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From Cyprus to Greece through the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs programme !

Cleo Demosthenous, the New Entrepreneur from Cyprus dreams to build her business future. The Erasmus for Young Entrepreneure (EYE) programme gives her the opportunity to boost her career by collaborating with the experienced Greek entrepreneur, George Argyriou. On the other hand, George will have the opportunity to work with an energetic and motivated entrepreneur who can contribute to his business with new skills and knowledge, especially in the field of communication and social media management. Both of them expect to

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One more successful business exchange relationship in the context of Erasmus for young Entrepreneurs programme, in the area of Architecture

The New Entrepreneur, from Greece, Vasileios Vitorakis, was given the opportunity for a business exchange relationship with a Host entrepreneur in Copenhagen, Denmark, through the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs programme. Through this experience he acquired precious knowledge, developed new techniques and gained more confidence to fulfill his entrepreneurial goals. Local contact point/intermediary organization for the New Entrepreneur: Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH)/ Science & Technology Park of Crete Local contact point/intermediary organization for the Host Entrepreneur: Aalborg

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«13th Scientific Retreat», of the Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas (FORTH)

The «13th Scientific Retreat», of the Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas (FORTH) will take place on Friday 15 and Saturday 16 July 2022 at FORTH premises in Heraklion, including a festive event on Saturday, and a 3-day exhibition of FORTH innovative technologies (15-17 July), together with, an art exhibition showcasing the diverse talents of FORTH members, at the Cultural Conference Center of Heraklion. The main objective of the Retreat, which is organized biennially in one of the cities hosting FORTH

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Enrich your knowledge in every sector through the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs programme

The business exchange relationship between Sara, the New Entrepreneur from Italy and the Greek Host Entrepreneur Filippos, is planned to last 4  months and summer is the ideal period due to the sector of their activity (outdoor athletic activities). Sara believes that this experience will be a great opportunity for her professional and personal growth. By the end of their business exchange relationship Sara expects to gain a wide range of professional skills to put into practice when setting up

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Webinar “IP Protection in China in the Digital Economy”, Thursday 21 July 2022

EEN-Hellas, Praxi Network, Sience & Technology Park of Crete as well as the China IP SME Helpdesk are co-organizing a webinar regarding the “IP Protection in China in the Digital Economy”, on 21 July 2022, 10:00-11:30 a.m. EEST. In the webinar, Dr. Joerg-Michael Scheil will share best practices on how to develop a comprehensive IP strategy, to protect your company’s innovations and enforce your brand. For participation, registration is required here. For more information click here.

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The business exchange relationship between Vasil and Thanos, among the 10.600 Erasmus Young Entrepreneurs business matches!

Τhe business exchange relationship between Vasil and Thanos is one of the 10.600 business “matches” that have been successfully achieved so far within the framework of the Erasmus Young Entrepreneurs programme. Vasil Vranchev, the New Entrepreneur from Bulgaria will collaborate with the Greek Host Entrepreneur Thanos Argyriou, for 5 months, in Raches, Fthiotida (in the multi-use venue, NISI Glamping) .  By the end of their business exchange relationship Vasil expects to gain knowledge and skills on architecture and on construction

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Deloitte webinar “Understanding RRP Grants to SMEs for the development of Digital Products and Services”, Thursday 14 July 2022

Deloitte is organizing a webinar regarding the “Development of Digital Products and Services” programme in the scope of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (Greece 2.0), which is addressed to small and medium-sized enterprises of the information and communication technologies sector. The programme provides aid in the form of a grant ranging from 35% to 70% of the eligible costs of the supported activities of the investment project. Funding can range from 200,000 to 2 million euro and the deadline

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A new and very promising business exchange relationship under the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs programme

Fotini, a New Entrepreneur from Cyprus travelled to Greece a few days ago and started working with Dora at the Africanism Collection Host Organization in order to broaden her knowledge and develop soft skills and administrative skills that will be useful for her own business. Dora will use Fotini’s abilities on Social Media structures and website management and will set up a better e-marketing strategy for her business. Their cooperation, based on counselling and guidance, has great potential to prove

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Online Event: Presentation of the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs program, on Thursday, May 26, 2022

The Science and Technology Park of Crete gives you the opportunity to travel and live up to 6 months with an experienced entrepreneur, through the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs program! Whether you have already started your own business (within the last three years), or you have a new idea that you would like to turn into a business, you can register for the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs Program, in order to learn all the secrets of entrepreneurship next to an

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Erasmus Young Entrepreneurs: One more promising business exchange relationship has just started!

Alex Mina, the New Entrepreneur from Italy, joined the Erasmus Young Entrepreneurs programme and traveled to Heraklion Crete to exchange ideas and contacts with the Host Entrepreneur Vasilis Spitadakis, both targeting to support their business development. We have welcomed Alex (NE) in our incubator, Science & Technology Park of Crete where the host company Neurolingo is situated. The duration of the business exchange relationship will be four months. During this period, Vassilis (HE) who is experienced in IT research field and

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From Kosovo to Greece through the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs programme -A new collaboration has just started!

Visar Kukaqi, the New Entrepreneur from Kosovo arrived in Heraklion Crete last week in order to collaborate with the Greek Host Entrepreneur Evelynne Bakinta (and her Host Organization Office Louka Petraki 1) for 6 months. Evelynne will inspire him to be determined as to pursuit his business dream with optimism and gain confidence in developing his business idea and running his start-up.   Through this procedure, she will benefit from fresh perspectives on her business and get the opportunities to

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How the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs programme supports women’s entrepreneurship

Watch the video and learn about the successful business exchange relationship of Simona, the New Entrepreneur from Italy with the experienced Host Entrepreneur, Alexandra, whose loom studio is based in Rethymno city, Crete, Greece. They share their experience and talk about how the exchange helped them both. We take a brief look into the benefits Alexandra got from hosting Simona in her company. The NE was always willing to help in the daily activities of the studio and her input

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