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Southeast Europe Business Start-up Network |
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Promoting entrepreneurship is crucial to the reduction of poverty and economic development in the Western Balkans. By acting on market opportunities, entrepreneurs create and develop businesses that drive economic growth and provide the jobs that people need. However, the entrepreneurial spirit and the skills to start a business are often lacking in the Western Balkans. The education system too often fails to encourage young people to develop entrepreneurial ideas and skills. At the same time, numerous regulatory and bureaucratic obstacles discourage potential entrepreneurs from opening businesses and prevent growth in existing businesses.
Addressing these issues, SPARK supports 5 Business Start-Up Centres in South East Europe. These centers are run as joined undertakings by Ministries, local governments, Chambers of Commerce and Universities and are part of the South East European Network for Start-up Centres and Incubators (SENSI). This project is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2007-2010).
What the BSCs do:
Overview results:
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2007
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2008
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New SMEs (companies) established
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7
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95
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Jobs generated
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59
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255
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People (beneficiaries) trained*
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1642
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2944
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Satisfaction with quality of Business Skills Training**
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8,92
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9,12
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% Of surveyed clients reporting BSC services to be effective
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92%
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95%
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% Of surveyed clients reporting income increase (of 5% or more)
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33%
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37%
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% Of surveyed clients reporting being able to secure a stable job
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53%
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56%
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*Beneficiary: 1 person that completed 1 training course (average 20 hours)
**On a scale of 1-10 where 10 is the highest quality
Download the Project Outline/Interim Financial Report 2007.
Visit Transparkency to see the financial information for this project.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 16 February 2010 )
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