Social enterprises are a growing sector and employ large numbers of people. Social entrepreneurs provide enterprising solutions for challenging social issues, yet the sustainability of social enterprises requires, like any business, sound management, entrepreneurial skills and business acumen. This area of endeavor offers a lot of opportunities to young people...

Just two days ago Guardian talked about a generation across Europe with its future on hold. More than one fifth of Europe's youth is currently unemployed which makes youth unemployment one of the most pressing problems faced by Europe today. Europe also suffers from high rates of drop-outs...

Industrialised economies are struggling to emerge from one of the deepest recessions in memory. The so-called BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China) in contrast have grown 97% in past ten years. Climate change. Urbanisation. Dwindling natural resources. Competition for human capital.

While some look at these challenges with...

More than five and half million young people in Europe are unemployed and almost a quarter of Europe's youth are at risk of falling into poverty. Clearly the economic crisis has played a major role in the development of this unsustainable situation but we are also...