The Missing Entrepreneurs
Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship in Europe
Entrepreneurship development is an important requirement for achieving of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. It is also a means to respond to new economic challenges, to create jobs and to fight social and financial exclusion. The impact of the global financial and economic crisis calls for giving entrepreneurship and self-employment a stronger role in economic and social development policies.
This book collects and synthesizes information and data on entrepreneurship activities in Europe, focusing on people that are at the greatest risk of social exclusion. These groups include young people, older people, women, ethnic minorities and migrants, people with disabilities and the unemployed.
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Finland: Start-Up Grant
Description: The Start-Up Grant promotes and supports business start-ups and self-employment by helping to secure a subsistence income for new entrepreneurs for 6 months (it can be extended for up to 18 months) while their business start-up becomes established. The grant is available to unemployed people and those moving from full-time studies or paid employment into self-employment.
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