jade gazette - february 2010
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JADE- European Confederation of Junior Enterprises -
Gazette
for Junior EntrepreneursIssue February 2010
Antonia SariyskaPresidentHead of Public Affairs, Enlargement and Alumni [email protected]
Moritz BeckVice-President
Head of Private [email protected]
Matthieu MilanVice-PresidentHead of Inner Enhancement and Civil [email protected]
Adelina PelteaSecretary General
Head of Communications, HR and Events
Ricardo PonceTreasurerHead of Finance and [email protected]
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Doesn't it ever seem that February is theweirdest ever month of the year?! Things startsettling down after the holidays, people plan theirlives for the next year, and many developments takeplace.
Europe in this sense is no exception. Earlierthis month the Union welcomed its newCommission: 27 brave leaders ready to take on theEuropean challenge for the next 4 years. In themeantime, we celebrated St Valentine's Day andhad a real Brazilian Carnival at JADE House.
Now we are overly excited about seeingmany of you at Spring Meeting 2010, meet you upat the European Parliament, and catch-up on someof those Challenges together… the JADE way!
Antonia Sariyska
Carlos MoralesSenior Project Manager
Head of [email protected]
Luiz AngeloSenior Project Manager
Brazilian [email protected]
Miriam AscensoSenior Project ManagerBrazilian [email protected]
Naone GarciaSenior Project ManagerBrazilian [email protected]
Content
JADE events
o JADE Spring Meetingo Excellence Awardso Exchange Weekend on Knowledge Managemento Upcoming events in Marcho Junior Enterprise World Conference
Towards a stronger movement
o European SME Weeko European Entrepreneurship Video Awards
Career opportunities
o Executive Board 2011o Communications Senior Project Managero IT Project Manager
JADE House
Brazilian Corner
JADE Spring Meeting 2010 is just a few days away. The two days will be filled with lots ofopportunities to learn, exchange ideas, make new contacts, bu also to have fun.
The Opening Ceremony will take place inside the amazing European Parliament, provingonce again the strong connection JADE has with the EU institutions. Key speakers from public andprivate organisations will start the debates of the event on the theme of Social Entrepreneurship.Then, the participants will have the chance to attend the diverse workshops, or in the case ofConfederations representatives – they will attend the General Assemblies during which they willupdate each other and take decisions regarding the future of the network.
Nevertheless is to mention that all the attendents will have the opportunity to exchangeknowledge and experience in a very multicultural environment, since the event brings togetherpeople from 15 European countries plus Brazil.
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The Junior Enterprise movement is filled with great practices and success stories. The ExcellenceAwards is a great opportunity for Junior Entrepreneurs and Junior Enterprises to be recognized atinternational level.The brave members that applied are:
For the category Most Creative and Innovative Project
JEst (JADE Italia) - www.jest.it“Becoming Manager” is a recruitment event organized by JEst, that reached the fourth edition thisyear. The event succeeded in creating a new perspective in the recruitment of just-graduatedstudents, giving to students and companies the possibility of knowing and testing each other before“the choice”. Students are directly introduced to the sponsors through visits to the company offices orproduction plants before the event. During the event there are business games (using GlobalManagement Challenge), conferences, workshops and career cocktails.icons Vienna (JADE Austria) - www.icons.atStart Vienna aims to activate entrepreneurial thinking and acting in Europe. The start-up weekendsare events where different people interested in entrepreneurship come together to exchange thoughtson entrepreneurship and business ideas, to build venture teams, develop business concepts and finallylaunch new venture projects and companies. The initiative led also to an increasing online communityof over 800 members and additional European locations for future start-up weekends like Berlin,Zurich, Innsbruck, Bucharest, Vilnius, Cypress and Kosovo.ConQuest (JADE Poland) - www.conquest.pl/enJIT Management in e-commerce is a computer application invented by ConQuest to facilitate the flowof information in an e-commerce business (their client). The application gathers information from themarket and from the company itself (it monitors the prices of suppliers and competitors, allowing tochoose the cheapest distributor and the most suitable price level, calculating possible profit margins;monitors the warehouse and availability of products at suppliers, guaranteeing the promiseddelivery).Gran Canaria Campus (CEJE) - www.gccampus.comThe application MAM (Management of Advertising Media) is a project designed to publish real-timetargeted advertising media in various digital controlled simultaneously. It is not only software, but aset of different software technologies and hardware.AFC (JADE Belgium) – www.afcleuven.beRon White Memory Seminar was an event organized by AFC in Leuven that was attended by 450students. Ron White (world’s leading memory speaker) thought the students how to fully exploit theirmemory.N-HiTec (JADE Belgium) - www.nhitec.comN-PorTal is a platform developed by N-HiTec for a better management of the Junior Enterprise,helping to save time and to preserve knowledge. It enables mail management, shared files, wiki,forum, dynamic and shared calendar, task lists etc. For the time being, N-PorTal hasn’t reach its fullpotential but it allows a lot of improvements, especially since is realized in a modular way, so newmodules can be added to response to future needs. The strength of this project lies in its user friendlycharacteristics and special designed solutions for Junior Enterprises needs.
