New presidency and organization chart
JEUNE’s new presidency and organization, from January 2021 to December 2023
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Confcommercio Italy Online Youth Forum
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JEUNE with Cem Aldeias against Energy Poverty
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About Jeune
The Young Entrepreneurs Organization of the European Union
JEUNE represents over 1,660,000 young people interested in entrepreneurship
JEUNE was founded in 1994 in Brussels. Now, it represents over 1,660,000 young people from 20 countries who are interested in entrepreneurship.
JEUNE carries out activities to make the voice of European young entrepreneurs heard in the constant dialogue with the leading European institutions (European Commission, European Parliament, European Economic and Social Committee, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, European Youth Forum, European Young Innovators Forum).
JEUNE’s activities are focused on the promotion of entrepreneurship, lobby initiatives for programs destined to young people, networking events, training for young entrepreneurs, partnerships with European institutions aiming to create a permanent dialogue for developing policies and programs dedicated to young entrepreneurs, business incubation.
- Launched in 1994
- Represents 20 countries
- Supported by Erasmus+ programme
- Over 1,660,000 entrepreneurs
The Young Entrepreneurs’ Organization of the European Union – JEUNE has a special position in Europe as it is the main voice of the next generation of entrepreneurs and influential figures of the European and world economy. The dedicated goals of JEUNE are:
- promoting young entrepreneurship and/by supporting young entrepreneurial organizations in Europe
- representing them towards the European governmental bodies and worldwide organizations
- delivering solutions for youth entrepreneurship and fighting youth unemployment (see EC-OECD Brief Policy Report on Young Entrepreneurship)
JEUNE is partner of:
JEUNE ORGANIZATION in numbers
A long experience, a solid background, a lot of successful projects. Always looking to the future.
JEUNE is an organization that counts. And it can count on impressive figures that confirm its current role and mission.
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Young Entrepreneurs
Presidency
JEUNE’s Board of Directors is made up of members who serve a 3-year term and are elected by the General Assembly (i.e. all the member associations).
The Board of Directors is a governing body with the main function of managing the organization and developing all the initiatives promoted by members and assembly.
Advisory board
JEUNE’s Advisory Board is a supportive organizational body of highly esteemed entrepreneurs, economic players, policy-makers, and acclaimed companies who share JEUNE’s values on the critical role of young entrepreneurs in the European economy. They are eager to support the next generation of entrepreneurs and care about the future by fostering its mission.
Its primary function is to provide reliable knowledge, information, and advice on strategic and concrete issues to enhance the organization’s visibility, feasibility, functioning, international embedding/networking, and cohesion.
Moreover, the Advisory Board:
- plays a network-enhancing role that makes the organization more effective in its lobbying and promotion activity.
- provides guidance and develops knowledge by combining experience and innovation.
- acts as a connecting platform for reaching the most active influencers at the European level and across JEUNE members’ countries.
Michele Orzan
Head of the
Advisory Board
Alexander Kulitz
Member Of Parliament Bundestag
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Ingo Fröhlich
Former CEO of Mercedes-Benz Hungary
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Miguel Frasquilho
Chairman at TAP
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Angeliki Karampouroni
Project Manager EU at HACK BELGIUM
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Carolina Valente
CEO at PACTA
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Michael Lee
CEO at CreBiz Factory Books
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Tiago Silva Pereira
CEO at WIZE MOBILITY
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Bernardo Mendia
President of PHKCCI
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Our Members
During the past 20 years, JEUNE has built up an extensive network and ecosystem that contribute to its work in promoting entrepreneurship and representing young entrepreneurs of Europe.
Membership benefits
Get Privileged Informations
Receive up-to-date information on EU policies destined to young entrepreneurs.
Exclusive Projects
Participate in JEUNE’s European projects.
Valuable Meetings
Representatives come to Brussels & JEUNE goes to them (meetings in Stuttgart, Barcelona, Brussels, and other cities.)
International Conferences
Participate in international conferences (e.g. GEC 2017 in Johannesburg,South Africa).
High-level Conferences
Participate in high-level conferences organized by JEUNE in Brussels (e.g., Young Entrepreneurs’ Day in the European Parliament in 2017 in collaboration with OECD, EC, EIF, EP).
Cooperate in a large organisation
Be part of the largest European organisation, exchange experiences and learn from others.
“Thoughts are things! Powerful things that can turn into riches if you mix them with definiteness of purpose and burning desire.”
Andrea Gelfi
JEUNE Honorary President
HOW TO JOIN
Experience you can trust, service you can count on. Jeune – your partners in profit!
For more information about the requirements and the joining process please write to secretariat@jeune-europe.org or fill this module
Our activities
JEUNE being the largest European-wide network of young entrepreneurs aims to establish new and strengthen existing global relations with NGOs, governments, and companies concerned with young entrepreneurship development.
Cooperation
JEUNE cooperates in common researches about young people and entrepreneurship, – establishing partnerships which can form a basis of exchange of ideas, knowledge, and best practices, –through common workshops and other events for ingfor promotion of young entrepreneurship.
B2B Meetings
JEUNE can organize B2B meetings among representatives of different young entrepreneurs’ organizations.
Strategic Partnership
JEUNE creates strategic partnership relations in Europe with large European or global companies whose communicated value is matching with JEUNE principles.
Estabilishing Channels
JEUNE establishes new external market channels for Europe’s young entrepreneurs – implementing common projects and applications – and cooperates in the global representation of issues of young entrepreneurship.
Promoting EU models
JEUNE facilitates the economic relations of each European country with the EU and promotes entrepreneurship ideas and models among the young people, thus contributing to their European integration.
Decison Making
JEUNE harmonizes and channels the opinions and needs of the young entrepreneurs to European decision makers.