The Enterprise and Business
Committee undertook an inquiry into Youth
Entrepreneurship.
Terms of reference
- How effective
is the Welsh Government’s approach to promoting youth
entrepreneurship?
- What steps
can be taken to improve or strengthen support for potential young
entrepreneurs in Wales?
Issues that the Committee considered as part of these
terms of reference included:
- What are the
experiences of young entrepreneurs in Wales?
- What is the scale of
Welsh Government resource and funding targeted at the promotion of
youth entrepreneurship? Is it sufficient?
- What progress has been
made in implementing the Welsh Government’s Youth
Entrepreneurship Strategy and Action Plan?
- How does the Welsh
Government’s approach to promoting youth entrepreneurship
incorporate issues such as equality, social enterprise and regional
variations in skills and training opportunities?
- What opportunities are
presented by increasing youth entrepreneurship as a means of
tackling youth unemployment and inactivity?
- To what extent is
entrepreneurship embedded within secondary education, further
education and higher education institutions in Wales?
- What is the evidence
base for the Welsh Government’s approach to supporting and
encouraging youth entrepreneurship?
- How does the Welsh
Government monitor and evaluate its youth entrepreneurship
activities? What impact has it had on the number of people starting
a business?
- What examples of good
practice in youth entrepreneurship policy can be identified within
Wales, more widely within the UK and internationally?
Video
presentation for the Inquiry into Youth Entrepreneurship - June
2013