Author: Rue Potagere 119 1210 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32 2 42 01 752 Fax: +32 2 42 01 751 JADE,...

Author:

Rue Potagere 1191210 Brussels, Belgium www.jadenet.org

Tel: +32 2 42 01 752Fax: +32 2 42 01 751Email: mail@jadenet.org

JADE, European Confederation of Junior Enterprises

Linh Ta CamSint Niklaas, December 2006

JADE – European Confederation of Junior Enterprises

Student Starter6th to 9th of December 2006

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JADE is a not-for-profit, non-political and international organization whose mission is to:

Promote the Junior Enterprise concept Offer a platform for knowledge exchange Provide support and coordination to the network Foster entrepreneurial spirit among students Ensure quality of its members

Only academic students

About JADE

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About JADE

13 Member Countries Austria Belgium France Germany Italy Netherlands Poland Portugal Slovenia Spain Switzerland UK Greece

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The Structure of JADE

Local level:

Junior Enterprises

National level:

Confederation European level:

JADE

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World wide

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Aims for this project

To give: Transfer of knowledge Practical experience of entrepreneurship Develop training and/or support Promotion Using JADE material

To get: Transfer of knowledge Enlarge our network

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Junior Enterprise (JE):

Based on the “Learning by Doing” concept

Aims to fill the gap between universities and the business world

Giving students the opportunity to add practical expertise to their theoretical knowledge

Set up and maintain by students >> Student initiative

JE responds to students‘ needs

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Basics of the JE Concept

A non-profit organisation

JE is usually linked to the university

JE is entirely run by students that both perform consulting projects for companies in various sectors and manage the company

Students in a JE gain practical experience in management, leadership and professional work at an early stage

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Junior Enterprise as Management Lab

Students develop an entrepreneurial attitude

All the problems and situation of SME

Combines on entrepreneurial way the subject-specific knowledge along with social skills and other key skills.

Therefore a Junior Enterprise is a real Management Lab

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Junior Enterprise

Not-for-profit Association

Managed entirely by students

Project work

Theory Practice

self-development, entrepreneurial

skills

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JADE Alumni Career Survey

21% JADE Alumni have own company– 51% set up their company in less then 4 months– 9 % after working for a few years

JADE average age: 28 European average:35

57% get job offer before finish study 22% get job offer after 1 month <1% are unemployed

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Thanks for listening!JADE aisbl

European Confederation of Junior EnterprisesRue Potagere 119

1210 Brussels – BelgiumTel: +32 2 42 01 752

Fax: +32 2 42 01 751mail@jadenet.org

http://www.jadenet.org