The YES project is developing integrated entrepreneurial education and business incubator services for young people in Macedonia.

The objective is job creation among young people and thereby contribute to long term economical development. The fact finding reveals a need for a holistic programme for entrepreneurship. The YES concept consists of three complementary services:

• Youth Incubator
• Entrepreneurial courses
• Business Plan Competition

 In the whole process there is a strong focus on knowledge transfer and capacity building with governmental institutions.

Project Staff
Rune Skjevdal, Project Manager
Bisera Cvetkovska, Gabriela Kostovska, Nevenka Pendevska and Ottar Bakås.

Project partners
SINTEF is cooperating with the local partners

• Foundation Open Society Institute Macedonia (FOSIM)
• Ministry of Economy, Republic of Macedonia
• Ministry of Education, Republic of Macedonia
• St. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

Client is the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and SOROS, New York.

The project period is 2004 - 2008.