Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge

Leadership, Responsibility, Creativity, Autonomy, Solidarity
Are all values upon which an entrepreneurial culture in built. Promoting entrepreneurship can foster attitudes, skills and abilities that are equally beneficial for tomorrow's entrepreneurs as they are for future employees and citizens.

Five Year Action Plan
2004-2009

Over the next five years, more than $39 million will be attributed to developing entrepreneurial culture among young people. The measures chosen are based on three main axes:

Inviting schools to participate:

An example would be; Designing and disseminate tools to promote awareness about entrepreneurship within the context of school curricula at the primary, secondary and college levels

Creating a favorable environment:

An example would be; creating a network of resource advisors that promote youth entrepreneurship awareness all across Quebec

Disseminating effective strategies among young entrepreneurs:

An example would be; promoting business networking to young entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship Awareness & Promotion Officers promote entrepreneurship and more than ever they are present in your communities! What do they do exactly?

Entrepreneurship Awareness & Promotion Officers (EAPO) serve as an external resource in a variety of settings, in order to facilitate the implementation of entrepreneurial projects that can help guide students to gain aptitudes, skills and knowledge that will enable them to develop a vision of their future. They work with schools, community organizations, government and entrepreneurs.

For more information on the work of the Entrepreneurship Agents and the Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge, please visit: http://www.defi.gouv.qc.ca/  where you can access the contact information for your officer. Please do not hesitate to contact them!