JADE Annual Report 2016

Annual Report 2015-2016

JADE – European Confederation of Junior Enterprises

Students Fostering Entrepreneurship Since 1992

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Content

Contents Foreword..................................................................................................................................4 Our supporters.......................................................................................................................5 The Junior Enterprise network and JADE ......................................................................7

JADE’s Annual Report aims at sharing with all our members, partners, and stakeholders the achievements of the European and global Junior Enterprise movement over the last year.

As a network, JADE can reach every year new heights only thanks to the collaboration of and cooperation of a number of different stakeholders: once a year, we want to take the chance to thank them all, to make a point on the current situation of the Junior Enterprise network in Europe and beyond and to set even more daring targets for the year to come.

With this Annual Report, we want to guide through the developments the movement went through in the year 2015-2016, and to shed light on the projects and ambitions for the network – at European and Global level – for the years to come. Enjoy the journey!

The Junior Enterprises ................................................................................................9 Our Junior Entrepreneurs ........................................................................................10 The JADE Network.......................................................................................................11 The Global Network...................................................................................................14 The amazing year 2015-2016............................................................................................15

JADE Spring Meeting 2016.......................................................................................18 Junior Enterprise World Conference 2016...........................................................21 Generations Club 2015..............................................................................................23 Success Stories and data gathering......................................................................24 Representing the Junior Enterprise network......................................................25 Enhancing the network quality...............................................................................26 An ever growing network.........................................................................................27 The first JADE Academy............................................................................................28 Looking forward...................................................................................................................29

The participants of the Summer JADE Meeting 2016 – the beginning of this term

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Foreword

Foreword from the President Today more than ever: #TogetherWeGrow It is a pleasure and an honour to present you the JADE Annual Report 2015-2016 on behalf of the entire JADE Team, and to introduce the activities and developments that the Junior Enterprise movement carried out and achieved in this past year.

These are special years for the Junior Enterprise network: on top of the great achievements of the European network reached in 2016, we have been celebrating the global Junior Enterprise movement in the largest Junior Enterprise World Conference ever organized. In 2017, the first Junior Enterprise will turn 50 years old. Also next year, the European Confederation of Junior Enterprises will turn 25 years old. And by the time next JEWC will take place, in 2018, we will be celebrating 30 years of the Junior Enterprise movement in Brazil: looking at how we have been growing and evolving, at how many people we have been able to impact over the years, it is a pleasure today more than ever to pronounce JADE motto: “Together We Grow”!

Daniela Runchi JADE President 2015-2016

We are proud to leave the organization today in a wonderful shape, with 2 new members – Sweden and Croatia – that joined our network at the beginning of our term, and amazing partners that were with us along the journey - a special thank you goes to Covestro, Microsoft and SimonKucher & Partners, with whom we will keep working the next year. We have also been collaborating more and more closely with the European Commission and the European Parliament, that we can count among our most valuable supporters.

In particular, this year we had the President of the European Parliament endorsing the Junior Enterprises in Europe and across the world, which makes us at one time extremely proud and even more aware of the responsibilities we have in front of the next generations of Junior Entrepreneurs. Moreover, despite the tragic events that shook Europe we were able to bring together hundreds of Junior Entrepreneurs for our yearly international congress: we believe that it is today more relevant than ever to underline the role of the Junior Enterprise movement as a network that brings people together, not only to exchange best practices and work experience, but also moments, cultures and passions.

With this Annual Report, I would like to invite you to dive into not only the achievements that a large group of motivated young professionals have reached over 12 months, but to celebrate the nature of these achievements as something that can be reached only together, with the common effort, drive and passion of all our over 22,000 members across Europe. Today more than ever: #TogetherWeGrow

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Testimonials

What do they say?

Words from some of our supporters:

Dear European Confederation of Junior Enterprises, Dear JADE, SMEs are the first private employer in Europe and a chance for our continent: they are the driving force of our European growth, in Europe and for Europeans. Let's look only at our common digital market: it is an enormous opportunity for our continent and the new generation of entrepreneurs has all the tools, knowledge and will to lead in this market, in Europe and further.

That's why I want to congratulate JADE for its involvement in encouraging entrepreneurial skills in Europe.

Thanks to you, more than 280 junior enterprises in 14 European countries bridge the gap between academia and the real market.

In addition to their studies, 22.000 students are practically involved into the running of non-profit SMEs in Europe: that is an impressive number of young Europeans learning how to become entrepreneurs, and moreover discovering social entrepreneurship.

Thanks a lot for your commitment and keep up with the good work.

Martin Schulz President of the European Parliament (2016)

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What do they say?

Words from some of our supporters:

Jan Mühlfeit (former Chairman Europe, Microsoft Corporation)

“Microsoft have worked in close partnership with JADE for several years. We know JADE to be one of the most passionate and effective student organisations on the world, and are hugely excited about the work that we will continue to do together, in the years to come.”

José Manuel Barroso (former President of the European Commission)

Carlos Moedas (Commissioner Research, Science and Innovation, European Commission)

‘’I would like to stress the role played by organisations like JADE, and the importance of Junior Enterprises as learning tools and bridges between university and the business world, particularly in a European context”.

Junior Entrepreneurs are “young innovative minds, driven by an unstoppable motivation to contribute to Europe’s economy.

We need the kind of open innovation that JADE promotes.

One that entails two things: collaboration and international reach. JADE’s international network of 400 Junior Enterprises in 3 continents is exactly what I want to see more of in Europe.”

