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SUMMER-ENTREPRENEUR IN THE COUNTY OF VÄSTERNORRLANDUlla Gredemyr, County of Vasternorrland, SwedenWith the summer entrepreneur programme your organisation can provide young people with unique opportunities todevelop their entrepreneurship and enterprising skills, create their own summer jobs, and earn money using theirown ideas and initiatives. The concept is well developed and based on the experience of several hundred summerentrepreneurs. It provides your organisation and young people involved with a flying start by using tools and anapproach that say: You can do it! Make the most of yourself, heighten your self-awareness, and develop your creativity.The concept contains:Programme licenceThe organizer is issued a programme licence. The licence grants access to marketing materials and space,programme presentations, background material, concept tools and certain other support which result in a shortertakeoff run.Advisor/coach training and certificationYou will be given the opportunity to educate your advisors for the Summer Entrepreneur programme. Moreover, theadvisor training course is also a much-appreciated source of inspiration for anyone working with entrepreneurship.Programme manualCertified advisors receive a programme manual which serves to support work with the programme.Promotional materialCertified advisors, along with the licensed local organizer, have access to promotional material in order to conductthe programme under the name Summer Entrepreneur.SupportInvolvement in an enthusiastic network of current organizers.Based on huge experienceThe original programme is developed by Open for Business (OFB) in the county of Vasternorrland, Sweden, and hasbeen nurtured by a number of stakeholders at the initiative of the County Administrative Board. Since the beginningof 2000, OFB has delivered workshops, seminars, activities and programmes for more than 100,000 participants fromthe local community: schools, teachers, unemployed, enterprises etc.Now availableDuring 2005 the programme was conceptualised in order to give other organisations a “quick start” and access tothis successful programme and to give more young people this opportunity. Last summer the concept was used by12 other local and public organisations in Sweden. More than 40 skilled advisors/coaches from South to North weretrained and certified for making use in their local community and 150 Summer entrepreneurs put life into theirbusiness ideas.53Entrepreneurship Education in Europe: Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindsets through Education and Learning