JA Company Programme
(Formerly known as Young Enterprise)
- Suitable for ages 15-17
- Course duration: 1 academic year
- Delivered both in-person and online
- Interactive learning experience
The JA Malta Company Programme offers post-secondary students the opportunity to take a business idea, formulate it and make it a reality, over the course of 1 academic year; all within the framework of an interorganisational network of youths.
The programme connects youth to a network of Organisational and global business professionals.
JA Malta Company programme is based on our principle of learning-by-doing, and provides a structure that takes the participants through all the phases of the creation of a mini-company. The learning-by-doing experience is delivered through hands-on workshops, guidance by mentors, and the judging panel’s feedback at the respective stages.
The learning outcomes from the JA Malta Company Programme include the ability of the student to:
- Engage in creative thinking, ideation and problem-solving activities
- The ability to prepare and give a presentation to an audience
- Build confidence and a can-do attitude
- The ability to work within a team and collaborate
- Negotiate and make decisions
- Set goals, manage time, and take risks
- Create and execute a Business Plan
- Develop Financial Literacy
Youths will understand the value of teamwork, and the many skills needed to run a business.
Planning and time management skills will be developed, and the importance of setting clear, achievable goals will be made clear.
The programme will impart essential financial literacy skills, through JA’s signature experiential learning technique.
This engaging hands-on learning experience will be both fun and impactful!
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Company Programme FAQs
For the Company Programme there is a registration donation of Eur40.
As part of the enrolment process you/your guardian will receive an online payment link.
If you are currently attending a sixth form, or are between the ages of 15 to 17, then Company Programme is for you.
If you are currently, 18 to 30 years old, attending a tertiary level educational institute, then StartUp Programme is for you!
The JA Malta Company Programme offers post-secondary students the opportunity to take a business idea, formulate it, and make it a reality over the course of 8/9 months, all within the framework of an international network of youths. The programme connects youth to a massive network of business professionals both nationally and internationally.
The programme connects youth to a network of Organisational and global business professionals.
JA Malta Company Programme is based on our principle of learning by doing, and provides a structure that takes the participants through all the phases of the creation of a mini-company. The learning by doing experience is delivered through hands-on workshops, guidance by mentors, and judging panel’s feedback at the respective stages.
The learning outcomes from the JA Malta Company Programme include the ability of the student to:
- Engage in creative thinking, ideation and problem solving activities
- The ability to prepare and give a presentation to an audience
- Build confidence and a can-do attitude
- The ability to work within a team and collaborate
- Negotiate and make decisions
- Set goals, manages time and takes risks
- Create and execute a Business Plan
- Develop Financial Literacy
The Company Programme lasts from October until May, ending with the National Company of the Year Competition, together with the announcement of a number of signature awards recognising excellence in specific areas. The national winner will then represent Malta at the JA European Company of the Year competition (CoYC).
This programme leads to a national competition to choose the top 3 teams. However, all the teams are also eligible for signature awards announced during the year, that recognise excellence in specific areas.
Company Programme teams should be a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 15. We highly recommend 5 or 7 team members per mini-company.
Company Programme is delivered in English.
The workshops will provide insight, motivation and added input on programme-specific topics related to the outputs required, and tools for the students to achieve pre-set goals. JA workshops are designed in a manner to engage and provide spaces for collaborative work, public speaking opportunities, innovating and building a network of professionals. Due to the nature of the Programme being a self-led experience, the students are to co-ordinate, facilitate, and take responsibility for the stages of their mini-company.
Company Programme – one of the first actions for the team will be to collect share capital to be able to fund the mini-company. Specific guidelines will be provided once the programme starts.
JA Malta has a portal for students to access all resources, upload systems, opportunities and more. Learning content is also being developed so that everyone has access to material, allowing them to learn and read at their own pace. Some material will be expected to be read prior to workshops, allowing workshops to be more focused on the implementation of that information, and to be more practical and hands-on.