The JADE student network aims to help students in developing technical and interpersonal skills for entrepreneurship and to practice corporate social responsibility. This is expected to impact on the productivity of the workforce and to have a positive impact on the business world.

European Commission report - ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION: A ROAD TO SUCCESS - A compilation of evidence on the impact of entrepreneurship education strategies and measures (2015)

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The Junior Enterprise Network and JADE The first Junior Enterprise was founded almost 50 years go, in 1967: since then, the JE concept has been expanding across Europe and far beyond, leading in 2016 to the creation of the first Junior Enterprise Global Council.

The Junior Enterprise Network and JADE

The Junior Enterprises

Objectives of Junior Enterprises Junior Enterprises all across Europe pursue the same goals: §

Providing a “learning by doing” experience for students, who create and manage their own non-profit SMEs offering offer various services to the market, in relation to their field of study

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Connecting academic knowledge and the business world, allowing students to add practical experience to their theoretical skills

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Fostering entrepreneurial skills, needed in modern economies and societies, such as selfconfidence and direct entrepreneurship experience

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Enhancing employability in a local market, helping local companies to search for and employ talented, experienced and motivated students from one single place

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Improving local economic and social growth: Junior Entrepreneurs are a direct way to promote universities’ brands to local companies.

Bridging the gap between academia and the business world A Junior Enterprise is a non-profit civil social organization, formed and managed exclusively by undergraduate and postgraduate students of higher education, which provides services for companies, institutions and society, under the guidance of teachers and professionals with the goal to consolidate and enhance the learning of their members.

Junior Enterprises are similar to real companies, counting with the principles of corporate governance like management council and executive board, and own regulation.

In a Junior Enterprise, students have the chance to put in practice what they study in university, developing hard and soft skills.

Being part of a Junior Enterprise is for a student a unique opportunity to develop those skills that the job market is looking for.

By developing projects for real corporate customers, managing the Junior Enterprise itself, with all the processes that are typical in a company, Junior Entrepreneurs challenge their own limits every day.

Now only they develop hard and soft skills by delivering high quality projects: by managing their own company-like structures, Junior Entrepreneurs can experience every day what it means to be entrepreneurial and to bring their own business forward in the real competitive market. A unique chance for a university student.

The logos of a sample of Junior Enterprises

Junior Entrepreneurs in the JADE Spring Meeting Opening Ceremony

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The Junior Enterprise Network and JADE

Our Junior Entrepreneurs The top 1% that is changing Europe every day Our Junior Entrepreneurs are bright motivated young people willing to take a step forward to improve not only their own education and skills but also the world around them.

They chose to dedicate a large part of their time, alongside their studies, to the development of their Junior Enterprises, to the realization of projects for their customers, and to the recruitment and the training of those that after them will manage the organization.

They impact their peers, by inspiring them in challenging their limits and push forward the boundaries of their university education. But they also impact the society and the (business) environment around them: they offer accessible consultancy services to small companies and SMEs, helping them to join the digital market, expand their business and grow at European and global level.

The Junior Entrepreneurs are one of the driving forces of change in today’s Europe, working every day not only to become better professionals but also better (European) citizens. By building personal relationships and business partnership with other Junior Enterprises across the continent, they are exposed daily to a multicultural working world, where they can experience the differences, the richness and the value of intercultural collaboration and cooperation.

Before graduation, they become the “young graduates with experience” every company is looking for as tomorrow’s leaders.

Fields of study In Europe, the following are the first 5 fields of study mainly chosen by our Junior Entrepreneurs: Business Economics Engineering

Participants of the Summer JADE Meeting 2016

Management IT However, the Junior Entrepreneurs come from all field of studies: it is the blending of different approaches, competences, and skills that makes a difference in providing value to the Junior Enterprises’ customers but also in shaping the open-mindedness of the Junior Entrepreneurs.

Participants of the JADE October Meeting 2015

Junior Entrepreneurs in the JADE Spring Meeting 2016

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The Junior Enterprise Network and JADE

The JADE network Leading the European Junior Enterprise movement JADE is the European Confederation of Junior Enterprises: working as an umbrella organization, we bring together all the Junior Enterprises across Europe to support, integrate and represent at continental and global level the European Junior Enterprise movement.

JADE is a students NGO based in Brussels, from where we coordinate the activities in our 14 countries and with our global partners. We work closely with corporate partners, as well as with the European Parliament and the European Commission to influence policy making and being closer to the European institutions and the young leaders of the continent.

Students fostering entrepreneurship.

Since 1992.

Our Mission At European level, our Mission is to be the voice of the European Junior Enterprise Movement, representing, integrating, and supporting the Network, through the spread of the youth entrepreneurship.

Our values Entrepreneurial culture - We foster entrepreneurship attitudes, skills and aspirations. We pursue opportunities even beyond resources currently controlled.

Personal development - We learn lifelong skills. We are empowered to try new experiences, take risks and challenge our education. We believe in learning by doing.

Proactive involvement - We take action, ownership and initiative. We take responsibility for our actions and we feel accountable for each other in our community.

Committed professionalism - Our work has high quality standards. We put business first and we listen and understand our clients needs.

Social responsibility - Entrepreneurship is, for us, a path to a better society. That is why we collaborate with SMEs and startups to consult and create for them. Our actions bring positive long term changes for the future of our economies.

Open-mindedness - We speak our mind out loud and we embrace differences, change, and the new. We believe innovation is a great way to solve problems.

