How can entrepreneurs help make cities more inclusive? Ten teams of young adults tackled this issue at the Jonk Entrepreneuren Luxembourg Innovation Camp.
Over four hours, the 16 to 19-year-olds devised solutions before presenting them to a jury. The results were striking. Third place went to Elton Juul, Yaroslav Hnoianyi, Ivan Oliveira, and Ellande Van Egmond Dascon, for their project to revolutionise the Gare (train station) district, making it a safer, more inclusive, and more sustainable space.
The jury awarded second place to the B.U.S. team. Here Gaëtane Egerten, Octave Sohn, Félix Oberle, and Yannick Folscheid redesigned a bus station to improve safety, comfort, and accessibility for all users.
LuxLink, made up of Lenny Quaranta, Valeria Germano, Gabriele Natoli, and Rodrigue Helard, won first prize for creating a community open to all, regardless of age or gender, where citizens can meet and participate in activities that foster social connection and respect for the environment.
The Innovation Camp was hosted at the House of Startups, in collaboration with the Ministry of Equality between Women and Men and Diversity.
Organised two to three times a year and open to students from the age of 16, it offers an immersive day during which participants must tackle a real entrepreneurial challenge. The jury was composed of Ann Muller (LUGA), Annemie Maquil (VDL), Carmen Niethammer (EID), Sven Baltes (JEL), and Tom Becker (Uni.lu). The event concluded with the final presentations and prize-giving ceremony.
Founded in 2005, Jonk Entrepreneuren Luxembourg is a not for profit aimed at inspiring and preparing young people to innovate, create, take initiative, and be responsible.
In 2024/25, the association reached more than 10,000 young people (8% of the school population) and collaborated with 595 volunteers from the business world.
