LEADERSHIP – a platform to promote youth entrepreneurship.

The platform is coordinated by Lithuania Business University of applied sciences (LBUAS). LBUAS is a modern, open to society and independent higher education institution founded in 1994 that prepares professionals in social and physical sciences who are focused on Lithuanian and European labour market.

Main activities:

• Youth Entrepreneurship Incubator
• Entrepreneurship event “Youth for Youth”
• Youth, NGO service fairs
• Youth awareness campaign for the development of a positive attitude towards entrepreneurship
• Contact fairs “Youth – Business”
• Youth Friendly Employer Awards
• Career guidance for the disabled community
• Joint business and disabled community meetings/discussions, presenting success stories, integration of people with disabilities into the workplace
• Young entrepreneurs’ success stories on YouTube
• International social entrepreneurship contests
• Educational event on gender equality issues in business

The platform is designed to encourage young people’s determination to start a business, to encourage the openness of business to the disabled and to form positive attitudes towards entrepreneurship.

Key qualitative indicators: Growing number of people, who after EYC2021 activities would like to start business; growing business openness for the disabled people.