Intercultural Exchange - We believe in international cooperation and using culture to add value to our network.

Our network is more powerful because we are together.

Our Vision by 2018 In 2018, the Junior Enterprise concept is recognized at European level, and the JE movement is positioned as the expert network in Europe about student entrepreneurship, ensuring the high quality of the Junior Enterprises and Confederations around the continent.

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Junior Entrepreneurs in the Summer JADE Meeting 2015

The Junior Enterprise Network and JADE

The JADE network Growing together with our members to have every day more impact JADE was founded in 1992 upon the initiative of six confederations of Junior Enterprises – CNJE (France), CEJE (Spain), UniPartners (Netherlands), JADE Switzerland, JADE Italia, and BDSU (Germany) – with the aim of connecting Junior Entrepreneurs across the continent to promote exchange of best practices and connection.

Over time, JADE has been growing with the entrance in the network of more and more countries. At the same time, the Junior Enterprise concept was growing far beyond the European boundaries, first in Brazil and then in Tunisia.

Today, after the Junior Enterprise World Conference 2016 that gathered in Brazil over 3,500 Junior Entrepreneurs from all around the globe, and that saw the creation of the first Junior Enterprise Global Council, we set a new important cornerstone to the development of the global movement of Junior Enterprises.

JADE Structure JADE is a bottom-up organization: the Junior Entrepreneurs choose the leaders of their Junior Enterprises to guide the organization, manage the relationship with clients and suppliers, partners and in general all the external stakeholders.

At national level, the Junior Enterprises elect their country representatives, who work to promote the JE concept and answer the needs of their JEs at countrylevel. Each country elect its International Manager, responsible to ensure effective communication between the national and the European level, JADE. All the national representatives elect the JADE Executive Board which, from Brussels, represents the movement at European level and keeps the relationship with the partners, institutions, and the other confederations in the world.

Foundation of the 1st Junior Enterprise in Paris, France

1967

Foundation of the 1st National Confederation in France

1969

Foundation of the 1st Junior Enterprise in Brazil

1988

The Junior Enterprise concept reaches Asia

1990s

JADE is founded by 6 (FR, IT, ES, DE, NL, CH) confederations

1992

Foundation of JADE Austria (Austrian Confederation)

1994

Foundation of JADE Belgium (Belgian Confederation)

1998

The Junior Enterprise concept reaches north Africa

2000s

Foundation of Brasil Júnior, Brazilian Confederation of JEs

2003

Organization of the first Junior Enterprise World Conference

2004

Foundation of JADE Portugal (Portuguese Confederation)

2005

Foundation of JADE Poland (Polish Confederation)

2006

Foundation of JADE Romania (Romanian Confederation)

2010

The Junior Enterprise concept spreads in South America

2010s

Foundation of JET, Junior Enterprises of Tunisia (Conf.)

2013

Foundation of the Canadian Confederation. JEs in SE, HR

2015

Foundation of the first Junior Enterprise Global Council

2016

50th anniversary of the JE concept, 25th of JADE

2017

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The Junior Enterprise Network and JADE

Meet the JADE members JADE groups 11 national confederations and 3 consultative members (countries in which there are less than 3 Junior Enterprises) in Europe.

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The enlargement department constantly works to promote the Junior Enterprise concept in new countries, where at first “Junior Initiatives� (baby-JEs) and then Junior Enterprises are created with the support of JADE and local partners.

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JADE Members Countries with JEs

Members of JADE

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BDSU www.bdsu.de since 1992

CEJE www.ceje.org since 1986

CNJE www.juniorentreprises.com since 1969

JADE Austria www.jadeaustria.at since 1994

JADE Belgium www.jadebelgium.eu since 1998

JADE Italia www.jadeitalia.org since 1992

JADE Poland www.jadepl.org since 2006

JADE Portugal www.jadeportugal.com since 2005

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JADE Switzerland www.jadenet.ch since 1987

JADE Romania www.jaderomania.org since 2010 6

NEXT JE (Croatia) www.next-junior-enterprise.hr since 2015

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UniPartners www.unipartners.org since 1987 7

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WBC (UK) www.wbc-uk.com since 1995

HandelsConsulting (Sweden) www.handelsconsulting.se since 2015

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The Global Network

A Global Network ever growing New Junior Enterprises are constantly being created across the world.

In 2016, the largest Junior Enterprise World Conference ever organized took place in Brazil, with over 3,200 Junior Entrepreneurs gathered from all across the globe.

#TogetherWeGrow not only at European but at global level

On the verge of turning 50 years old, the Junior Enterprise network is today more and more developing on a global scale.

Canadian Junior Consulting Confederation www.junior-consulting-canada.com since 2015

JADE www.jadenet.org since 1992

Hello World!

BrĂĄsil JĂšnior www.brasiljunior.org.br since 2003

Confederated countries

Junior Enterprises of Tunisia www.jetunisia.net since 2013

Countries with JEs

Countries with JIs

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The amazing year 2015-2016 These are special years for the Junior Enterprise movement, on the verge of turning 50 years old. This year, the first of the new strategic cycle 20162018, we strived to bring JADE one step forward towards its mission to make the Junior Enterprise network even stronger at European at Global level.

The amazing year 2015-2016

The amazing year 2015-2016 The year 2015-2016 from a longterm perspective JADE has been working in the last decade with strategic cycles lasting 3 years. In 2015 we concluded the last cycle, which had started in 2013, and in 2016 we had the privilege of inaugurating the 2016-2018 horizon, under the renewed vision of making the Junior Enterprise concept universally known in Europe by 2018.