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For the category Best CSR Practice
icons Innsbruck (JADE Austria) – www.icons.atThe Austrian Junior Enterprises is showcasing their CSR project for students, called “ZELOS – Fair forExtracurricular Activities”. The aim of the project is to create awareness among the students of theimportance of engaging themselves in political, social or economic activities. Also, icons together withtheir partners give their support to exceptional students to pursue their desired extracurricularactivities.Marketing Mediteranee (JADE France) – www.market-med.comMarketing Mediteranee is providing to its customers solutions that take into account both theenvironment and the social aspects and is helping entrepreneurs with less financial possibilities tocreate their own businesses. Projects like “Campus Durable”, “& COW” or “Phoenix” are just someexamples of their constant involvement in being social responsible and environment friendly.AFC (JADE Belgium) – www.afcleuven.beBesides the entrepreneurship, AFC caries important values for future development, one of which issustainability. They developed a project called “Energy Tomorrow Challenge”, a competition thatchallenges students to work out ideas on clean technologies into a viable business model.SEGMA (JADE France) - www.segma-je.frSEGMA developed the project “La Federation des Aveugles de France” that had as an outcome a newservice to help visually handicapped people.
For the category Most International Junior Enterprise
WBC (JADE UK) - www.wbc-uk.comWBC has diversity and internationalization as strength. Their current 20 members represent 11nationalities, making them experience the work in a very multicultural environment. WBC had regularattendance to JADE meetings, visited JADE House and organized together with JADE ExBo the WinterMeeting 2009. In the same time, WBC worked on international projects and exchanged knowledgeand experience, in cooperation with other Junior Enterprises from Europe.For the category Most Engaged Junior Entrepreneur
Thomas Sadzot from N-HiTec (JADE Belgium) - www.nhitec.comThomas is an active Junior Entrepreneur since 2007. He managed to improve N-HiTec structure andprocesses and lead his team to a more professional organization. He is also ensuring national andinternational contacts, strengthening the network connections.
During the Spring Meeting, the applicants will present in front of all the participants and a jury andthe winners will be selected!
Let the best win!
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Exchange Weekend on Knowledge Management –Paris, 29th-30th Jan 2010
On last week-end of January, occurred thefirst Exchange Weekend of 2010 year which tookplace in Paris at CNJE headquarters. French, Spanish,Brazilian confederations of Junior-Enterprises and 2JADE Executive Board members (EuropeanConfederation of Junior Enterprises) attended at thismeeting especially focused on “Knowledgemanagement”.
We got the opportunity to get throughinteresting topics as Recruitment, Handover andStrategy.
This meeting gave us new insights on how toimplement in our confederations the knowledgemanagement processes as information management,and efficient recruitment. Selecting the informationto communicate at the right moment should be apriority. Having access to the information easily mustbe something normal and really functional in eachnetwork.
Working in the same Network, we are nowaware of what is done in some of our neighbors’confederations. Since CNJE is restructuring itsRecruitment process, we experienced instructiveexchanges. In addition, we had time to discovercultural differences and visit Paris, the city of love butalso the city of CNJE’s headquarter, one of thefounders of the Junior Enterprises network in Europe!
