Call for: European SME Week Youth Competition 2016

European SME Week, under the patronage of the European Commissioner for Single Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, is launching a youth essay contest aimed at 16-25 year olds across Europe.

Rules

• The competition is open to all 16 to 25 year olds from European Member States or COSME partners countries.
• The title of the essay is “What can the EU do to encourage more young people to become entrepreneurs?”.
• Essays must not exceed 2,500 words in length.
• All essays must be in English.
• Only one entry per applicant.
• The deadline for submissions is 2 September, 2016.
• The winners will be announced in November ahead of SME Week.

Prizes

1st prize

• An all expenses paid trip to the 2016 SME Assembly in Bratislava, Slovakia, to present their essay to 600+ Assembly delegates.

2nd and 3rd prize

• A video of the runners-up presenting their essay will be streamed on the event wall at the SME Assembly.

All winners will receive promotion of their essays across European SME Week social media channels.

Enter here

https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/YEC2016essaysubmission

Need more info?

Email: smew[email protected]

Source: www.youthpress.org/call-european-sme-week-youth-competition-2016/​