While pursuing our vision, we keep focusing on the three strategic pillars that characterize JADE as an umbrella organization for Junior Enterprises in Europe: Support the Junior Enterprise network – via quality programs across Europe and the globe

Important endorsements from the institutional world In 2016, JADE and the Junior Enterprises in Europe received the endorsement of President Martin Schulz of the European Parliament, who stated his support for the JE concept and its role in fostering youth employment and entrepreneurial skills in a powerful video message. The President of the European Commission JeanClaude Juncker also expressed this year his appreciation for the Junior Enterprise network and the efforts the Junior Entrepreneurs make across Europe to improve themselves and the society.

Integrate the network, by organizing or promoting events to bring the members together to exchange best practices, experiences, stories Represent the Junior Enterprise network in front of private and public partners as well as the other global confederations of Junior Enterprises

We are very proud, at the end of the 2015-2016 term, to be able to say that impressive results were achieved this year in all the three pillars of the strategy: a great start for the 2016-2018 cycle.

Handover Ceremony in the European Parliament

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President Schulz of the EP

However, the two presidents were not the only institutional figure to associate themselves with the Junior Enterprise network this year: Madame Thyssen, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility, also expressed her support for the activities of the Junior Enterprises in developing a more entrepreneurial Europe. On her side, Mr. Navracsics, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, praised the Junior Enterprise concept as a best practice in bridging the gap between academia and the job market, bringing young people closer to the business world at European level.

The Junior Enterprise World Conference

A more and more global view for Junior Enterprises It has been a special year for the Junior Enterprise movement not only in Europe but also at global level: the 2016 Junior Enterprise World Conference took place in Florianopolis, Brazil, with over 3,200 Junior Entrepreneurs from all around the world to set the basis for new collaboration at global level. The JEWC was also the occasion to sign the new Memorandum of Understanding, the document that outlines the development strategy of the Junior Enterprise network at global level for the next 2 years.

Looking forward The Junior Enterprise network is about to reach even greater milestones: in 2017, the first JE will turn 50 years old, while JADE itself will celebrate its 25th anniversary.

2018 will also be a year to celebrate, with the next World Conference taking place in Europe and the Junior Enterprise movement in Brazil turning 30 years old. Great developments await the movement, turning more and more global every day.

The amazing year 2015-2016

JADE Spring Meeting 2016 An international congress for Junior Entrepreneurs The JADE Spring Meeting is the biggest Junior Enterprise event in Europe, taking place each year in Brussels and organized entirely by the JADE Team.

The congress is the occasion to bring together Junior Entrepreneurs from all around Europe to exchange best practices, build links and partnerships and discuss current issues at European level.

In 2016, the JADE Spring Meeting took place from the 31st of March to the 3rd of April, with the participation of Junior Entrepreneurs from all around Europe, Brazil and Tunisia.

The JADE Spring Meeting in numbers

270+

Registered participants of the JADE Spring Meeting

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Workshops and trainings held during the event

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Nationalities represented during the event

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Junior Enterprises with representatives in the JSM2016

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Universities represented in the event

Important endorsements from the institutional world The JSM was opened by a high level panel discussion about “Entrepreneurial Skills in the Digital Market” with Dennis Tan, JADE Alumnus and founder of Dashmote, Helen Kopman, Deputy Head of Unit from DG CONNECT (European Commission), Steven Price, CEO of the EIIL, Maciej Surowiec from Microsoft and Simone Baldassari, Policy Officer of DG GROW (European Commission). The discussion also involved and received inputs by all the participants, that could express their opinion in real time to give inputs in the panel.

The second part of the Ceremony saw the intervention of Dr. Klaus Hilleke, CEO of Simon Kucher & Partners Strategy and Marketing Consultants, who delivered an impressive speech on the theme “Hidden Champions – What we can learn from the world leaders in innovation”.

Dr. Hilleke led the participants through the discovery of Hidden Champions – who they are, what are their characteristics and what has contributed to make these companies so special in the last years.

The Panel Discussion during the Opening Ceremony of the JADE Spring Meeting

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An international congress for JEs A stunning Gala Dinner to celebrate the network The Gala Dinner in the JADE Spring Meeting was full of events: in addition to be the setting for the delivery of the Excellence Awards to 6 excellent Junior Enterprises in Europe, it was also the occasion for two amazing keynote speeches addressed to all the Junior Entrepreneurs. Mr. Herman Van Rompuy, former President of the European Council, addressed the Junior Entrepreneurs gathered in the JADE Spring Meeting speaking about Europe and its future. A special reference was made to the role that young people play in the evolution of society and in making Europe a tighter community across boarders.

Following, Mr. Herman Bach, Senior Vice President and Head of Covestro Innovation Management, talked about innovation and sustainability in today’s industry, with a focus on the projects that Covestro is carrying out also in relations to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development goals to improve society worldwide.

31st March - 1st April Brussels

Hermann Bach, Covestro SVP

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Herman Van Rompuy, Former President of the European Council in the JSM Gala Dinner

Amazing partners for an amazing event The JADE Spring Meeting would not have been possible without the support of our main partners that contributed to the event: With 2014 sales of EUR 11.8 billion, Covestro is among the world’s largest polymer companies.

