{"id":1000009611,"date":"2023-01-26T16:59:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T15:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forum-engagement.org\/?p=1000009611"},"modified":"2023-01-26T16:59:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T15:59:39","slug":"the-blue-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forum-engagement.org\/2024\/the-blue-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blue Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Blue Challenge is an entrepreneurship education programme, launched by Euronext in partnership with JA Europe<\/a> the largest non-profit organisation in Europe dedicated to preparing young people for employment and entrepreneurship.  The programme aims to inspire students aged 16 to 18 about sustainable finance and help them develop core competencies such as teamwork, problem-solving and entrepreneurial skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Euronext Blue Challenge <\/strong>is the flagship initiative of Our Society<\/em>, one of five material impact areas within our ESG strategy. Through this collaboration, we will be able to boost financial literacy and encourage innovation to limit climate change and to promote the blue economy amongst young entrepreneurs in nine countries: Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the course of\u00a0the academic year, over 250 students will learn about sustainable finance while working on their own business projects supported by mentoring and webinars from Euronext volunteers. After national selections in April, country finalists will compete for the Euronext \u201cBlue Innovation Award\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue Innovation Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Blue Innovation Award is given to the mini-company that best embodies a sustainable use of the ocean resources for economic growth, following the selection of one mini-company from each participating country, to compete at a European level. Over the course of the school year, participating students, aged 16 to 18, have created impressive mini companies, with viable projects that embrace the Blue Economy and climate change mitigation. The 9 national winning teams, selected from 250+ students in 9 countries mentored by 60+ Euronext volunteers, took part in the European final on 18 May 2022. Meet here the finalists of the Blue Innovation Award 2021\/2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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