- More than 6,500 secondary and high school students have been trained in the mini-companies program during the 2021-222 academic year at the national level
- The 15 teams selected to participate in this competition have defended their entrepreneurial projects before a jury
- Help Up from Colegio Montserrat de Barcelona will represent Spain in the European Junior Achievement Gen_E competition
15 entrepreneurship projects Developed by high school and high school students from all over Spain were selected to participate in the XVI national competition of mini-companies that the Junior Achievement Foundation has been held on June 1 and 2 thanks to a grant from the Madrid City Council through Madrid Emprende, the Citi Foundation and FedEx as sponsoring partners, EY, Esade, Nationale-Nederlanden, Manpower Group and HP as sponsors, and the Canal Foundation as collaborators.
During two days, young people have had the opportunity to present their entrepreneurial ideas before a jury with the aim of becoming the winners and representing Spain in the European Junior Achievement competition, Gen-E 2022 European Entrepreneurship, a festival to be held in Tallinn (Estonia) on July 14 and 15.
After a difficult deliberation in which the jury has taken into account the quality and originality of the projects presented, their innovative character and their viability, the mini-company Help Up has been selected as the winner of the Award for the best project, which makes it the representative of Spain at the European level. Alberto Placencia, president of the Junior Achievement Spain Foundation, has been in charge of presenting this award to this team made up of students from the Montserrat School in Barcelona.
The Madrid City Council Innovative Project Award, delivered by Angel Niño, Councilor for the Delegate Area of Innovation and Entrepreneurship of the Madrid City Council, has been for finger light from SEK Ciudalcampo Educational Institution (Madrid).
The HP Garage Award of HP, delivered by Miguel Ángel Turrado, general director of HP Solutions Creation and Development Services of HP, has been for Help Up.
The Reward Ready for work of Manpower Group, delivered by Montserrat Moliner, director of Sustainability of ManpowerGroup, has been for electros from the Claret College (Barcelona).
The Social Impact Award of Nationale-Nederlanden, delivered by Ana García Esteban, Head of People and Culture of Nationale-Nederlanden, has been for eat your TCA of the INS Torre Roja de Viladecans (Barcelona).
The Young Talent Excellence Award of Esade, delivered by Idoia de Paz, Corporate Learning Solutions Director of Esade, has been for The Safe Truck from La Salle Reus (Tarragona).
The Sustainability Award of Fundación EY, delivered by Carlos Arango, general director of Fundación EY, has been for electros from the Claret College (Barcelona).
The FedEx Access Award of FedEx, delivered by Miguel José Moral, Manager Station Operation of FedEx, has been for Booklight of Colegio Fomento Peñamayor (Gijón)
The customer orientation award from Fundación Citi, delivered by Pedro López-Quesada, Chairman Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory Iberia of Citi, has been for Karson of the Padre Damián Sagrados Corazones School (Barcelona).
More than 6,500 students from educational centers throughout Spain have been trained during the 2021-2022 school year in the mini-company entrepreneurship program. Accompanied by their teachers and professional volunteers from different companies, the young people have learned different disciplines that have allowed them to launch their entrepreneurial projects with which they propose solutions to problems in their environment.
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