The press conference: “ERASMUS for Young Entrepreneurs – 1800 entrepreneurs involved after 1 year!”

Speakers:

Christian Weinberger, Entrepreneurship & SME Policy Advisor, DG Enterprise and industry, European Commission
Ben Butlers, Director of European affairs, EUROCHAMBRES
Luca Poli, New entrepreneur, Italy
Francine Huaman, Host entrepreneurs, Spain

The mobility programme called “ ERASMUS fro Young Entrepreneurs” was launched one year ago, nowadays more than 1800 new and experienced entrepreneurs from all EU countries and different sectors have applied to participate.

Till now, over 1300 applications have been approved and 60 future entrepreneurs have already completed there stay abroad. In the case that the current trend continues, 500 stays will be completed by June 2010. Italy and Spain are two EU countries which participate the most in this programme, while the United Kingdom is the most requested destination among young entrepreneurs.

The programme “ ERASMUS fro Young Entrepreneurs”, financed by European Commission, enables new entrepreneurs to become familiar with the management of a small or medium-sized entreprise by learning from an experienced host entrepreneur in another member state.