6.2.1 Integrated in regular school education: Concerning the definitions mentioned in chapter 5 no examples are described in this area.

6.2.2 In School:

Youth Entrepreneurship Support Structures

The General Secretariat of Youth (GSoY) is currently implementing the Youth Entrepreneurship Support Structures (YESS), through which students can get all the necessary help and support to create their own enterprise. Through the “Youth Entrepreneurship Support Structures” project GSoY attempts an intervention where the greater obstacle to youth entrepreneurship expression arises, summarized in the following:

a. The general entrepreneurial culture or mentality.

b. The practical barriers holding back young individual’s endeavours to start a business enterprise

By setting up one support structure in every capital region and by placing emphasis on extrovert communication GSoY aims to approach young people

a. Through visits and presentations in many educational units

b. Through productive use of the internet for access on information

c. Through competitions – virtual enterprises games attempt an essential intervention aiming to promote entrepreneurship Source: http://www.neagenia.gr/frontoffice/portal.asp?cpage=RESOURCE&cresrc=132&cnode=31&clang=1.

The "Entrepreneurship Spirit” is an ambitious project aimed at promoting entrepreneurship in secondary schools and creating an effective link between education and business environment. The program is funded by the European Commission under the pilot program Leonardo Da Vinci II for training. The outcomes of the project are a Web-site, a Cd-Rom, and a Video Tape which will be piloted in secondary schools in Greece. These tools make use of Information and Communication Technologies and facilitate the access of special population groups in training on entrepreneurship. They also contain examples of successful entrepreneurs in competitive sectors and industries Source: http://www.sch.gr/96-announces/491-145old.

Youth Entrepreneurship Observatory

Having access to valid and structured information about the entrepreneurial environment and the state of the market and economy is an issue of immense importance for every business enterprise. Therefore, in order to ensure that the young people and all interested parties are adequately informed, it is promoted the establishment of the Youth Entrepreneurial Observatory institution. The whole project is part of the ÅPÅÁÅÊ ÉÉ operational program and is co-funded by the European Union.

The “Youth Entrepreneurship Observatory” Source: http://www.neagenia.gr/frontoffice/portal.asp?cpage=RESOURCE&cresrc=133&cnode=31&clang=1 emphasizes mainly on:

• Co-operating with the Youth Entrepreneurship Support Structures in order to collect data and spread information
• Processing the data collected in order to produce structured information
• Conducting research related to entrepreneurship and promoting results
• Providing information to anyone interested, particularly through the internet, but also through any other available means
• Cooperating with institutions activating in the field of employment and entrepreneurship with the aims of exchange of know-how and information as well as coordination of activities
• Preparing a series of annual conclusive reports and identifying areas of intervention in order to improve the overall business environment
• Assuming initiatives with the intent to inform the public opinion, especially young people
• Planning and implementing programmes within the context of the educational system aiming to promote business spirit in schools and universities and encourage young people to become the entrepreneurs of tomorrow
• Creating a mechanism for collecting macro-economic and micro-economic data and additional information regarding the general entrepreneurial environment

The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) Source: http://greecechamber.org/?l=t&pageStewardLink=8704

In 2010, the Greek Chamber of Commerce became the 2nd Chamber of Commerce in the country to offer a ground-breaking, dynamic program to area high schoolers from Greece, Hilton and Spencerport Schools. The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) began in 2004 at the University of Rochester, with grant support from the Kauffman Foundation. This intensive entrepreneurship training program guides high school students through the process of starting and running a legitimate business or social movement over the course of a full academic year. In its first four years, YEA! grew beyond the college-based setting to include public high schools. In 2008, YEA!, Inc. was formed for the purpose of making the YEA! program available to the target demographic of students in grades 6 through 12 (ages 11 to 18) throughout the entire United States. The program takes students through the entire process of setting up their own, real business. Starting with idea generation and vetting the students learn how to write a business plan, make a pitch for funding (with real money at stake) and eventually visit the County Clerk's office to officially register their new business! All along the way the students hear from guest speakers, business mentors, investors and field trip hosts who have tons of useful information to help them along in their journey.

The "Youth Entrepreneurship Program" Source: http://www.sev.org.gr/online/generic.aspx?mid=664&id=59&lang=gr

The "Youth Entrepreneurship Program" is an innovative initiative of the Federation of Hellenic Industries, in cooperation with the international organization Junior Achievement International and the Educational Institute of the Ministry of Education, under the Operational Program for Education and Initial Vocational Training. The current school year involves 150 schools from all over Greece, lower secondary and 50 primary schools in Attica. The program aims to introduce young people to the concept of entrepreneurship, to teach them how businesses operate in the economic and social environment and help them realize their interests and to explore opportunities for their careers.