Junior Entreprises

The Concept

The Junior Enterprise concept is based on non-profit organizations whose aim is to bridge the gap between theory and practice for students that follow higher education studies. In order to achieve this, the students carry out projects for companies and institutions. The activities of a Junior Enterprise aim at professionalism in projects and organization.

Organization

A Junior Enterprise is an association or co-operative society which is, in most cases, linked to a university or graduate school. A Junior Enterprise and its operationally active administrators are completely independent of influences that are outside national and European confederations of Junior Enterprises. A Junior Enterprise dissociates from political and religious issues, and refrains from any form of discrimination.

Project

A project is a sequence of linked activities that are bound by a contract and are carried out at fixed financial and temporal conditions. The project is realized by using a specific methodology to reach the aims that have been agreed with the client previously. A project is the Junior Enterprises' way to improve students' know-how and finance its activities.

Performance and Management

Students are involved in managing both the Junior Enterprise and the projects. Managing a Junior Enterprise means to define and to implement a strategy. This work is never remunerated, while project management and performance are. Managing a project means ensuring the progress of the service related to a specific customer while co-coordinating the activity of the performers.

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