Business activities are focused on the manufacture of high-tech polymer materials and the development of innovative solutions for products used in many areas of daily life. The main segments served are the automotive, electrical and electronics, construction and sports and leisure industries.

Simon-Kucher & Partners is a global consulting firm specializing in TopLine Power®, which encompasses strategy, marketing, pricing, and sales. Founded in 1985, the company now has 860 professionals in 30 offices worldwide. Simon-Kucher & Partners is regarded as the world’s leading pricing advisor and thought leader.

Microsoft collaborates with JADE in fostering an entrepreneurial spirit and the right skill set of the young people. Microsoft and JADE signed the “Education Transformation Agreement, aimed at raising the quality of entrepreneurial education.

Microsoft and JADE are committed in supporting youth to build a 21st economy through fostering entrepreneurship in Europe’s youth.

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Celebrating Excellence in the Junior Enterprise network The JADE Excellence Awards are the most important recognition given every year to the best European Junior Enterprises: JEs from all around the continent compete to showcase their excellence and the results achieved in the past year to get visibility at European level in front of fellow Junior Entrepreneurs, Corporate partners and institutions.

Meet the winners!

Junior Enterprise of the Year: Escadrille (CNJE) “Over nearly forty years, ESCadrille has served not only entrepreneurs but also SMEs and multinationals. Thirty dedicated students help our clients improve their performance and reach their goals. We provide them market and webmarketing studies, communication plans, satisfaction surveys and business plans. ESCadrille is ISO9001 certified, achieves a customer satisfaction rate of 96% and carries out 40 studies per year”

Most Promising JE: Lisbon PH (JADE Portugal) LisbonPH – Junior Association for Entrepreneurship of the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, started in January of 2013, when a group of students with a common vision teamed up to bring forth the health professional of the future, entrepreneur, creative and multidisciplinary. It was their belief that a pro-active student corporation with a strong connection to their own education establishment would generate a favourable environment to the creation of a structure dedicated to junior entrepreneurship.

Most Entrepreneurial JE: JECatt (JADE Italia) JECatt – Junior Enterprise Cattolica offers its members the possibility to put into practice what they learn in classes, developing their abilities and skills; also, it offers its clients innovative knowledge in management consulting, passion at its highest and maximum professionalism, to guarantee the success of each project. JECatt’s members enhance their work experiences, strengthening hard and soft skills, get in touch with entrepreneurs and companies and gain awareness and self-confidence.

Most International JE: WBC UK WBC UK is by far one of the Junior Enterprises that stand as an example for what multicultural means, with 15 nationalities represented among their members and partnerships across 4 continents. Two of their main projects in 2014 brought them connections with Bangladesh and Uganda.

Most Social Responsible Project: Marketing Mediterranée (CNJE) For over 46 years, Marketing Mediterranée has been among the most experienced and dynamic Junior Enterprise at National and European level. Combining excellence and team spirit in service of a common ambition, it daily supports its customers. Thanks to partnerships with the best European JEs, it can today meet the needs of clients across the continent. It was awarded 5 times Best French JE, and in March 2015 best European JE.

Most Innovative Project: JEToP (JADE Italia) J.E.To.P, founded in 1995 in the Management Engineering course at the Polytechnic of Turin, offers professional services as development of websites and apps, SEO & SEM, branding and graphic design, market analysis and social media management. JEToP organized the first Italian fair on wearable, WTT: Wearable Tech Torino.

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Junior Enterprise World Conference 2016 The largest Junior Enterprise global conference ever The Junior Enterprise World Conference is the only Junior Enterprise event that bring together Junior Entrepreneurs from all around the globe.

The JEWC takes place every second year since 2004 and is organized once in Europe and once in Brazil.

This event follows global trends, facing dilemmas in everyday life of a Junior Enterprise, empowering and motivating their participants to impact positively in the society. In 2016 the JEWC took place in Florianopolis, Brazil, organized by the Brazilian Confederation Brazil Junior and FEJESC, the Federation of the Junior Enterprises of the State of Santa Catarina.

20th – 24th July Florianopolis, Brazil 3200 Junior Entrepreneurs The theme of the event - ”Lead the co-era” – invited the participants to rethink the future of the movement and of society in a collective way, to co-create the solutions for tomorrow’s world. The speakers, the workshops and the panels stimulated to bring the reflection that we must undertake a world more collaborative and less competitive.

This more collaborative world is a place where the people are aware of their role in the operation of the system as a whole and pass the ego for the echo, i.e., of the individual to the collective. The concepts brought by collaborative economy have shown the world that sharing instead of accumulating can be an excellent solution to the main problems in the world today.

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The participants of the Junior Enterprise World Conference

The Junior Enterprise Global Forum The Junior Enterprise Global Forum is a meeting bringing together representatives from all the countries in which Junior Enterprises are present across the world. The participants meet to discuss the future and the strategy of the Global Junior Enterprise movement over the following 2 years, with the aim of building together the global strategy for the network.

In the 2016 edition, the representatives of the global JE network met to review the progresses made by the movement over the last two years and to set new targets, with a focus on the alignment, integration and development of the Junior Enterprise movement. Another highlight of the Global Forum 2016 was the creation of a Global Council for Junior Enterprises, which will overview all projects carried out at global level and act as a coordinating body among all the confederations across the world.

The participants in the Global Forum in JEWC 2016

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Summer JADE Meeting 2016 Getting together in Geneva to “Create your world, innovate” The Summer JADE Meeting is the second international congress for Junior Entrepreneurs in Europe that brings together members from all around the continent to discuss, share best practices, build together the future of the movement and create stronger connections and partnerships.

