Yes for Europe is the Brussels-based European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs founded in 1988 to represent young
entrepreneurs in
Europe. The Confederation has one member per European Country, which is a representative national association of entrepreneurs below the age of 40.
Yes for Europe was launched in 1988 by seven national groups of young entrepreneurs in order to face the challenges resulting from the ratification of the
Single European Act in July 1987. Young entrepreneurs from
Austria,
France,
Germany,
Greece,
Italy,
Portugal as well as from
Japan
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and met in
Capri
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,
Italy, during the National Convention of
Confindustria Giovani Imprenditori to sign the “International Young Entrepreneurs Charter”, the so-called “
Capri Charter” which established the fundamental principles for the future cooperation.
Yes for Europe represents the
European Union to a number of international young entrepreneurs organizations including the
G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance
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History
The ...
and the
Allied for Startups advocacy group
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.
Presidents of YES for Europe
*1993/1995
Veit Schmid Schmidsfelden Austria
*1995/1997
Didier Livio
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Didier is a French masculine given name and surname common throughout the Romance languages. It comes from the Ancient Roman names Didius and Desiderius. During the 5th century AD, with the Christianisation of ancient pagan names, it ha ...
France
*1997/1999
Emma Marcegaglia
Emma Marcegaglia (born 24 December 1965 in Mantua) is an Italian entrepreneur. She was president of Confindustria from 2008 to 2012, and president of the Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli from 2010 to 2019. From ...
Italy
*1999/2001
Wolfgang Mainz
Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The name is a combination of the Old High German words ''wolf'', meaning "wolf", and '' gang'', meaning "path", "journey", "travel". Besides the regul ...
Germany
*2001/2004
Tjark de Lange Netherlands
*2004/2007
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Places Australia
* Murat Bay, a bay in South Australia
* Murat Marine Park, a marine protected area
France
* Murat, Allier, a commune in the department of Allier
* Murat, Cantal, a commune in the department of Cantal
Elsewhe ...
Turkey
*2008/2009
Marting Ohneber Marting may refer to:
* Marting, West Virginia, a community in Fayette County, West Virginia
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Austria
*2010
Ivan Sempere Massa
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Spain
*2011/2015
Dimitris Tsingos Greece
*2016
Luca Donelli Italy
*2017
Przemysław Grzywa Poland
*2018
Mikel Beroiz Rosino Spain
*2019
Benjamin Knöfler Germany
*2020
Gürkan Yıldırım Turkey
*2021
Jose Antonio Campos e Matos Portugal
*2022
Matteo Dell'Acqua Italy
External links
European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs (YES for Europe)G20 Young Entrepreneurs' AllianceAllied for Startups
Youth organisations based in Belgium
Organizations established in 1988