability of

    microcredit – loans below € 25 000 – for setting up or developing a small

    business. It does not directly finance entrepreneurs, but enables selected

    microcredit providers the EU to increase lending, by issuing guarantees,

    therefore sharing the providers' potential risk of loss and providing funding to

    increase microcredit lending”.

    Among the working group recommendations were also the following elements:

    the need of fiscal incentives to promote entrepreneurship, the key role of co-

    investment funds, making media campaigns to bring more investors, teaching

    entrepreneurship and access to finance early in school, and having incubators

    and other facilitators to educate and prepare entrepreneurs.

    MAY 2012MAY 2012

    Financing: bank loans, business angels

    and EU support programs

    Speakers: Ms Elena Letemendía, Senior Adviser, Economic & Monetary Affairs,

    EBF - European Banking Federation

    Mr. Maciej Otulak, Policy Officer, Unit: Financing Innovation & SMEs,

    DG Enterprise, EC

    Ms Chiara de Caro, General Manager of EBAN - European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds, and other Early Stage Market Players

    Mr. Raymond Maes, Acting Head of Unit: Youth Employment,

    Entrepreneurship, Microfinance Facility, DG EMPL, EC

    Mr. Jan Oravec, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    Mr. Benjamin Kainz and Mr. Oscar Lundin, founders of “Ung Omsorg” Sverige, awarded “Young entrepreneurs of the year 2009”

    Ms Frédérique Clavel, President of MIX FOR VALUE and business angel

    Moderator: Ms Madi Sharma, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    Page Page 77

    Mr. Jan Oravec

    Ms Chiara de Caro

    Ms Frédérique Clavel

  • YOUNG EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS’ SEMINARYOUNG EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS’ SEMINAR Page Page 88

    Working Group N°. 2

    This afternoon working group mainly discussed the importance of educating

    people so that they become entrepreneurs, and educating entrepreneurs themselves. The participants focused on mentorship and shadowing

    entrepreneurs as key concepts to provide guidelines to entrepreneurs in order to

    help their business succeed.

    Thus, some speakers pointed out how the mentorship can play a significant role

    to complete the actions of the “Enterprise Europe Network” (EEN). They agreed

    on the importance of mentorship and they discussed how to encourage and motivate successful entrepreneurs to become mentors for the coming generation

    of entrepreneurs. In the meantime, they suggested some possible solutions such

    as giving more recognition to entrepreneurs or developing contacts with young

    people with new interesting ideas who can innovated in the existing businesses

    or can be attractive recruits.

    Some of the other topics of the debate included the solutions to prevent the high

    percentage of companies that disappear after 5 years of life or how to understand

    the concept of entrepreneurship not merely as creating jobs or making profit but

    as drivers of change in the society trough values and attitudes.

    Regarding the entrepreneurial education, the participants agreed on its importance since early age, particularly in school, and the need to base this on

    values, attitudes and skills that will allow the new generations to build a more

    competitive Europe. As one of the participant stated: “not only teachers have the

    responsibility to introduce the concept of entrepreneurship to the students, it is a

    work that the whole society needs to do”.

    Finally, they emphasized the need to encourage the collaboration between

    young people and well-established businesses, and the exchange of knowledge

    between generations. Exchanges which can be facilitated by organizations such

    as JADE or EGEE, as explained Mr. Simone Baldassarri: “The non-formal

    education is a key factor for success that is changing trough organizations like JADE;

    among others the concept of the entrepreneur in the society, this is why at the

    European Commission we have a close relationship with these organizations”.

    Panel on Mentorship: mentors, shadowing entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial education and best practices on school visits

    Speakers: Mr. Bernard Abraham, President of EGEE - Inter Generations Alliance for Employment and Enterprise Development

    Mr. Daniel Falcón, President, JADE - European Confederation of Junior Enterprises

    Mr. Simone Baldassarri, European Commission, DG Enterprise

    Mr. Eduardo Royo, President, JEUNE - Young Entrepreneurs of the European Union

    Mr. Peter Coenen, CEO, VLAJO - Vlaamse Jonge Ondernemingen

    Mr. Ivan Sempere Massa, President, YES - European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs

    Moderators: Mr. Mihai Manoliu, Member of the Employers' Group of the EESC and Mr. Florin Jianu, President of YEAR - Young Employer Organisation from Romania

    Mr. Florin Jianu

    Mr. Bernard Abraham

    Mr. Simone Baldassarri

  • Working Group N°. 3 Final debate: how to give entrepreneurs a European identity?

