The Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs programme helps aspiring European entrepreneurs acquire the skills needed to start and/or successfully run a small business in Europe.

New entrepreneurs learn from and exchange knowledge and business ideas with established entrepreneurs, who host them and work with them for a period of 1 to 6 months. The stay is co-financed by the European Commission.

The European programme is open to the following participants:

• New entrepreneurs: young people who are serious about starting their own business or who have started their own business in the last three years.
• Established entrepreneurs: owners or managers of a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) in another participating country.