Checklist for New Entrepreneurs – 1 – Participation

New Entrepreneur’s Participation

① New Entrepreneur’s Participation

+++ Your benefits: new knowledge, new partners, new markets +++

You can participate in the programme as a New Entrepreneur (NE), if:

  • You are firmly planning to start a business, based on a viable business plan;
  • OR: you have started your own business within the last 3 years.

Your (future) company or activity can be in any sector and there is no age limit. However, you must also:

  • Be a permanent resident in one of the participating countries.
    • Permanent resident means:
    • if you don’t have a registered company: the place where you have spent 183 days or more in the course of the last 12 months;
    • if you have a registered company: the place where your company is registered.
  • Have a concrete project or business idea, reflected in a business plan.
  • Be motivated and committed to collaborate with an experienced Host Entrepreneur from another participating country.
  • Be prepared to contribute to the development of the Host Entrepreneur’s business and have a mentoring relationship.
  • Be ready to complement the programme funds as needed to cover the costs of your stay abroad.
New Entrepreneur’s Participation