    Speakers:

    Ms Catie Thorburn, President, GEF - Generation Europe Foundation

    Mr. Daniel Cloquet, Entrepreneurship & SMEs Director, BUSINESSEUROPE

    Mr. Ralph Resch, Secretary General, CEEP

    Mr. Dirk Vantyghem, Director for International Affairs, EUROCHAMBRES

    Mr. Henri Malosse, President of the Employers' Group of the EESC

    Moderator: Ms Eve Päärendson, Vice-President, Employers' Group, EESC

    Europe is nowadays facing an identity crisis with a widening gap between Euro-

    pean Union and members states. Europe has a fragmented image at global level

    and economic uncertainty, and troubles of the Eurozone weakened its image even

    further. Not being able to speak with one voice at the global level presented the danger for the European Union to become a marginalised player in our global-

    ised world. In this context, the working group tried to figure out how to give en-

    trepreneurs a European identity and to define its advantages.

    The main questions based on which the debate took place were:

    • What is meant by a European identity (internal and external dimension)?

    • Do entrepreneurs feel a need for strengthening a European identity and can it give an added value or does it help businesses on marketing their prod-

    ucts/services in the EU and/or outside of the EU?

    • In a century called “Asia century”, will the EU be capable of overcoming internal differences and to mobilise its resources for reacting efficiently and

    quickly in order to stay in competition?

    During this workshop, the participants identified three main issues about Euro-

    pean identity. First of all, the European Union has failed to communicate and mar-

    ket successfully “European identity” in Europe and all over the world. Secondly,

    internally, at the Single Market level, we do not emphasize European identity

    while going out from Europe with a brand name – “Europe”. We can give to Euro-pean companies and products/services a certain guarantee label, since exter-

    nally European companies and their products have a good image and a good

    reputation. The last point was that smaller Member States’ companies feel a

    greater need for and value to a higher degree European identity, particularly

    when they want to internationalize their activities.

    Finally, they recommended some strategies for tackling these main issues. Mem-

    bers of Employers’ Group of the EESC advocated the need for closer relations

    with the other European Institutions for marketing this European identity and its

    cultural richness, its economy better globally and to improve the European Un-ion’s international image. To position and increase understanding of European

    identity, the panellists agreed to pay more attention to promoting the good quali-

    ties and benefits which are associated with the European Union, namely:

    • The Single Market with its 500 million consumers and 50 million enterprises

    • EU’s Four Freedoms – free movement of goods, services, persons, capital

    • Opportunity to study in other Member States or outside of Europe by using European learning mobility programmes (Erasmus, Erasmus Mundus)

    • EU as a culturally rich and attractive destination (historical sights, different cultures, traditions, cuisines, languages etc)

    Ms Catie Thorburn

    Mr. Daniel Cloquet

    Mr. Dirk Vantyghem

    MAY 2012MAY 2012 Page Page 99

  • In the middle of the afternoon and after the second workshop, a ceremony took place for the launching the

    online portal for Young European Entrepreneur Ambassadors, www.EntrepreneurEnvoy.org, operational

    since February 2012. The aim of this webportal is to help young entrepreneurs to start and grow their busi-

    ness. Its pledges to inform policy makers and governments, recognise success and make culture change hap-pen. It asks its members to engage and share as much as possible and to commit to promoting entrepreneurs-

    hip.

    This website is a joint initiative by the Employers’ Group of the European Economic and Social Committee and the European Commission. The developers of the web-portal were young entrepreneurs who participated in

    the seminar, namely the Romania-based IT company BizNet represented by its C.E.O. Mr. Madalin Dumitru

    (www.BizNet.com.ro). The firm worked with the originators of the portal, participants of the seminar and the

    High Level Spark Group, a task force of the Employers’ Group charged to review the promotion of entrepre-

    neurship in Europe made up by the European Commission and Group I stakeholders.

    YOUNG EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS’ SEMINARYOUNG EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS’ SEMINAR Page Page 1010

  • Entrepreneur Envoy Portal - www.EntrepreneurEnvoy.org: 7 billion Ideas for entrepreneurship in Europe

    Where: European Economic and Social Committee, rue Belliard 99, 1040 Brussels

    When: on Thursday 17 November 2011 at 4 p.m.

    A new online portal to help young entrepreneurs start and grow their own business will be launched on 17 November 2011. It will take place at 16:00 during the Young European Entrepreneurs' Seminar 2011, hos-ted by the President of the Employers' Group of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Mr.

