
Winners of Europe’s largest youth entrepreneurship festival unveiled
370,000 young entrepreneurs from 40 countries competed to become Europe’s Company of the Year and Start Up of the Year on United Nations World Skills Day 2021.

Slovak mini-company takes the 2021 COYC trophy home
Slovak mini-company addresses the sustainability challenge of whiteboard makers and wins the title of Company of the Year with their zero waste alternative.

Greek start-up wins EEC 2021
Student start-up Swim.me from Greece wins the Enterprise Challenge 2021 thanks to their smart wearable device that preserves the orientation of blind swimmers in pools.

FedEx Access Award
Gen-E main partner FedEx Express recognizes Wasteful from Bulgaria and Scribo from Slovakia with the FedEx Access Awards.

Bloomberg and Junior Achievement empower young people to fight misinformation
It’s critical to be critical! That’s why the global leader in business and financial data, news and insight, and the biggest entrepreneurship education network in Europe join forces to fight against fake news and misinformation.
Visit the Virtual Expo of Gen-E 2021
Check out the Virtual Expo and discover the students’ business ideas and find out the winners of Gen-E 2021!
Video Gallery: Gen-E 2021
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Social Media Effect 2
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Social Media Effect 3
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Cybersecurity 1
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Cybersecurity 3
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Future of Money - Ingrida Simonyte
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Future of Money - FedEx
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Render the travel Markus Villig
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Render the Future - Will AI destroy or save humanity with Max Ciociola
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Render The Future - DECLINING NATURAL RESOURCES with EU Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
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Render the Future - CLEAN AIR with Boris Herrmann and Domantas Meliukštis
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Who is joining us?

Prime minister of Lithuania
Ingrida Šimonytė

Prime Minister of Estonia
Kaja Kallas

European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights
Nicolas Schmit

European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries - Lithuania
Virginijus Sinkevičius

Minister of Education Science ad Sport of the Republic of Lithuania
Jurgita Šiugždinienė

Lithuanian Minister of Economy & Innovations
Aušrinė Armonaitė

Mayor of Vilnius City
Remigijus Šimašius

Regional President, FedEx Express Europe
Karen Reddington

Senior Vice President, Finance International at FedEx Express
Helena Jansson

CEO Emeritus of Avanade & Chairman of JA Europe
Adam Warby

Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon's European Bank
Leonique van Houwelingen

President of ManpowerGroup Northern Europe
Riccardo Barberis

Chairman of the Board of Junior Achievement Lithuania
Dr. Vladas Lašas

Head of External Relations for France and Corporate Philanthropy in the EU, Bloomberg LP
Ava Zekri

Journalist and Editor-in-chief at Verslo Žinios
Rolandas Barysas

Board Member of JA Lithuania
Rasa Bagdonienė

Global Citizenship Senior Director at Avanade
Heba Ramzy

CFO, Ergon Capital
John Mansvelt

Vice President at Citi Foundation
Isabella Cardona

CEO & Founder of Bolt
Markus Villig

German offshore sailor
Boris Herrmann

Founder and CEO of Musixmatch
Max Ciociola

Serial Entrepreneur and Business Angel/ Vice-Chairman of Junior Achievement Lithuania
Martynas Kandzeras

President & CEO of JA Worldwide
Asheesh Advani

CEO of JA Europe
Salvatore Nigro

CEO of JA Lithuania
Andželika Rusteikienė


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Previous Competitions
JA Company of the Year Competition 2020
JA student entrepreneurs aged 15-21 showcased their business ideas at this year’s virtual Company of the Year Competition European final.
JA Europe Enterprise Challenge 2020
The European final was a virtual competition between 18 finalist teams from 17 European countries who pitched their businesses to