4.1.3. Percentage share of young people intending to start business sin the nearest time (%) 30 (2012) 35 40 ME (GEM) 4.1.4. Relative percentage share of women and men starting business (%) 33 / 67 (2012) 36 / 64 40 / 60 ME (GEM) 4.1.5. Relative percentage share of women and men entrepreneurs (%) 31 / 69 (2012) 33 / 67 35 / 65 ME (GEM) 4.1.6. Positive attitude to entrepreneurship in the society (successful entrepreneurs rank highly in the society) (%) (EU average – 65.5 %, 2013). 57,2 (2012) 60 65 ME (GEM) 4.1.7. Coverage of entrepreneurs in the media (sufficient attention of the media to entrepreneurs) (%) (EU average – 49%, 2013). 47,6 (2012) 50 55 ME (GEM) 4.1.8. Percentage share of women holding managerial posts compared to all employed women (%) 6,3 (2011) 7 8 ME (Statistics Lithuania) 4.1.9. Number of registered business start-ups (units) 143 (2013) ME, PI Enterprise Lithuania (Startuplithuania.com database) 4.1.10. Number of enterprises set up using Startup Nitro business baskets (units) 38 (2013) 50 65 ME, PI Enterprise Lithuania (Startuplithuania.com database) __________________
Annex 2 to the Entrepreneurship Action Plan of Lithuania 2014–2020 ACTIONS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OBJECTIVE AND TASKS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACTION PLAN 2014–2020 Objective and task Action Implementation term (beginning Responsible for enforcement Sources of financing Action implementation indicators Objective – to raise the level of entrepreneurship 1. To establish a consistent and continuous system of entrepreneurship education 1.1. To ensure that entrepreneurship and financial literacy education is integrated into common pre-school, pre-primary and primary education curricular. 2014–2020 Ministry of Education and Science (hereinafter – MES) EUSF Number of prepared training curricula with integrated entrepreneurship education (units) 1.2. To enable pupils, before completion of the compulsory education programme, to acquire at least once practical entrepreneurial experience, e.g., to manage a student company (hereinafter – SC), to work in a business practical training enterprise, to be responsible for a business project in a company or for implementation of a social project. 2014–2020 MES EUSF Percentage share of schools participating in the activities of SC in the total number of secondary schools and gymnasiums (%) 1.3. To develop a student placement system, i.e. in addition to placements required under the study programme, to implement additional student placements documented in the form of a bilateral (of a student and institution) placement agreement. 2016 MES, Ministry of the Economy (hereinafter – ME) EUSF Number of students who were placed in companies and acquired working skills (units)
resources, etc.) thus facilitating the growth of their work efficiency. Number of entities which received support (units) 2.9. To draft the Law Amending the Law on Restructuring of Enterprises. 2014–2015 ME - Draft Law Amending the Law on Restructuring of Enterprises 3. To promote entrepreneurship through business access to public services by distinguishing the entrepreneurship of target groups (youth, women) and start-ups as well as social and regional entrepreneurship and developing a positive image of the entrepreneur in the society 3.1. To provide SMB entities operating for not more than five years with the information, advisory, methodological and other support on the matters of business financing sources, implementation of new technologies and other business organisation matters. 2014–2020 ME ESSF Number of provided consultations (units) Number of entities provided with consultations (units) 3.2. To establish the National Business Advisor Network ensure its support in order to improve access of entrepreneurs to information (advisory) services. 2014–2020 ME, Enterprise Lithuania State Budget Created and functioning National Business Advisor Network 3.3. To provide high quality advisory services to SMB entities of target groups (young people, women, the disabled, seniors, emigrants, family business representatives) operating for not more than five years by promoting regional entrepreneurship (promotion of SMEs cooperation (networking); promotion of activities of unemployment centres; promotion of creative and cultural industries’ business); business development (consulting on topics of social business, second change, business transfers) and digital business (promotion of innovative business start-ups). 2015–2020 ME, Enterprise Lithuania ESSF Number of consulted SMB entities (units) Volume of provided advisory services (in thousands of hours) Number of implemented projects (units) 3.4. To provide individual training (upgrading of competences) services to 2015–2020 ME, Enterprise Lithuania ESSF Number of trained employees (units)
employees of SMEs selected according to certain criteria while enabling them to adapt to economic changes. Number of prepared training curricula (units) 3.5. To identify, on yearly basis, the municipalities in which there is no possibility to obtain business advisory services or such services are provided ineffectively in terms of indicators (e.g., entrepreneurship level, number of new business start-ups, etc.), and to provide such services. 2014–2020 ME, Enterprise Lithuania State Budget Volumes of provided advisory services in respective municipalities (in thousands of hours) 3.6. To improve access to information relevant for business and expand the provision of virtual services by improving and continuously updating information on the website . 2014–2020 ME, Enterprise Lithuania State Budget Number of unique users of the website (units) Customer satisfaction with services of the website (%) 3.7. To expand activities of the Service and Product Contact Centre of PI Enterprise Lithuania, to increase the provision of to business and improve their access by creating a comprehensive e-government centre for business within the information system of the Contact Centre, to upgrade the quality of services and information through the improvement of the portal . 2014–2020 ME, Information Society development Committee under the Ministry of Transport and Communications, Enterprise Lithuania State Budget, ESSF Number of new and improved services upon expansion of the information system of the Contact Centre (units) Customer satisfaction with services of the portal www.verslovartai.lt (%) 3.8. To implement initiatives promoting entrepreneurship among youth: to organise events and projects enhancing entrepreneurship of young people, etc. 2014–2020 ME, Enterprise Lithuania State Budget, ESSF Number of participants (units) Number of enterprises set up using the first-year business baskets for youth (units)
Number of events promoting entrepreneurship of young people (units) 3.9. To organise and coordinate projects encouraging entrepreneurship for pupils of upper grades. 2014–2020 ME State Budget Number of pupils who participated in projects (units) 3.10. To implement initiatives encouraging entrepreneurship of women: to organise events, specialised consultations and workshops encouraging entrepreneurship of women. 2014–2020 ME, Enterprise Lithuania State Budget, ESSF Number of participants (units) Number of events promoting female entrepreneurship (units) 3.11. To organise raining on business basics for women and men who seek 2014–2020 Labour Exchange of Lithuania - Number of organised trainings (units) Number of participants by gender (units) 3.12. To prepare quality statistical information classified by gender necessary for the analysis of the entrepreneurial situation. 2014–2020 Statistics Lithuania State Budget Annually prepared statistical information 3.13. To select a young male and female entrepreneur and a successful project in the region and award them during the annual event – the Business Day. 2014–2020 ME State Budget Number of competition participants (units) 3.14. To develop a Social Business Concept. 2015 ME - Drawn up and approved Social Business Concept