FLYING HIGH HOW IT WAS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NCM Elena Tosheva tells us all about how it was to visit Serbia in the spring and take part in her second National Coordinators meeting HOW IT WAS TO HOST THE NCM Eleksander Elezovic gives us an inside into how it was to host the NCM in Belgrade and what it meant to the newly formed alumni group in Serbia to take part in their first NCM HOW IT WAS TO ORGANISE AND RUN THE NCM The GEC takes us behind the scenes and tells us how he experienced the meeting and what he learned from co-hosting an international event IN THIS ISSUE OF FLYING HIGH YOU CAN ALSO READ ABOUT: αHow to become the next EC αHow 36 members became part of an exclusive group for extraordinary Europeans. αThe JA-YE Europe trade fair in Portugal
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by Maria Carvalho, António Henriques and Ricardo Martins Costa
Junior Achievement Portugal hosted the JA-YE Europe Trade Fair on March 20th, 2010. The event took
place in beautiful Lisbon, the city chosen to host this entrepreneurship fair that involved 300 students
from 23 different countries aged between 15 and 21. JA Alumni Portugal, worked behind the scenes
helping with the organization of the event supplying 53 young Portuguese volunteers to support severalactivities during the three days.
On Friday a treasure hunt gave the students a possibility to discover the heart of Lisbon. They were
divided into groups, each one with one alumnus to guide them. This small adventure started in "Praça do
Município" the Municipal Square, and after a race around town finished at the restaurant "Vossemecê"
where everyone enjoyed a Portuguese meal.
The exhibition took place on Saturday in Centro Comercial Colombo. During the day, students exhibited
and sold their products, and were carefully evaluated by a jury composed with experienced members. In
the evening all the participants attended a gala dinner, where awards for best products in the different
categories were given out.
The objective of this event was to develop the entrepreneurship spirit with all the students thatparticipated. This fair was also an opportunity for both students and alumni to get to know people from
different countries and develop the leadership and cooperation spirit.
This fair was the first project with JA Alumni Portugal ’s support, and as a member I believe this was a
great opportunity to show what one of the purposes of our organization can be.. And let me ask you,
what could be better learning experience than hosting an international event this size?
JA Portugal and JA Alumni Portugal are confident that the students evolved with the project and returned
home with more load of new knowledge, rich in experiences, and with new opportunities in front of them.
NEW INITIATIVE
This year a group of JA-YE alumni are meeting up in
lovely Italy to take part in a combined alumni holiday
and participation in the JA-YE Europe Company of the
Year Competition 2010 held in Cagliari.
The Italian alumni team headed by Davide Delfino
was kind enough to think of their international alumni
friends when volunteers were needed for the event, this
resulted in seven alumni from all over Europe being picked to join the team in
Italy.
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