Applications Open for Eastern Partnership Youth Conference “Youth for Entrepreneurship”!

Deadline: Various

17 August 2018: Applications from the Eastern Partnership countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

1 September 2018: Applications from the European Union, Russia and Turkey.

Applications are open for Eastern Partnership Youth Conference “Youth for Entrepreneurship”.

The European Union promotes entrepreneurship as a key competence that can boost competitiveness and growth. As a result, entrepreneurship education is now being increasingly encouraged across the EU and in the EU Neighbourhood. Entrepreneurship and self-employment can be pathways for young people to emerge from unemployment and to positively impact their communities. However, young people often feel they lack the necessary skills and knowledge to start their own enterprise.

The Eastern Partnership Youth Conference “Youth for Entrepreneurship” 2018 will gather around 130 participants, including 90 young people with entrepreneurial ideas from the EaP countries, EU member states, Russia and Turkey in order to tackle the skill gap. It will be organised by the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) on 8-9 November in Vienna, Austria.

Eligibility Criteria

The Social Entrepreneurship Schools and Eastern Partnership Youth Conference are designed for young people who:

are between 18 and 30 years old
have an entrepreneurial idea and are interested in establishing a social enterprise;
have between 6 and 24 months experience working in the field of social entrepreneurship;
are citizens of the Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine) & European Union, Russia or Turkey.
want to tackle a social problem/s in their local community/town/country
are proficient in English (for applicants from the EaP countries good knowledge of Russian is appreciated and provides an advantage during the selection process)
Please note that we will respect the gender balance (50% of participants will be male and 50% will be female).
Applications will be reviewed based on the answers to the questionnaire below with the selection criteria in mind.