    Henri Malosse.

    The 7 billion ideas available at the Entrepreneur Envoy Portal will cover entrepreneurialism in all its forms, across all boundaries, and in all its guises. The economies, the wealth creation, the employment markets and the

    future of the planet reside in the hands of entrepreneurs – those capable, innovative, driven individuals and orga-

    nisations that can effect change and make things happen.

    The Young European Entrepreneurs' Seminar 2011 will bring 52 active young entrepreneurs and young professionals from employers' organisations from 18 European countries. Speakers will include repre-sentatives from the European Commission, European business organisations, banking federations, Members

    of the European Economic and Social Committee involved and dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship, and

    European organisations of young entrepreneurs.

    We would be grateful if you would let us know if you can attend. For more in format ion , p lease

    contact :

    Milen Minchev

    Employers' Group EESC

    + 32-(0)2-546.87.53

    mi len .minchev@eesc .europa.eu

    Rue Belliard/Belliardstraat 99 – 1040 Bruxelles/Brussel – BELGIQUE/BELGIË

    Tel. +32 25469396 – Fax +32 25469764

    E-mail: [email protected] – Internet: www.eesc.europa.eu

    15 November 2011

    MAY 2012MAY 2012 Page Page 1111

  • New online portal to help young entrepreneurs start and grow their own business

    A new online portal to help young entrepreneurs start and grow their own business was launched on 17 November 2011 by the Employers' Group of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). The website is a joint initiative of the EESC and the European Commission. It addresses policy failings in the promotion of entrepreneurship, especially among young people and women. The Global Entrepre-neur Envoy online portal "Entrepreneur Envoy" will offer tools to foster culture change and promote entrepreneur-friendly policies. The launch took place on 17 November 2011 during the third edition of the "Young European Entrepreneurs' Seminar", hosted by the president of the Employers' Group of the EESC, Henri Malosse. The event featured contributions from 52 active young entrepreneurs from 18 Eu-ropean countries.

    Mr Malosse said: "We want to develop a new vision of the entrepreneurial spirit, allowing Europeans to create wealth and build on a European identity. I truly believe in the power of water droplets accumulating to achieve great things. We can achieve anything if we pool our modest means."

    The participants' recommendations listed the following priorities:

    • A European Statute for SMEs (the Statute for a European private company), an EESC initiative

    • A unified Europe with a real European government

    • Facilitating vocational exchange for young people, in addition to school and university exchange schemes

    • A European network of business incubators

    • European financing facilities for new initiatives, especially microcredit

    • Holding a "Young entrepreneurs' day" to celebrate success

    For more information, please contact

    Milen Minchev by sending an email to: [email protected]

    The Employers' Group is one of the three groups of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), a consultative

    body of the European Union. The EESC enables representatives of business organisations, trade unions, professional asso-

    ciations and civic groups to contribute to the framing of EU policies and decisions."

    Rue Belliard/Belliardstraat 99 – 1040 Bruxelles/Brussel – BELGIQUE/BELGIË

    Tel. +32 25469396 – Fax +32 25469764

    E-mail: [email protected] – Internet: www.eesc.europa.eu

    PRESS RELEASE No 118/2011 24 November 2011

    YOUNG EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS’ SEMINARYOUNG EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS’ SEMINAR Page Page 1212

  • Closing cere

    mony

    MAY 2012MAY 2012 Page Page 1313

  • List of Participants

    Anaïs DUBREUCQ EESC, Employers’ Group

    Ionel DUMITRESCU Employers’ Entrepreneurs with special needs

    Fabiola FABRIS EESC, Employers’ Group

    Daniel FALCÓN European Confederation of Junior Entreprises

    Birgit FULAR EESC, Head of Unit, Employers’ Group

    Andrea GELFI Jeunes Entrepreneurs de l’Union Européenne

    Paddy HENNELLY Marbel Group

    Jordan HLEBAROV Adventura LLC

    Vladimir JAKUBEC Inventic

    Florin JIANU Young Entrepreneurs Association from Romania

    Dalia JUCEVIČIENö Farmer and Biofuel producer

    Peteris JUZEFOVICS Hercs Flora

    Arnošt KABÁT DMT Environmental Technology

    Benjamin KAINZ Ung Omsorg Sverige

    Raivis KALNIĥŠ aResearch, Startup Highway

    Bernard ABRAHAM Inter Generations Alliance for Employment and Entreprise Developpment