The meeting, that hosted over 150 Junior Entrepreneurs from all around Europe, also marked officially the end of the term of the JADE Executive Board and General Assembly 2015-2016 and opened the mandate of the 2017 team that is taking over the management of the Confederation for the next year.

In 2016, the Summer JADE Meeting took place in Geneva, organized by Junior Entreprise Geneve, member of JADE Switzerland, on the occasion of its 30th anniversary, on the theme “Create your world, innovate”.

What’s Next?

The Junior Enterprise World Day aims to bring Junior Entrepreneurs from all over the World together in a same common objective: celebrate the Junior Enterprise Movement. The project was launched in 2014, and in 2015 JADE, Brasil Júnior, and JET organized the second edition of JEWD on November 22nd, during the Global Entrepreneurship Week.

For the occasion, a video was produced showing junior entrepreneurs from all over the world talking about what were they “proud of” in relations to be part of the Junior Enterprise network. In 2015, the JEWD’s fan page reached 2,400 people, 91 Junior Enterprise events were organized around the world and 889 profile pictures were changed on Facebook to celebrate JEWD.

The campaign of JEWD 2015 was based on the motto “what are you proud of?”. In order to connect the different realities, cards with curiosities about each National Confederation were posted in the JEWD’s fan page.

SJM16 was also the occasion to choose the organizers for the SJM17: the event will take place next summer in Milan, Italy, organized by JEME Bocconi.

On the 22nd of November, Michele Hunt was invited as a speaker on a webinar that reached 465 views; on the same day the registrations to JEWC 2016 and the Global Magazine were launched.

Members of JADE’s General Assembly in SJM16

New horizons The Junior Enterprise World Day will also be celebrated in 2017 – on the 50th anniversary of the junior Enterprise Concept and the 25th anniversary of the foundation of JADE. The global team will also work for the official recognition of the Junior Enterprise World Day by the UN, to have the JEWD listed among the official UN International Days.

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Generations Club 2015 Bridging generations to face Europe’s hot issues On November 20th, 2015, JADE, organised the Generations Club 2015 under the theme “An Intergenerational Action Plan on the Entrepreneurial Education & Skill Gap Challenge in Europe”.

With this JADE stronger than ever tackled a topic that every student and soon-to-be graduate fears while youth unemployment rates are barely changing since its peak during the economic crisis.

Based on JADE’s Generations Report of 2014 –a youth perspective on entrepreneurial skills and JADE’s commitment to the Educational Transformation Agreement signed in 2014 with Microsoft, JADE decided to create in this year a concrete action plan succeeded by several follow-up meetings with all stakeholders and supporters throughout the year in order to create a truly sustainable solutions aiming to help transform Europe into an entrepreneurial society.

The participants, 33 in numbers, focused during the invitation-only event on three of Europe’s hot topics: skills mismatch, youth unemployment, and entrepreneurial education.

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Generations Club 2015

In interactive and crossgenerational exchange sessions, aimed to build bridges between the senior and the junior generation in order to foster an entrepreneurial culture, JADE gave an extraordinary forum to the youth’s and senior’s prospects, trying to diminish the generation gap.

In the unique venue of the Microsoft Innovation Center, the seniors’ view was being represented by company representatives from Covestro, Oracle and Microsoft, representatives of entrepreneurship education programmes such as the Entrepreneurship Experience Programme and the Entrepreneurship Academy, and dedicated members of the European Commission, as Mr. Ballesteros (Head of Startup Europe) and Eurochambres.

The junior generation was being advocated through some of the largest youth organisations in Europe, in particular ELSA, AEGEE, EPSA, AIESEC and JADE itself, in order to combine the view of a truly representative scope of Europe’s young people.

The amazing year 2015-2016

Fostering entrepreneurial skills, via inspiring role models We all follow the example of others.

Role models help us to be more creative, aspire to take that risk that will make all the difference. With Success Stories, we aim at collecting inspiring experiences from the alumni of our network to showcase how their Junior Enterprise helped them in their career. These stories fuel the junior entrepreneurs’ mindset and encourage them to overcome their next challenges. Each year, a Success Stories booklet is released, containing the most inspiring stories, advice and examples from real entrepreneurs.

In 2012 the European Commission, via its Directorate General which deals with entrepreneurship in Europe – now DG GROW - , conducted a study that involved Alumni of the Junior Enterprises as well as former regular students.

The study, titled “Effect of Entrepreneurship Programmes on Higher Education”, compared alumni of the Junior Enterprise network with former students enrolled in entrepreneurship programs as well as with a control group of other students of higher education in Europe. The analysis of the data showed that Junior Enterprises are more effective than the other programs in fostering youth employment, entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, company creation and skills development.

This year, with the support of DG GROW, we decided to replicate the 2012 study. The analysis will be published by the end of the year.

JADE network is full of creative, innovative and inspiring role models. Those Junior-Entrepreneurs which kept on with the Entrepreneurial spirit, launched their own start-up, or had an amazing corporate career, and kept improving through failure.

In 2016, the Success Stories booklet reached its 9th edition, with over 10 stories to inspire young people to follow their passion in pursuing their career: Alumni that made a difference, that inspire future generations of Junior Entrepreneurs in Europe and beyond.

The concept of the booklet has been renovated in 2016, focusing not only on the the Alumni that created their own companies, but also on those that made the best out of the skills learned in their experience in the JE and developed an impressing career building on the entrepreneurial mindset gained in the Junior Enterprise network.

