The Flagship Project
”Sustainable Rural Development”
Support for young entrepreneurs in Sweden
”Where is the help & the cash … and then what?”
2013 10 22-23 Jurmala, Latvia
Leader Ystad-Österlen brochure
I have got an idea
• Leader, youth coaches
• Youth innovation power: a special program
initiated of two national authorities
www.ungasinnovationskraft.se
• ”The challenge agency”
http://utmaningsverket.se
(http://studentcompetitions.com/about-us)
I need support and money to my idea!
• Leader Ystad-Österlen: ”La source”, an umbrella project for youth 1325 years old www.lasource.se
• The Rural Development Program managed by the county
administration boards. www.lst.se
• We are the young association: Support to start a local association,
”Fast small money” etc www.viunga.se
• The National Youth Board: subsidies from national and EU-funds
(Youth in Action etc) http://www.ungdomsstyrelsen.se/english
• The Public Heritage Fund: innovative and devloping projects for
children, youth and disabled http://arvsfonden.se
• Lions Scholarships www.lions.se
• The Adult Study Federations http://www.studieforbunden.se/inenglish/
I want to start a business
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”Verksamt”: A national portal gathering all public information needed to
start a business, from many different authorities
https://www.verksamt.se/en/web/international/home
The Centre for new businesses: Advisory service free of charge for
anyone with plans to start a business
http://www.nyforetagarcentrum.com/Startsida/In_English/
Coompanion: Business advisory service for you who want to start
business together http://coompanion.se/english/
The Swedish Agency for Economic Growth: Managing Authority for the
Regional Fund etc. To Tillväxtverket web-site
Almi: state funded regional business funding and support www.almi.se
Ung Företagsamhet: supports students to start ”training businesses”
while in school. www.ungforetagsamhet.se
Drivhuset: Business support for university students www.drivhuset.se
Communicare: http://communicare.nu/
Funds, Foundations etc.
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The Federation of Swedish Youth Associations has gathered lots of
information about funding possibilities http://lsu.se/finansiering as an
example The Anders Wall Foundation and the Ecological Youth
foundation.
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Foundations at the County Administration Boards www.stiftelser.lst.se
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National Housing Board www.boverket.se
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The Association of Village Halls www.bygdegardarna.se
Municipalities, County Councils & regions have many support and
funding possibilites
Businesses: Use your contacts and imagination to get in touch with
entrepreneurs you know
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Crowd funding, www.kickstarter.com , www.fundedbyme.com
More tips if you want to start a business
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YEoS Young Entreprenuers of Sweden ; The network for successful young
entrepreneurs http://www.yeos.se/
Booster national federation: https://www.booster.com/
The Youth Federations of the political parties.
The competition Swedish Youth Entrepreneur
A table or a matrix
Support
measure
system
Training/Idea/
funding/
business
EU/National
/Regional/
Local
Leader,
youth
coaches
Idea
EU
RDP
Funding
EU
We are the
young
Training
Regional
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Training and
business
Regional
X
Coompanion
FI
EE
LV
LT
SE
PL
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