Growing Europe Conferences: Boosting Migrant Entrepreneurship Networks

Growing Europe is a series of online conferences held every Thursday in September 2020, focusing on current topics and future challenges of migrant entrepreneurship in Europe. Discussion topics include the importance of migrant entrepreneurship, its development in recent years, new trends, support tools for migrant entrepreneurs, integration processes, best practices, the perspective of EU institutions and actors working in this field, the impact of COVID-19 on migrant businesses, and much more. Autoocupació is leading one of the conferences on Thursday, September 17, from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM, titled “Unleashing migrant entrepreneurship potential across Europe. Policy recommendations”. During the session, we will share best practices and policy recommendations for governments at European, national, and local levels to foster a friendly entrepreneurship ecosystem that helps migrant entrepreneurs unleash their full potential, creating and growing new businesses and generating jobs for everyone. The conference will be moderated by Guillem Arís, director of Autoocupació, and will feature the following speakers:

• Cristina Fernández, Vice President of Policy and Research at the Global Entrepreneurship Network
• David Halabisky, Economist and Policy Recommendations Expert at the OECD
• Oscar Verlinden, Advocacy Manager at the European Microfinance Network
• Sander Sillavee, Head of Marketing and Partnerships at Startup Estonia.

  You can register here.