Enterprise without Borders

1. Enterprise without Borders Building international entrepreneurial partnerships

2. What is EwB? Enterprise without Borders (EwB) is designed to give Company Programme students the opportunity to create cross-border international partnerships as part of their JA-YE experience. Through a website, teachers and schools can register for participation and students can upload their company profiles and enter an entrepreneurial ‘dating game’.

3. EwB Partnerships Joint-venture company Export-Import Coordinated product/service development – Outsourcing Exchange visits with entrepreneurial content

4. Why EwB? Develop and understand economical principles of international trade Understand how different rules and regulations affect your company Develop good, active teaching methods for the students Develop skills such as communication, analysing and decision making Develop an understading for other cultures and intercultural competencies

5. Programme Implementation Programme is free of charge– all materials available on portal • Programme materials are updated regularly Each JA-YE organisation must have a national administrator There are 3 options how to run the programme • To run the EwB before you start the „full“ Company Programme- get the ideas, contacts, try communication etc. • To run the EWB together with "Company Programme " in the same year (either since the beginning of the year as soon as they create a product, or in the second semester as a continuation of the Company Programme) or • To run EWB in the following year as a separate programme (in this case, the company already has developed its product/service, so it can start to participate at EWB website since early beginning of the school year

6. EwB school year

7. Programme Features • IT platform – website www.ewb.ja-ye.org • EwB companies profiles and catalogues • On-line EwB partnership registration • EwB MOB ILE- mobile application • EwB Brief electronic newsletter (every month) • JA-YE Connect - http://connect.ja-ye.org/group/ewb • A networking tool for JA-YE teachers and staff with a special group for EwB teachers and coordinators • EwB Teachers Café - connecting teachers at intl. Events • EwB Student Café – orientation session with corporate volunteers • Training and Student Materials – on-line • Student and Teacher Text Books • Website Administration Guide • EwB Joint-Venture Guide, etc., etc. • Survey of participants in 2010 and 2011 • VIDEO

8. www.ewb.ja-ye.org

9. EwB Network 26 European countries +KenyaEgyptSouth AfricaGhanaUgandaU.S.A. New comers in 2011-2012 France Poland

10. Project Outcomes after 4 Years 32countries 35 601 students 2 399 teachers 1 300 business volunteers, advisors and mentors 2 721 mini-companies 1 669 joint-ventures

11. Overall Satisfaction 67% EwB participants agree that they feel more employable as a result of participating. However, as might be expected amongst this age group and in the current socio-economic climate, some apprehension does exist, and 71% would like to become entrepreneurs.

12. The EwB Experience

13. EwB Café for Teachers JA-YE Europe TRADE FAIR Bodo, Norway Lisbon , Portugal Bratislava, Slovakia Zurich, Switzerland JA-YE Europe Company of the Year Rotterdam, The Netherlands Cagliari , Italy Oslo, Norway Bucharest, Romania

15. BEST PRACTICES • EwB High Potential Award 2012 • (JA-YE Europe Company of the Year) • recognizes the most innovative, sustainable and profitable cross-border venture in the academic year Art&Media International (Kenya and Norway) Sound of Media UB and Deers have joined their skills and knowledge so that fair trade jewellery products were designed and made in Kenya, then the Norwegian team with marketing expertise marketed and sold the jewellery in the target market Norway.

16. BEST PRACTICES EwB Collaboration Award 2012 (JA-YE Europe Trade Fair) is presented to the best EwB mini-company participating at the JA-YE Europe Trade Fair, rewarding cross-country collaboration. EXPAND IT Portugal The students developed a portable food dispenser that allows people to take their favourite toppings and spreads with them, wherever they go. Their partnership with other student companies in Europe helped to drive the value proposition of their product. The Norwegian company helped with branding and packaging while the Swedish company assisted them with their website.

17. BEST PRACTICES UWIANO– GREEN 11 (Denmark Uganda) Uwiano created a new communication system (based on an adaptation of open source software) which makes it possible for Ugandan entrepreneurs to communicate with Danish (and international) companies and consultants without the use of direct access to the Internet.

18. Success Story EGASOLUTIONS (Slovakia and Austria) - Created a brilliant concept seeking to break down prejudices around immigration creating awareness and promoting a behavioural change. The teams produced together a movie (DVD) „Kick Out the Difference“

19. Events to come ... November Student and Social Entrepreneurship Fair - Belgrade February YE Belgium Trade Fair - Brussels Flemish Trade Fair - Antwerp March Austrian Trade Fair - Vienna JA-YE Europe Trade Fair - Riga April International Student Company Festival AgBIZ Trade Fair – Belgrade

20. HOW TO REGISTER ON EWB PORTAL

23. EwB Contact Gabriela Zidkova EwB European Coordinator JA-YE Europe Tel: +420 577 219 085 or +420 571 895 605 GSM: +420 602 511 500 gabriela@ja-ye.org