We hope that you are also going to developExchange Weekends in your own Confederation.
Article written by Adeline Lajoinie,, International Manager for JADE France
Upcoming events in March 2010
5th – 7th March – JADE SpringMeeting (in Brussels, Belgium)
12th – 14th March – UniPartnersNetherlands National Meeting (inRotterdam, Netherlands)
26th – 28th March – JADE ItaliaNational Meeting (in Parma,Italy)
For more information aboutevents go on our website(www.jadenet.org/events)or contact Adelina Peltea – JADE
Executive Board, Head of Events –at [email protected]
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Prepare for our biggest international event for 2010!
When? 22nd – 25th July 2010
Where? Milan, Italy
What? “Ideas to (re)design (y)our world”
Organised by JEME Bocconi (from JADE Italia)
JEWC’10 (Junior Enterprise World Conference 2010) is an event gathering 400 JuniorEntrepreneurs from Europe and other parts of the world that aims at encouraging the knowledge andexperience exchange and also at developing innovative solutions for a sustainable economy.
The participants – young entrepreneurs from different countries and cultures – will have theopportunity to meet senior professionals during the conferences and workshops and debate on theeconomic sustainability and innovation, empowering the sense of European and Global citizenship.
Before the event there will be launched a web portal where the young entrepreneurs canshare educative and creative content and exchange ideas. The content will be analyzed by partners andparticipants during an event workshop and the results will be officially presented during the event inMilan in front of young entrepreneurs, business and political decision makers and media.
Also during the event, young entrepreneurs from all over the world can participate online tothe discussions – ideas exchange and questions can be addressed on social networking channelsdedicated to the event.
The website for the event will be launched in March, during Spring Meeting. There you can findmore information about the event and how you can participate at (re)designing (y)our world!
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Brand Your JADE Events in the Framework of European SME Week:
In collaboration with the Institutions and Industry, DG Enterprise and Industry (EuropeanCommission) is organising the second European SME Week(http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/entrepreneurship/sme-week/ ). The week aims tostimulate entrepreneurship in Europe and inform entrepreneurs about support available onEuropean, national, regional and local level.The Week will take place on 25th May - 1st June 2010, however, all European JADE events (Nationaland International), which are to take place in April, May or June, can be held under the branding ofthe SME Week and the patronage of the European Commission.
Do not miss the opportunity to get involved in one of the biggest European EntrepreneurshipForums! Please, contact JADE HQ for more information.
JADE is Jury in European Entrepreneurship Video Awards:
Every year, the European Commission searches for the best entrepreneurial minds in Europe. Allyoung people, including Junior Entrepreneurs are encouraged to apply with a video by 9th April2010.The films aim to encourage people to follow their ideas and dreams, and this year the battle takesplace in 3 categories:· "Entrepreneurship – A different way of life"· "Entrepreneurship – Challenges and rewards"· "Entrepreneurship – The way into the future"
Moreover, this year JADE Europe will be on of the official judges in the competition: a specialhonour by DG Enterprise and Industry and the Vice-President of the European Commission.
For more information on the Awards, please visit: www.ec.europa.eu/eeva2010Show us your interest by contacting JADE HQ
Boostyour personal
and professional
development!
Take the big challenge
and apply for JADE Executive
Board 2011!
For any questions don‘t hesitate to contact:Adelina Peltea, Head of HR, JADE Executive Board 2010Email: [email protected]: adelina.peltea
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Are you a Junior Entrepreneur, whowants to:
Gain Top Management experience atEuropean level?
Improve soft and technical skills; getbetter in resource and strategicmanagement, team work andpresentation?
Work and live in a multiculturalenvironment that reveals endlessdiverse ideas, opportunities andchallenges?
Travel across Europe and beyondseeking for new opportunities?
Enjoy the relaxed atmosphere ofworking at home, yet be professional atall times?
Promote the Junior Enterpriseconcept and spirit; feel important whendoing so?
Develop and expand an internationalnetwork of contacts: meet the decision-makers of the world, and potentialfuture friends?
