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National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE)

ANJE was set up on 29 July 1986 and centres its activity in the fight for respect and safeguard of the specificities of the role of young entrepreneurs.

It considers that the high death rate of the companies set up by young people is the result of a series of penalizing circumstances in the initial stages of the investment. For this reason it is necessary that an entrepreneurial environment be developed that takes into account the constraints, and also the advantages, deriving from the age of the entrepreneurs and their degree of maturity. This premise is, in ANJE’s opinion, essential for a society of entrepreneurs to be de facto created in Portugal.

ANJE advocates an economic paradigm based on human capital and on scientific and technological knowledge.

In this sense it is necessary to act preferentially with the new generation, involving three great vectors: universities, companies and institutions promoting entrepreneurial activity.

A new generation of highly qualified entrepreneurs may emerge from the joint work of these three vectors which, for that reason, would be capable of acting in sectors of high added value, generating qualified employment and increasing productivity.

ANJE Headquarters

ANJE hosts in its headquarters, in Porto, a technologically based business incubator for young entrepreneurs. Its facilities will be officially opened during this route.

Initiative “New Portugal: Options of a Generation”

ANJE organized, in March ultimo, a partnership with SEDES, the initiative “New Portugal: Options of a Generation”, a civic movement that brought together 100 young entrepreneurs to provoke debate and place forward proposals concerning several topics of national interest. This encounter gave rise to a document which was named “Seven Purposes of a Generation for Portugal”, which contains a number of proposals for the future of Portugal, which will be presented and delivered to His Excellency the President of the Republic during a ceremony held on the same boat where the encounter took place.

Portugal Fashion

In partnership with the Portuguese Association of Textiles and Clothing, ANJE annually organizes this fashion display, internationally promoting Portuguese textiles and clothing.

For the first time, this year, the display will also be held in Lisbon.

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