Youth entrepreneurship

Youth entrepreneurship has been on the EU policy agenda for over a decade and continues to be an important policy area as the challenges around enabling young people to take up entrepreneurship and the associated benefits remain. Especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the market uncertainties caused by international conflicts, youth have been vulnerable for several years and need more assistance in finding their footing in our societies.

This brief provides inspiration and guidelines for policymakers to strengthen youth entrepreneurship support. It explores how youth entrepreneurship policy interventions are implemented on the EU level and in different regions of Europe.

In the policy brief, you will find overview of: 

• The main policy instruments and support programmes on the EU level
• Inspiring good practices and policy changes of Interreg Europe projects
• Key insights and policy recommendations