Entrepreneurial culture
Entrepreneurship,
from age eight.
Les Jeunes Entreprises teaches enterprise the only way it sticks, by having pupils run a real project of their own.
Who they are
Learning by doing.
LJE believes an education in the spirit of enterprise is what keeps a society healthy and resilient. It works to reveal the entrepreneurial potential of young people, whatever their background.
Its programs are built on learning by doing. A pupil runs a real project instead of reading about one, and every stage of school has a program of its own.
- Who it is for
- Young people from 8 to 25
- Where
- French-speaking Belgium, from Brussels
- Network
- JA Europe, the largest entrepreneurship education network in the world
Why we fund them
The first contact has to happen early.
Building a spirit of initiative means giving younger generations the chance to find the space where they can give society the best of themselves. It also means teaching them to adapt to a world that never stops changing. That first contact with entrepreneurship has to happen early, inside ordinary school hours, so that it reaches the pupils who would never have chosen an economics class.
Pulse supports LJE structurally, and the support is dedicated to Défidée, a challenge for pupils aged 14 to 17. Teams build a project of their own around a real social, digital or environmental question, and learn to ask what their idea would do to the people and the place around it.
In their words
Someone who lived it.
I thought it was fantastic to watch my pupils develop a project idea themselves and work together as a group. Seeing their enthusiasm, their questions and their involvement is something special. It creates an atmosphere of trust in the classroom.
Film and photographs
Young people at work.
Go further
Bring it to your classroom.
LJE works with teachers, schools and volunteer entrepreneurs. Their site has the program for each age group and how to sign up.