    Daniel ANDRLÍK D&A Travel s.r.o

    Inese APSE-APSITE MATKA

    Ilona BABKOVÁ Academy of Sciences—Technology centre

    Simone BALDASSARRI European Commission, DG Enterprise

    Anete BALTINA Employers’ Confederation of Latvia

    Aleksandrs BOROVENSKIS Word of Mouth Labs

    Veronika BOSBURY

    Tinger Ltd

    Frédérique CLAVEL MIX FOR VALUE

    Peter COENEN VLAJO

    Viorica COJOCARU Alliance of Romania Employers’ Confederations

    Paula CORREIA EESC, Employers’ Group

    Chiara DE CARO European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds,

    Brigitte DEGEN European Commission, DG Employment

    YOUNG EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS’ SEMINARYOUNG EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS’ SEMINAR Page Page 1414

  • MAY 2012MAY 2012 Page Page 1515

    Duarte MIRA Portuguese Farmers Confederation

    Stephanie MITCHELL European Commission, DG Entreprise

    Gintaras MORKIS EESC, Employers’ Group

    Claire MUNCK EBAN advisor

    Sarah NDIAYE EESC, Employers’ Group

    Liolios NIKOLAOS EESC, Employers’ Group

    Marko NÕMM Marklai OÜ

    Serafina OGOŃCZYK-MĄKOWSKA Shobiz Models, Business Centre Club

    Ján ORAVEC EESC, Employers’ Group Member

    Maciej OTULAK European Commission, DG Entreprise

    Rita OZOLINA Know-How LAB

    Eve PÄÄRENDSON EESC, Employers’ Group Vice-President

    Josephine PACE Women Entrepreneurs Committee of the Chambers of Commerce of

    Maris PAJU Liisbeti Õmblus OÜ

    Eva PAUNOVA European Parliament

    Angeliki KARAMPOUROUNI Young Entrepreneurs Association Hellas

    Sabina KLIMEK Klimek’s Confectionery

    Patrik KOVÁCS Young Entrepreneurs Association of Hungary

    Kristine KRAUZE Swedbank AS

    Annemarie KRISZUN German federal Employment

    Ruxandra LACATUS General Union of Romania’s Industrialists

    Jevgenijs LEONTJEVS True Vision

    Elena LETEMENDÍA European Banking Federation

    Oscar LUNDIN Ung Omsorg Sverige

    Dumitru MADALIN BizNet

    Raymond MAES European Commission, DG Employment

    Henri MALOSSE EESC, President of Employers’ Group

    Mihai MANOLIU EESC, Employers’ Group Member

    Romina Gratian MATEI Youth Express Network

    Milen MINCHEV EESC, Employers’ Group

    List of Participants

  • YOUNG EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS’ SEMINARYOUNG EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS’ SEMINAR Page Page 1616

    List of Participants

    Jan SOLIK Uctovna jednotka

    Cveto STANTIC EESC, Employers’ Group Vice-President

    Sabrina TESOKA EESC, Employers’ Group

    Catie THORBURN Generation Europe Foundation

    Tatjana TITAREVA Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

    Priit TOMP Cherry

    Ramona TREILONA MATKA

    Vassilis TRIANTOPOULOS Young Entrepreneurs Association Hellas

    Wojciech TROCEWICZ Polish Telecom (TP SA)

    Petr VALENTA Czech Chamber of Commerce

    Dirk VANTYGHEM EUROCHAMBRES

    Rando VINK Agrisilos Group OÜ

    Artis VOITEKS Cosmoss LTD

    Simeon WILLIAMS Aiducation International

    Oskars ZILE SIA ITnT

    Darek ŻUK Entrepreneurial Poland

    Antonello PEZZINI EESC, Employers’ Group Member

    Antonio POLICA EESC, Employees’ Group Member

    Inara PUČUKA Company “Gift Courier”

    Ralph RESCH Secretary General, European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing Public Services (CEEP)

    Markus ROTH Creative BITS, Junge Wirtschaft

    Eduardo ROYO JEUNE - Young Entrepreneurs of the European Union

    Sylvia SANNER EESC, Employers’ Group

    Mateus SANTOS (DE LIMA) European Confederation of Junior Enterprises

    Igor SARMIR EESC, Employers’ Group

    Giulia SCAMINACCI Plastica Alfa s.r.l

    Walter SEEMANN Junge Wirtschaft Österreic

    Ivan SEMPERE MASSA European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs

    Madi SHARMA EESC, Employers’ Group Member

    Vladan SIMIĆ VetLab

    Nick SIMM University of Leeds

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