If yes, then think about taking theopportunity JADE offers you to achieveall these at a very fresh age bybecoming a member of JADE ExecutiveBoard 2011!
More Info at www.jadenet.org/career/exbo2011
CommunicationsSenior Project Manager
Time frame: 15th April – 15th SeptemberLocation: Brussels (with short periods of working remotely if necessary)
Objectives: Increase the awareness of JADE towards third parties and the awareness of JADE Headquarters activities towards the members. Improve JADE image for all stakeholders by creating a 360° Communications Strategy and implementing it in a professional way.
Main responsibilities:-- Create the communications plan for all target audiences of JADE- Manage the communication tools- Develop media relations at international level
Your benefits:- Gain professional experience in a multicultural environment- Improve your skills-Expand your network
Profile:-Strategic thinking-Good communications skills-Good level of English
Apply until 17th March 2010
IT Project Manager
Time frame: 1st – 15th April handover; 15th May – 1st September working timeLocation: Brussels (with short periods of working remotely if necessary)
Objectives: Offer IT support to all activities inside the JADE Headquarters.
Main responsibilities:- Website development- Network support- Offer IT solutions for facilitating the work inside the Headquarters
Your benefits:- Gain professional experience in a multicultural environment- Improve your skills-Expand your network
Profile:-Attention to details-IT knowledge-Website development knowledge (joomla)-Good level of English
Apply until 17th March 2010
For questions and applications (CV and Motivation Letter) contact:Adelina Peltea, Head of HR, JADE Executive Board 2010Email: [email protected]: adelina.peltea
More info on: www.jadenet.org/career
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Final CDP audit took place in JADE House - The Confederations’ Development Programme concluded onemore stage: auditing the Confederations enrolled in the programme. The last audited Confederation wasBDSU and took place in JADE House in mid February. Frank Paulusch, Vice President of BDSU, took theopportunity and traveled to Brussels to meet Luiz Angelo, the Project Manager for CDP. During his three daysvisit, he also had the chance to meet the Executive Board, experience the JADE House spirit and enjoyingBrussels sightseeing and nightlife.
Final preparations for Spring Meeting – The entire team working in JADE House or remotely (ExBo andProject Managers) had a very challenging month in order to prepare the final details for the event that willtake place from 5th to 7th of March in Brusels and that will host 120 Junior Entrepreneurs from all overEurope. This was an interesting experience for everybody about team work, risk management and decisionmaking. Now everybody is looking forward to see the outcomes of all this preparation which will be reflectedin the satisfaction of the participants.Meanwhile, special thanks to the people involved in the organisation of the event together with JADE ExBo:Miriam Ascenso from Brasil Junior, (as Project Manager for Spring Meeting), Arta Hashimi from UNI-GroupKosovo and Graziella Bernal and Junior Boulleys from JADE France.
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Brasília: building an agenda for Junior Enterprises in Brazil
Like many of the biggest entrepreneurship organizations, Brasil Júnior is also interested in governmentalactivities. Political affairs activities are essential to the third part of a nine-year strategy, which Vision is“Strength the Junior Enterprise brand, regulating the JE Movement and widely promoting it to the society”.Between March 8th and 12th, Brasil Júnior has a very important agenda in Brasília: catching up with the mostimportant issues concerning policies for youth and entrepreneurship in the country. Mr. Tiago Mitraud,president of Brasil Júnior, will represent the Confederation at the inauguration of the new Counselors ofCONJUVE – the Youth National Counsel and in the 2nd National Meeting of Youth Counsels.During his stay in Brasília, Mr. Mitraud will also meet representatives and Senators of the Brazilian NationalCongress. The main subject is the support for legislative propositions that regulate better conditions forJunior Enterprises.
Curious to discover the people from JADE Headquarters and their activities? Come andmeet them all. If you are a Junior Entrepreneur you are more than welcome to visit JADEHouse either just to meet the Executive Board and the Project Managers, either to use thespace for teambuilding or work sessions with your Junior Enterprise colleagues.
Just send an email to [email protected] to establish your visit!
Stay always informed about JADE opportunities and news.
Visit our website www.jadenet.org
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