A new impact assessment Estimated annual turnover growth of created business 167%

86%

JE Alumni

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Representing the Junior Enterprise network Representing the Junior Enterprise movement at European level Representing a network of over 20,000 student only in Europe, JADE was also working hard on its reputation and the recognition of the Junior Enterprise movement in 2015/16. According to the European Business Summit, “JADE is the most powerful European youth organisation that fights skills mismatch and creates great potential for a more entrepreneurial society and active citizenship”(EBS, 2016). As an expert on student entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial education and skills, as well as facilitator for youth employment and the stepping stone between university education and business practice, we attended several high-level events in and outside Brussels. We would like to thank the organisers of the following events where JADE participated either as panellist, speaker, moderator or partner for their support and trust in us: § Meet the Expert-session European Business Summit: “Desirable skills on the market: what, when and how should you develop them?” (Brussels, Belgium) §

Breakout session at the Thematic University Business Forum “Higher education institutions – a good place for future entrepreneurs?: Promoting entrepreneurial thinking and activities” (Vienna, Austria)

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Panel Discussion at the Thematic University Business Forum ““International Talent – Business Potential” (Helsinki, Finland)

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Breakout Session & Best practice at the European Commission’s HEInnovate event “i3: iGNITE. iNSPIRE. iNNOVATE. – Facilitate change in higher eduction” under the title” The Junior Enterprise concept – bridging the gap between theory and practice” (Brussels, Belgium)

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Speaker/ Idea Giver on the European’s Parliament “STAGNATION OR INNOVATION-Digital revolution: A fountain of jobs and innovation?” on a legal framework/ recognition of the Junior Enterprise concept and second chance legislation for the European Youth Event 2016 (Strasbourg, France)

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Speaker for DG Growth’s, European Commission “Skills for Entrepreneurship-I have a business idea. Do I have the skills?” at the European Youth Event (Strasbourg, France)

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SBA Follop-up and SME Envoy Network Meetings by DG Growth, European Commission (Ljubljana, Slovenia and Brussels, Belgium)

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Informal Forum of International Student Organisations (Croatia, Zagreb)

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Presenter “Creative Mindsets. Entrepreneurial future" by the Central Denmark EU Office, Bantani and Vleva (Brussels, Belgium)

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Panellist at the World Bank Group’s “Building Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships to support employment and productive work for 150 million youth by 2030” (Brussels, Belgium)

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Participant in the EU Study Visit in Serbia (Belgrade, Serbia)

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Keynote speaker for AIESEC’s YouthSpeak (Brussels, Belgium)

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Start-up Week, Startup Europe - European Commission with Junior Enterprise events (all over Europe)

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Participant at European Development Days (Brussels, Belgium)

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JADE in the European Youth Event in Strasbourg

JADE in the European Business Summit 2016

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Enhancing the Network Quality The Confederations Development Programme The Confederations Development Program is an important initiative of JADE, reaching this year the 7th round of knowledge sharing. CDP provides our Member Countries with an experience-sharing platform that JADE creates and facilitates, as well as individualized support to develop and become each year better performing.

The program has two stages, one of information gathering and one of learning about improvement areas through coaching or exchange sessions between confederations. For example, the Members could exchange about “Recruiting and Training performing teams” at national level, “Enlargement” (how to create new Junior Enterprises at national level” and “Private Cooperation - how to optimize the relationship between the Junior Enterprises network and the private sector” This year, we partnered with EFQM, the European Federation for Quality Management, in order to make the Confederation Program even more efficient for the Members. EFQM supported JADE Headquarters to restructure the process in order to make it more suited for JADE’s needs, trained JADE team, and provided help in the individualized coaching of the Members.

The JADE Team during a training provided by the EFQM

Fostering quality development at national level This year, JADE proudly launched another quality project: Common European Audit grid. As we wish to foster more cooperation between our Junior Enterprises in the long term, and are always happy to share our network with the private and public sector to fulfil their needs, the Common European Audit Grid appeared to us as a guarantee for Quality for the whole network.

In addition, as JADE is aiming at a global recognition for the network of Junior Enterprises, having a quality stamp will distinguish our network from other initiatives.

The objective for this project is to provide each of our members with a tool, the audit grid, and a process in order to assess the quality of their Junior Enterprises and to help them develop. This year, the process, the grid and some guidelines were developed on the basis of the work performed in 2012 and in collaboration with the members. We communicated about the objectives of the project, and gathered the countries differences in terms of Junior Enterprises in order to create a suitable system for everyone. We implemented the process as a trial on 3 Junior Enterprises (our Consultative members from Sweden, Croatia and the UK). Next year will be dedicated to implementing the grid at national level in some pilot countries.

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The amazing year 2015-2016

An ever growing network

New Junior Enterprises

Beyond new boundaries

More than ever, we aim at a global network of Junior Enterprises, we are developing more and more Junior Enterprises around the world; JADE is deeply involved in the creation and support of Junior Initiatives, in order to give the opportunity to more students to benefit from this life-changing experience.

The highlight of the year was the participation of JADE and Brasil Junior in the jury of a business game in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with the objective of creating a Junior Enterprise in the winning University. It was the opportunity for us to talk about the Junior Enterprise concept in dozens of local newspapers, and to have an interview released on national television.

