European Day of the Entrepreneur
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European Day of the Entrepreneur - EDE
EDE is short for the European Day of the Entrepreneur. It is a European brand that promotes entrepreneurship and it was initiated in BarcelonaBarcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Spain as a direct result of the Lisbon Strategy
Lisbon Strategy
The Lisbon Strategy, also known as the Lisbon Agenda or Lisbon Process, was an action and development plan devised in 2000, for the economy of the European Union between 2000 and 2010....
in 1999. EDE includes activities for youth, public, politicians and it is a tool that is used to promote entrepreneurship in order to create growth in jobs.
EDE is organized in several European cities, towns and local communities and it is supported, to mention a few, by the European Commission
European Commission
The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
, the European Academy of Arts and Sciences, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, and others.