In discussion with Stephanie Damgé, the director of the Young entrepreneurs Luxembourg association, the Logistics Conversations Podcast moderator Malik Zeniti discusses what programs already exist in Luxembourg to bring the idea of entrepreneurship to the school system for kids of 10-15 years.

She emphasizes the importance of orientation of young people to achieve motivated talents with mindsets and attitudes that embrace entrepreneurship. 
She’s persuaded that entrepreneurship is not a matter of DNA but can be developed depending on the environment. 

Since JEL was founded in 2005 the image about entrepreneurs changed in Luxembourg according to Damgé and she encourages to try something and accept failure as experiences to grow from.

JEL runs 12 different programs that have been developed for primary, secondary and post-secondary schools that are executed yearly with a network of almost 500 volunteers from the business and economy to either bring business into school or the school into the businesses. Over 10’000 students have hence been exposed to one or more programs.

With a strong professional HR background before joining JEL Stephanie has developed experience on the missing competences in candidates curriculum vitaes. 

From this a passion to include practical experiences, financial literacy and a special spirit required to boost the image of entrepreneurs in school, and help develop a stronger business mindset with young talents. 

One successful program is Fit-for-life where the focus of the trained volunteers is to bring financial literacy to 14-16 years old and say “Let’s talk about money” by developing an imaginary  private budget together to learn managing the personal finance. It will be upgraded with a lesson about interviews and how to create a personal CV.

The flagship program is the “Mini-entreprises” for young people of 16-19 years, where a business idea is developed as far as delivering a product through a supply chain to the customer. A successful idea was the very successful example of “chicken-for-me”, “Eggspress”, Drockmeeschter or Frëschkëscht.

The international network JA reaches impressive 11 million young people in one year. She recommends parents to support their kids to identify strengths and do what they are good in doing.

Stephanie’s biggest dream is that nobody leaves school without exposure to one program and sponsors are very welcome to achieve this vision.  
    
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#1 Luc Provost, CEO of B Medical Systems www.bmedicalsystems.com
The importance of vaccines and their distribution during a pandemic

B_Medical Systems (BMS)  is a manufacturer in the north of Luxembourg and global distributor of medical refrigeration devices for vaccines and blood, capable of cooling to - 80 deg. C. The company is in the spotlight as it supports the current need of ultra-low temperature freezers needed for mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from BioNTech /Pfizer. The former medical division of the household appliance group Electrolux now employs 240 fixed employees plus 70 part-time workers in Luxembourg. It keeps expanding into new products and innovating, with a recent joint venture in the US and manufacturing plans for India.
The host, director of the Cluster for Logistics Malik Zeniti, discusses the importance of vaccination due to the pandemic COVID-19 with the CEO of B Medical Systems Luc Provost.

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#1 Luc Provost - Global Distribution & Vaccine Cool Chain

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#2 Peter Stadler - Nachhaltigkeit in der Industrie (Importance of sustainable logistics in industry)

Mit Peter Stadler haben wir einen erfahrenen Industrievertreter für diesen Podcast gewonnen, bis vor kurzem noch managing director bei Kronospan Luxemburg und von 40 Jahren deren 25 in Luxemburg tätig. Herr Stadler, stammt aus Salzburg, und war auch in Österreich bzw. in Polen bei der österreichischen Unternehmensgruppe Kronospan beschäftigt, die weltweit mit ca 14‘000 Mitarbeitern 4 Mrd. Euro in Holzprodukten wie Spanplatten oder Laminat umsetzt. 
Nach einer Einführung zum Werdegang des Salzburgers Peter Stadler, werden nachhaltige Projekte wie LEAN & GREEN angesprochen und der Industriestandort Luxemburg thematisiert.
„Jeder der in seiner Tätigkeit festgehangen ist, versucht es sich so einfach wie möglich zu machen. Mit einfachen Lösungen kann man aber keine Fortschritte erreichen!“ Das Projekt Lean and Green hilft eine Struktur zu geben, komplexer zu denken. „Wir müssen Lösungen finden Transporte anzuwenden die umweltfreundlicher sind und das Lean and Green hilft dabei.“ Mut zur Veränderung ist wichtig: „Jugendliche sollen wissen, dass man nicht das ganze Leben im selben Job ist.“

Mehr Information zur Firma Kronospan: KRONOSPAN (kronospan-luxembourg.com)

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Ihssam Haiba, spécialiste dans le monde de la logistique et enseignant pour les techniciens en logistique au Luxembourg, nous donne un aperçu de sa carrière de logisticien dans le domaine du fret aérien ainsi que les domaines de travail variés et passionnants d'un logisticien. Outre de nombreuses anecdotes fascinantes de sa propre carrière dans le fret aérien, Ihssam explique ce que les jeunes étudiants peuvent attendre du programme de formation en DT logistique proposé dans deux écoles au Luxembourg, le Lycée Technique de Bonnevoie et le Lycée Technique de Lallange.
Avec sa manière ouverte et accessible, il nous raconte pourquoi il conseillerait à ce moment précis aux jeunes étudiants de faire carrière dans le domaine de la logistique et pourquoi la crise actuelle de COVID-19 présente à la logistique une toute nouvelle série de défis.
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