This year, we were in contact with numerous countries from Europe – Sweden and Croatia that we helped developing at national level, but also Finland, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovenia, Denmark ‌ Outside Europe, we also developed the network in Oceania with two initiatives in Australia, as well as in Africa with Gabon, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Morocco where we supported the creation of a national Confederation and a collaboration at Maghreb level with JET (Junior Enterprises Tunisia). We also supported the initiative to develop a Confederation of Junior Enterprises in the US.

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On top of those activities, we also carried out Godmother program (thanks to which experienced Junior Enterprise can mentor Junior Initiatives), as well as Promotion Program, that consists in training Junior Entrepreneurs studying abroad in order for them to be able to create a Junior Enterprise in their host University. Around 50 Junior Enterprises participated in the Godmother program, and 4 Promoters spread the Junior Enterprise concept around Europe.

JADE and Brasil Junior on the Malaysian national television

The amazing year 2015-2016

The first JADE Academy Reaching new heights with JADE’s first Train the Trainers program JADE Academy is the first JADE Train the Trainers program, launched in 2015, which combines a Train the Trainers week taking place in Belgium with training sessions throughout the year, to foster exchange at international level and sharing of best practices.

A session during JADE Academy

The Train the Trainers event gives Junior Entrepreneurs the chance to develop new heights and to prepare themselves to deliver high quality trainings in multicultural environment, building a strong and united trainers team ready to share their expertise around Europe

By developing multipliers, JADE Academy can spread the entrepreneurial spirit and create common knowledge throughout the network.

In 2015 the first edition of the Train the Trainers week took place, with an amazing feedback from the participants who afterwards delivered trainings in the JADE Spring Meeting, the Summer JADE Meeting and for some German Junior Enterprises.

We are looking forward to the next edition to enlarge the trainers pool!

JADE Academy 2015 participants and tarainers in Oostkpam, Belgium

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Looking forward‌ Looking at the future there are exciting challenges ahead for the Junior Enterprise network: the creation of a truly worldwide network, the development of more and more JEs across the world, an ever stronger positioning of the network with global stakeholders.

What comes next

Looking forward

The New Executive Board

“The difference between success and failure is a great team.”

(Dave Kerpen)

Yann Camus, Gaia Cravesana, Krisztian Ivan, Mona Herter: JADE’s future consists of four great Junior Entrepreneurs who together build the next JADE Executive Board. They are taking over the organisation’s activities from August 2016 to bring JADE always one step forward.

‘’Why are we here today? Why are we going to commit one year for the Junior Enterprise network?

Because we want to contribute to something greater than us. Because we want to impact the development of students. Because at some point we met someone who changed our life by introducing to us the concept of Junior Enterprise” Yann Camus

Yann Camus President

Gaia Cravesana Vice-President

Mona Herter Secretary General

Krisztian Ivan Treasurer

Public Affairs

Events

Communication

Strategy Management

Human Resources

Network Quality

International Relations

Internal Communication

Finance management

IT Management HQ Management

Training

Alumni Management

Enlargement

Private Cooperation Legal

New projects we are excited about Celebration is real only when shared

Following up on the Junior Enterprise Global Forum

In 2017 JADE will reach twenty-five years from its foundation, while the Junior Enterprise concept will turn fifty years old: it is an amazing moment for the network to celebrate, share and foster the Junior Enterprise concept not only at European but also at global level, under JADE’s motto #TogetherWeGrow

A new exciting project is being developed, with the creation of a comprehensive platform to connect all the Junior Entrepreneurs, Junior Enterprises and national confederation at European level first and global level afterwards, for a network becoming stronger and stronger.

Following the decisions taken in the Junior Enterprise Global Forum during the Junior Enterprise World Conference, in the next months the global team will be constituted to work on fostering even more the Junior Enterprise movement at global level: we are looking forward to break new boundaries!

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Connecting the Junior Entrepreneurs

Looking forward

Special thanks to our partners and supporters JADE Executive Board 2016 would like to thank to all organisations, companies and all their representatives, who supported us during our year with advice, learning experience, great talks and motivation.

Advisory Board Arnaldo Abruzzini, Secretary General of Eurchambres

Supporters and Partners Simon-Kucher & Partners Microsoft Covestro Uniplaces Baker&McKenzie European Institute for Industrial Leadership Eurochambres BUSINESSEUROPE Eurpean Business Summit Ent-Ex Podio

Daniel Cloquet, Head of Entrepreneurship and SMEs at BUSINESSEUROPE

ThinkYoung

Steven Price, CEO of EIIL

QuickSLIDE

Daniel Schaubacher, Representative EBBF

The European Sting

Fabian Zuleeg, CEO of European Policy Center

UNIDO

Jan Muhelfeit, Senior Strategic Advisor at Atlantic Bridge

European Development Days

Karen Wilson, Senior Fellow at Bruegel

WEF Sixt OECD Brasil Júnior Junior Consulting Canada

Special thanks to…

Junior Enterprises of Tunisia

MEP José Manuel Fernandes, European Parliament

UNDP

MEP Andrey Novakov, European Parliament

The World Bank

Peter Baur, DG EAC, European Commission Simone Baldassarri, DG Growth, European Commission

World Economic Forum AEGEE

Margherita Bacigalupo, Joint Research Center, European Commission

ESN

Maria Podlasek-Ziegler, DG EAC, European Commission

ELSA

Isidro Laso, Head of Startupeurope, European Commission

EPSA

Serge Pegoff, JADE coach and mentor

ESTIEM

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Together we grow!