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Who We Are

We are the world’s largest interdisciplinary entrepreneurial student network. The International Organisation representing the JE Movement.

The Junior Enterprises Concept is currently spanning 45 Countries, 19 National Confederations, Continental Confederations, 2100+ Junior Enterprises and 80.000+ members, all united in the JE Global with the following mission:

“Strengthening the Junior Enterprises Global Network towards boosting educational, economic and collaborative impact & societal change for student’s professional outlooks worldwide.”

Our Confederations

Our History

The JE concept was born in 1967, with the foundation of the first Junior Enterprise (“JE”) in France. Soon, the fundamental pillars of the movement emerged: close collaboration of high school students towards creating an entrepreneurial impact in project work with local businesses and societal/non-governmental institutions, harnessing academic and growing entrepreneurial potential in the process.

From this first Junior Enterprise, the concept expanded rapidly, leading to the foundation of the first Junior Enterprises in Brazil in 1988, with the first African JEs emerging in Tunisia in 1990. The decade of 2000 then saw the foundation of the first, non-european Confederation in Brazil.

The greatest first milestone for Junior Entrepreneurship was then achieved with the hosting of the first Junior Entrepreneurship World Conference in 2004. From thereon, it however took another 10 years until the establishment of the Global Council, the first international organisation to represent the JE Movement in 2014.

Through continuous integration and ever-growing entrepreneurial engagement, the JE Movement expanded from 18 countries to 40 countries between 2014 and 2020. After a short pandemic induced hiatus, global enlargement restarted in 2022, reaching 45 countries to date.

In 2019, the Global Council, having been a semi-permanent body since its inception was transformed at the 8th Junior Entrepreneurship World Conference in Lyon, France to become the Junior Enterprises Global we know today.

Now, with the approach of a decennium of international collaboration under the global umbrella, we are proud to be hosting the 11th Junior Entrepreneurship World Conference in 2025.

Our activities

Enlargement & Network Development

We facilitate partnerships, global outreach programmes, funding and more, to stimulate the creation of new Junior Enterprises worldwide. We currently support the activities of Focus Groups, Junior Initiatives, Junior Enterprises, enlarging Pre-Confederations and newly incepted Continental Confederations worldwide.

Reporting, Data & Advocacy

By being the prime rapporteur on the development of the Global Network of Junior Enterprises, we serve as the global data provider on the impact that Junior Entrepreneurs are having every day on the economic futures of their local communities, their personal and professional prospects as well as the successes celebrated by them.

Our Executive & Governance Structure

To execute our programmes and activities as well as conduct representational duties, the Global Executive Board is responsible for and tasked with the oversight for our 15 internal Departments, each led by a Global Director and Global Officers. They are further supported by our Advisory Board, the Extended Executive Team and Alumni Board.

Global Executive Board

Lennart Jordan

PRESIDENT

Luísa Cintra Estorilio

VICE PRESIDENT

Zouhour Joudi

TREASURER
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