Each idea hides a perspective and when this idea comes by a student, It also hides a bet. On July 1, Athens will open its gates to welcome the largest European youth entrepreneurship competition, the Gen-E 2025. For three days, young people 15-18 from 40 European countries will present the business ideas that have developed through the Junior Achievement program, which are more characteristically said, Level in JA’s organization but even in financial institutions for funding.
At the preceding press conference, JA Greece President and CEO of Citi Greece, Emilios Kyriakou, spoke enthusiastically about the level of this year’s entries, while Marianna Politopoulou, a member of Ja Greece and non -executive Board Member in the Sarantis Group, Attitude of young people. It’s not just an innovation exercise, it’s a job on themselves And in social coexistence, he said, focusing on mild skills such as collaboration, teamwork and empathy.
Maria Gatsou, Deputy Secretary of JA Greece and SETE General Manager, referred extensively to the value of the inclusion, bringing examples of people with disabilities who have succeeded professionally thanks to the enhancement of self -esteem and creative thinking.
In the same vein, the participants highlighted by Didymoteicho: Before the program began, 8 in 10 students They said they wanted to become border guards. After their experience at the Junior Achievement, only 2 out of 10 gave the same answer, the rest had already imagined other directions, other roles, another life.
Gen-E 2025 is not just a competition. It is the celebration of educational shift: From imitation to initiative, from “what will I become” to “what can I create”. And this year, this celebration will take place in Athens.
Gen-E 2025: European Youth Entrepreneurship Competition comes to Athens
In particular, as announced, for the first time The European Youth Entrepreneurship Competition Gen-E 2025 by JA Europewill be hosted by the Junior Achievement Greece in Athens, putting our country at the forefront of youth entrepreneurship in Europe. More than 800 visitors from 40 European countries will be in Athens, between July 1-3, to present their innovative services and products at the Youth Shopping Exhibition at the Hellenic World Cultural Center.
The competition launched online on May 21 with the virtual youthful commercial report (Virtual Expo) is a European event involving more than 2,000 innovative youthful “businesses” and 400,000 students from all over Europe. The institutional supporters of Gen-E 2025 are the European Commission and the Ministry of Culture.
Greece is represented by the student “business” Waterloop from Magoula General High School
Greece is represented every year in the European competition by the student team that is distinguished by the 1st “Odysseas Kyriakopoulos” prize in the JA Greece Pan -Hellenic final. This year the Waterloop team stood out from the Magoula General High School.
Waterloop students have created a solution that combines smart technology, ecological consciousness and practicality by giving consumers to control water saving. At a time when the management of natural resources is at the forefront of world priorities and with the aim of recycling water and leakage prevention, Waterloop will claim the European JA Europe Innovation Bro 2025 award.
Two distinctions already for Greece
Out of the 2,000 groups involved At Virtual Expo, the Greek team “Looplab” from the Experimental High School of the University of Macedonia He was distinguished by the PMIEF Best Application of Project Management Award, while the 3rd High School of Argyroupolis won one of the 10 Awards of JA Europe, supported by FedEx.
Our country participates with 26 student virtual businesses in the Virtual Expo. Students from all over Greece are claiming the Public Choice Award that will be awarded during the official awards ceremony on July 3. The vote is open until July 2, 2025. There is no restriction on the number of businesses voted by the public, but the platform user cannot vote for the same group a second time. Interested parties can vote https://expo.gen-e.eu/expo?country=gr&page=0
The PPC Group participates as a key national supporter in Gen-E 2025, the largest youth entrepreneurship festival in Europe. Through the support of initiatives that promote innovation and education, PPC invests in the skills of the younger generation and enhances the transition to a sustainable future, utilizing the potential of digital transformation and artificial intelligence. This participation is part of the broader context of the Group’s strategic partnerships with education and innovation institutions, with the aim of actively contributing to the development of tomorrow’s talents.
Gen-E 2025 National Awards
Innovation in Sustainability Award By Cenergy Holdings – Elvalhalcor (Viohalco Companies): The prize is aimed at students who develop innovative, Practical and sustainable business solutions, facing environmental or social challenges through essential, circular approaches.
Titan Future Horizons Award: Titan Future Horizons Award by TITAN Group: Aimed by young entrepreneurs who – by appreciating technology – develop innovative business solutions and create environmental responsible products and services, oriented to tomorrow’s markets.
More information about this great event and its supporters are available in https://gen-e.eu/