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Budapest Youth Enterprise Centre, Budapest, Hungary
Pioneering youth enterprise in Central Europe
Becoming fully operational in 1999, Budapest Youth Enterprise Centre (BYEC), YBN’s ‘flagship’, was the first youth enterprise centre in Central Europe to adopt the EDW model. The Centre supports people disadvantaged through unemployment, gender and ethnic background. After a very successful collaboration with the EDW team on the YBN.1 project, in YBN.2 BYEC shared its extensive experience with the newer Partners.
Neumann Youth Enterprise Centre, Eger, Hungary
Fostering an enterprise culture among diverse groups
Opened in 2000 as part of the Neumann János Vocational School, the Neumann Youth Enterprise Centre (NIVAK) developed its youth enterprise services based on the EDW model during the YBN.1 Project. It now has 16 business units dedicated to incubating the businesses of young and disadvantaged people.
In the YBN.2 project, NIVAK worked with the newer YBN.2 Partners to share its experience and expertise with them.
Regional Development Agency, Rimavska Sobota, Slovakia
Empowering and supporting students and young unemployed Roma people
The Regional Development Agency in Rimavska Sobota was set up in 1994 to help the economic and social development of the area. From its links with the Neumann Youth Enterprise Centre (NIVAK) in Eger, Hungary, the RDA learned about the EDW team’s YBN.1 project and concluded that the comprehensive enterprise model we offer, in terms of training, business counselling and provision of incubators, would be an appropriate model for Rimavska Sobota.
Within the YBN.2 project, led by the EDW team and funded by the European Commission’s Leonardo Da Vinci Lifelong Learning Programme, the RDA set up youth enterprise services from scratch, including training and counselling services and incubation.
The Malpolska Development Agency, Krakow, Poland
A route to independence for young people with disabilities
Unemployment among young people is one of the most difficult problems in Malpolska, where young people account for one third of total unemployment. Through participation in YBN.2, the Malpolska Development Agency has encouraged school-leavers to see themselves as potential entrepreneurs and to realise that self-employment is a route to independence.
The Vak Bottyan Vocational School, Gyongyos, Hungary
Encouraging students to consider becoming entrepreneurs
The Vak Bottyan Vocational School (MIVAK) is one of the largest schools in Gyongyos, with 700 pupils between the ages of 15 and 20. EDW’s YBN.2 project added valuable practical enterprise training to MIVAK’s existing theoretical and vocational curriculum.
The school has been teaching both theoretical and practical economics since 1994 and now offers vocational courses in electronics, informatics, mechanics and economics. Through participation in the YBN.2 programme, the school undertook many activities to raise students’ awareness of work and self-employment options. Business Development and Awareness Training Days were held and feedback from the students was very positive.
