JADE ' Agreement of Lyon

JADE Network Agreement of Lyon We Generate Impact. Since 1967.

We empower, through the Junior Enterprise concept,

students capable and committed to generate a relevant impact __ Network Statement of Purpose

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Foreword 1.

We, leaders of the European Junior Enterprise Network, meeting in Lyon for the Junior Enterprise World Conference, from the 26th to the 29th July, 2018, have decided to increase our collaboration.

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On behalf of our Junior Enterprises and Junior Entrepreneurs, we are taking the lead towards a Network-focused agenda that enhances our common results.

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We are committed to achieve this ambitious agenda, putting all our efforts, resources, as well as articulating our own national and local goals, to better serve the Network Strategy.

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We believe in synergy as key, under the motto ‘Together We Grow’.

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We acknowledge and reinforce the value of the conclusions taken, its extensive consultation methodology and the final outcomes coming from the Network Strategy.

A vision for the future 6.

We embody a clear statement of purpose in all our activities, at all levels: to empower, through the Junior Enterprise concept, students capable and committed to generate a relevant impact.

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We believe our impact spreads to three main dimensions: academia, business world and society.

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As we embark in this collective journey, we embrace shared values – Together We Grow, Entrepreneurial Mindset, Meaningful Results and Driven Attitude. These convictions represent the foundations of our common identity, which shall allow us to reach new heights.

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We acknowledge our articulated roles, understanding their individual contribution towards the same direction we want to pursue.

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We are committed to achieve in the next 3-year strategic cycle a common vision: We are 500 Junior Enterprises, growing together, delivering 5,750 added value projects, of which 300 in collaboration.

Our shared commitments 11.

We reaffirm the outcomes from the Network Strategy, translated in three main priorities and eight strategic goals. We endorse the eight strategic

goals defined as an ambitious but necessary agenda.

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Goal 1 \ Enlarge the Junior Enterprise concept in a sustainable way – we commit ourselves towards sustainable enlargement activities, in our countries and countries outside the Network. We strongly believe it is our duty to give the Junior Enterprise experience to more students in Europe.

Our impact and results is also a matter of scale.

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Goal 2 \ Ensure the quality of our Junior Enterprises and their alignment to the Junior Enterprise concept – we commit ourselves towards having quality

practices at the local and national levels, ensuring a stronger and more credible Network. Our growth strategies are based on strong pillars of quality.

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Goal 3 \ Enhance the best practices exchange and foster synergies in the Network – we commit ourselves to providing an inclusive and collaborative environment that creates connections, maximizing our common results. We believe it is our duty to bring our Network together.

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Goal 4 \ Promote a common identity in the Network – we commit ourselves to spread our shared values and to strengthen our culture and communication, moving towards a truly integrated international Network.

The common identity we found is the ground we should build upon to grow.

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Goal 5 \ Align the governance of the Network, maximizing our added value – we commit ourselves to improving our decision-making mechanisms and

the way we work together, as JADE Members, to enhance the value we bring to the Network. Our structure should be agile and adapted to the fast-moving context we live in.

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Goal 6 \ Increase JE visibility towards the market, to acquire more project opportunities – we commit ourselves to reinforcing our position in our local, national and European markets, generating more project opportunities to our Junior Enterprises. We see projects with external clients our way to develop university students, their knowledge and competencies.

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Goal 7 \ Enhance the Junior Entrepreneur experience – we commit ourselves to guide our Junior Enterprises through practices that increase the effectiveness of the concept and the value delivered to our Junior Entrepreneurs. We reaffirm that the core purpose of a Junior Enterprises is about developing university students.

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Goal 8 \ Position the JE concept in society – we commit ourselves to positioning the Junior Enterprise concept in matters related to entrepreneurial education, sustainable development and social economy, to reinforce the role of the Network is such key topics for our society and

today’s world. We believe we can play a pivotal role in the creation of a better future and a better world.

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A roadmap to succeed 20.

We look up to the implementation, carefully following what was defined, adjusting the assumption to the reality of our own countries.

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We recognize that each country has a primary responsibility for its own activities, which should from the 1st of January 2019, be articulated with the assumptions from the Network Strategy.

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We will mobilize means of cooperation and data collection to oversee the

strategy and ensure its effective and thorough implementation. Our data will be shared with JADE and our peer Confederations and Consultative Members – as a natural sign of our constant cooperation.

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We assume the need for further adjustments and reviews in the document, updating it to the success of its actions and merits of its indicators, however, always preserving its core philosophy and the shared vision for our future.

Our decisions are based on data, under a result and solution-perspective.

A call to action 24.

We embowed the Network Strategy guidelines as core of our additional

strategies and assume our duty to make it clear and reachable by all our Junior Entrepreneurs, Junior Enterprises, National Confederations and JADE.

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Further actions and initiatives are welcome to complement and fully implement the assumptions of the Network Strategy, at the local, national and European levels. JADE will support and co-promote such activities with its Junior Enterprises and National Confederations.

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We promote/foster the dissemination of this Agreement and its content.

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We shall involve external partners and key stakeholders in the implementation and realization of the Network Strategy. Only together we will succeed.

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Together, we sign this Agreement, as a sign of our compliance and unwavering commitment to achieving the Network Strategy.

Lyon, July 28th, 2018

Co-defined and agreed by the JADE Executive Board 2018,

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Diogo Parreira

Alfonso Catone

Adrien Lepic

Giorgio Sleiter

President

Vice President

Secretary General

Treasurer

Agreed by the JADE Executive Board 2019,

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David Gomes

Isabella Florio

Diogo Carriรงo

Alex Lanaro

President

Vice President

Secretary General

Treasurer

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Co-defined and agreed by JADE Network Members,

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BDSU

CEJE

CNJE

Germany

Spain

France

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JADE Austria

JADE Belgium

Sweden

Austria

Belgium

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JADE Italia

JADE Poland

JADE Portugal

Italy

Poland

Portugal

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JADE Romania

JADE Switzerland

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Romania

Switzerland

Germany

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NEXT Junior Enterprise

UniPartners

WBC UK

Croatia

Netherlands

UK

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StudConsult Norway (incoming Member)

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Our Network

15

European countries

330 Junior Enterprises

empowering

30’000 Junior Entrepreneurs, university students

51 years of history

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Europe’s Junior Enterprises are leading the way.

Thanks to your efforts, our future is a bright one. __ Jean-Claude Juncker President of the European Commission

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Annual Report 2017/2018

JADE – European Confederation of Junior Enterprises

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