Yordan Stoyanov

Junior Achievement Bulgaria

Junior Achievement is the world's oldest, largest and fastest-growing non profit economic education organization. JA Bulgaria educates and inspires young Bulgarians to value free enterprise, business, and economics to improve the quality of their lives.It prepares them to succeed in a global economy. Started with 10 pilot classes, today JA Bulgaria offers 24 educational courses and business programs and has over 33,000 students throughout Bulgaria. JA programs are taught by 2000 teachers in 450 cities in more than 1100 schools during the academic 2012-2013. Since its inception, more than 160,000 students, 1197 student companies and 3740 business mentors have benefited from JA Bulgaria programs. JA Bulgaria has been the host of Global Entrepreneurship Week in Bulgaria since 2008. Some of the main programs and initiatives: * Manager for a day * StartUp Program * Intel Business Challenge * Company Program * Innovation camp * Banks in Action * Juniors in Action