Brussels, Belgium, October 13, 2009 - YES–European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs welcomes the approval of the Lisbon Treaty by Poland.

After Polish President Kaczyński’s signature of the Lisbon Treaty on Saturday, October the 10^th, the Czech Republic remained the only EU country which is still to ratify.

In today’s critical times, the urgency of the matter is even greater since if not ratified by May 2010, the Treaty might not come into force at all as the UK elections might change the scene once again by taking the matter to a referendum.

YES stands for the soon approval of the Czech Republic since that would strengthen the European Union as a global power, enhance better decision-making, make processes more transparent and would create a better environment for businesses and entrepreneurship.

Brussels, Belgium, October 8, 2009 – YES-European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs welcomes the approval of the Lisbon treaty by Irish voters with a margin 2:1, a significant increase of about 20%, as compared to last year’s referendum.
 

Although Czech Republic and Poland still need to ratify the Treaty, the Irish vote is nevertheless a step further towards European unification. In the context of the current economic situation, EU monetary support is vital for the functioning of the financial system in most member states and it is proved by the outcome of the Irish vote – a sound YES.
 

Ireland has been in the limelight recently regarding the Lisbon Treaty process but now the future of the Treaty is in the hands of Prague and Warsaw, who will be the last two Member States ratifying.
 

YES stands for the quick ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, which would strengthen the European Union by providing faster and more transparent decision processes, vital for the recovery from the turmoil and surely will have a positive impact on businesses and entrepreneurship.

 

Brussels, Belgium, October 1, 2009 – YES-European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs, the pan-European organisation bringing together 16 national federations and representing  more than 40,000 individual entrepreneurs held its EXECOM Meeting & Conference on 24-26September in Istanbul, Turkey.

 

The event, hosted by the Young Businessmen Association of Turkey - TUGIAD the Turkish member of YES, has been a great   opportunity for young entrepreneurs from all over Europe to gather, to discuss and to exchange ideas related to innovative attitude in the context of new and renewable businesses.

 

Under the title “New Business Models”, the EXECOM core lectures were hosted by high-level panelists such as Mr. Terzioglu, Vice-President of CISCO Systems, who talked about  the possibility to transform the challenges that companies face into winning opportunities.  Mr. Karabulut from the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Turkey presented the different range of opportunity and financial support offered by the Turkish Government to support the innovative activities of young entrepreneurs.

 

In the second part of the EXECOM, which focused on new business models, key speakers presented new business models in media, food, health, internet and digital businesses, giving first-hand insights to the participants in the debate.

 

Martin Ohneberg, President of YES, and Suat Lemi Sisik, Director General of YES, at the closing of the event stressed once more the importance of mutual collaboration of entrepreneurs at European level  in order to strengthen the spirit of creativity and innovation, which was the emphasis of this EXECOM Meeting and Conference.