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can indeed develop some technical and soft skills which are essential for their future careers, as well as get an early contact
with the business world in these small and medium sized enterprises.
The Junior Enterprises, recognised as ‘best practice’ by the European Union under
the Oslo Agenda for Entrepreneurship Education have the key function of bridging the gap between academia and real business world, thus enforcing practicality and relevancy of higher education.
The impact of the Junior Enterprise concept grows every year, as the revenues of the largest business structures reach the million-Euro bar. Moreover, the impact on society is important since it in uences the future of young people while it contributes to enhance their academic studies through practical experiences within the Junior Enterprises.
The 20,000 European students who are engaged in a Junior Enterprise are known as Junior Entrepreneurs and they are between 18 and 25 years old. Those students are developing an entrepreneurial mindset as well as many other skills in a personal, social and employment-related perspective while studying for a bachelor’s degree or for a master’s degree.
The Junior Entrepreneurs are able to enhance their leadership and team-working skills, as well as their pro-activity, creativity and professionalism while managing their own organisation.
The number of Alumni Junior Entrepreneurs now reaches one million people after
45 years since the creation of the rst Junior Enterprise. These former Junior Entrepreneurs who have been through this non-formal Entrepreneurship education process are currently working in di erent workplaces, from their own company to the management of other people’s rms.
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