European Day of the Entrepreneur or abbreviated as EDE, is a European brand that promotes entrepreneurship and it was initiated in

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as a direct result of the

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in 1999. EDE includes activities for youth, public, politicians and it is a tool that is used to promote entrepreneurship in order to create growth in jobs. EDE is organized in several European cities, towns and local communities and it is supported, to mention a few, by the

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, the European Academy of Arts and Sciences,

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, and others.

External links

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