What is the issue ?

This workshop is the fourth workshop in a series of six thematic workshops that will occur over the next three years as part of the YEPA initiative. The 3-hour online workshop will explore how effective networks can be constructed for young entrepreneurs and identify the keys to their success. The workshop will showcase different types of networks and their features, as well as the challenges faced by those managing formal networks of young entrepreneurs. There will also be time to raise questions, share your knowledge and expertise, notably during an interactive breakout session and debate.

About

The OECD-EU Youth Entrepreneurship Policy Academy (YEPA) is a peer-learning network that seeks to strengthen youth entrepreneurship policies in the European Union (EU). This new initiative aims to strengthen youth entrepreneurship policies and programmes by raising knowledge about the barriers faced by young people in entrepreneurship and facilitating exchanges between policy makers, experts and young entrepreneurs on “what works” in youth entrepreneurship policy. This new initiative builds on an existing collaboration on inclusive entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship undertaken by the European Commission and the OECD, which includes the award-winning report series The Missing Entrepreneurs.

Agenda

10:00 – 10:10 | Welcome by OECD, European Commission and Country Co-Host

10:10 – 10:30 | Interview: Insights from a young entrepreneur

10:30 – 10:45 | Presentation: The role of networks for young entrepreneurs

10:45 – 11:20 | Panel: Creating and operating networks for young entrepreneurs

11:20 – 11:30 | Break

11:30 – 12:05| Presentations on the importance of networks for youth entrepreneurs

12:05 – 12:50 | Break-out group session: Encouraging youth entrepreneurship networks

12:50 – 13:00 | Take-away lessons and next steps