Silver Entrepreneurs

Silver Entrepreneurs | International final event | 28.05.2025 | 10.00 – 16.00

We kindly invite you to register for the final event of the Silver Entrepreneurs project, which will take place in person on 28 May 2025 at the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 35 K. Valdemāra Street, Riga, Latvia.Participation is free of charge, but places are limited. The event will be held in English.
Please register by 19 May 2025. The Silver Entrepreneurs project is co-financed by the Interreg Central Baltic programme.

Event Agenda:

  • 09:30 – 10:00     Registration and welcome coffee
  • 10:00 – 10:05     Opening words (Sintija Danenbergsone, Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
  • 10:05 – 10:15     Welcome speech (Daiga Jumburga, Information Officer at Central Baltic programme)
  • 10:15 – 10:45     Competitiveness of seniors in the labor market, how entrepreneurs should treat seniors  Eva Selga (key note speaker)
  • 10:45 – 11:00     Project Summary  (Sarmīte Pilāte, Latvian Adult Education Association)
  • 11:15 – 12.00     Business idea presentations (participants from Latvia)
  • 12:00 – 12:45    Lunch
  • 12:45 – 13:00     Presentation (Grethe Haugøy, Folkuniversitetet (Sweden))
  • 13:00 – 13:45     Business idea presentations (participants from Sweden) 
  • 13:45 – 14:00     Coffee break 
  • 13:45 – 14:00     Presentation (Leila Kakko, Tampere University of Applied Sciences) 
  • 14:00 – 14:45     Business idea presentations (participants from Finland) 
  • 14:45 – 15:30     Panel discussion 
  • 15:30 – 15.45     The Silver Entrepreneurs project and the project catalogue 
  • 15:45 –               Networking

About the Project:Silver Entrepreneurs is an adult education and entrepreneurship initiative aimed at empowering seniors aged 60+ by equipping them with the skills and confidence to develop their own business projects. The goal is to support their continued social and economic engagement. We warmly welcome representatives of vocational education institutions, NGOs, businesses, and other interested parties to attend the final event, organized by:

  • Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Latvia)
  • Latvian Adult Education Association (Latvia)
  • Folkuniversitetet stiftelsen kursverksamheten vid Uppsala universitet (Sweden)
  • Tampere University of Applied Sciences (Finland)

Event Details:Date: 28 May 2025
Participation: Free of charge

Registration link: https://forms.office.com/e/cbBNDfZKcW


For questions, please contact:

Sintija Danenbergsone
sintija.danenbergsone@ltrk.lv
+371 29903477