About the project:

 

Project duration and start date:

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24 months starting 1st of June 2017

 

The Fresh Start programme will support 120 young migrant entrepreneurs across 3 EU states over 2 years, offering them the chance to acquire the necessary skills and the qualities for a future as an entrepreneur.

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Our aim is very much to go beyond the simple provision of support. We want to develop and pilot a replicateable and scaleable platform for a system of support services to: empower migrants and nurture their entrepreneurial spirit; provide access to local knowledge, networks and business; and to help young migrants to navigate the system in the host country and to support their start-ups.

 

Fresh Start will offer support across the three dimensions identified as best practice by EC publications:

 

• Competencies and skills division – through the delivery of individual and group business support, legal advice etc.

• Provision of social capital – through mentoring and networking events.

• Tangible needs – through access to affordable/free workspace and links to the wider

• Access to a business support community including finance services.