Malta Enterprise organises the Startup Festival Malta an event intended to bolster Malta’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. The festival serves as a platform where startups can connect with investors; showcase innovative products; participate in workshops and network. In 2024, as part of the Start-up Festival, Aġenzija Żgħażagħ organised a workshop for young people interested in entrepreneurship entitled Bounce Back, focusing on resilience through a hands-on business simulation. Over 200 students participated, working in teams to develop mindfulness-themed products under strict time and resource constraints. This real-world exercise encouraged adaptability, problem-solving, and perseverance, highlighting that resilience is not just about overcoming setbacks but also about embracing challenges, finding innovative solutions, and maintaining a positive mindset. The collaborative aspect of the workshop fostered teamwork and appreciation of diverse perspectives, reinforcing the importance of communication and collective problem-solving. By sharing their experiences, participants celebrated their achievements and deepened their understanding of resilience, equipping them with skills essential for future success. This initiative by Aġenzija Żgħażagħ underscores the importance of preparing young people to navigate challenges effectively, fostering a resilient and resourceful generation. 

For the past eight years, Malta Enterprise has been organising the Malta SME Week. Its aim is to promote entrepreneurship so that more people, in particular young people, seriously consider becoming entrepreneurs. Malta SME Week also provides insight into what is offered to support start-ups and micro, small and medium-sized businesses. Each year, one specific activity focuses on youth entrepreneurship. These activities have either been carried out through simulation exercises, workshops, discussions and business pitching by young people themselves or through conferences involving tertiary education students.  

The University of Malta’s Centre for Entrepreneurship & Business Incubation (CEBI) has been set up to put knowledge intensive entrepreneurship at the top of the University of Malta’s outreach agenda. Its aims are to promote the development of a knowledge-intensive, entrepreneurial culture in Malta, with the wider aim of fostering the socio-economic development of the Maltese Islands. The Centre is currently targeting knowledge intensive sectors such as science, technology, engineering and creative media at the University of Malta and in the wider Maltese context.  

Since 2021, Malta Enterprise has organised the Startup Festival, an event that brings together experts through workshops focused on sustainability, digitalisation, and innovation. In 2024, Malta Enterprise partnered with Aġenzija Żgħażagħ to introduce "Bounce Back" as part of the festival, aimed at teaching young people the concept of resilience through a hands-on business simulation. Over 200 students participated, working in teams to develop mindfulness-themed products under strict time and resource constraints. This real-world exercise challenged participants to navigate unexpected obstacles, fostering resilience, adaptability, and creative problem-solving. The workshop emphasized that resilience is not just about recovering from setbacks but also about persevering, adapting to change, and finding innovative solutions under pressure. Through these challenges, participants gained valuable insights into their own strengths and the importance of maintaining a positive mindset.   

The National Enterprise Support Awards, which were organised by the Commerce Department and the Enterprise Policy Directorate and Schemes within the Ministry for the Economy, Investment and Small Business, intended to foster awareness of the importance of entrepreneurship. One of the award categories ‘Responsible and Inclusive Entrepreneurship’ recognised initiatives to promote entrepreneurship among under-represented or disadvantaged groups including people with disabilities, the unemployed, migrants and people from ethnic minority backgrounds.  

A number of organisations are active in promoting youth entrepreneurship, including JA Malta, Junior Chamber International Malta, and Innovative Youth. JCI promotes business and entrepreneurship among its members through networking events, training and competitions. Young Business Entrepreneurs, which targets young, aspiring entrepreneurs by working on five strategic priorities, namely scientific research, education, entrepreneurial programmes, policymaking and raising awareness about entrepreneurship with young people and Maltese society. Young Entrepreneurs and Leaders aims at encouraging youths to enhance their entrepreneurship and leadership skills.  

Since 2019, Aġenzija Żgħażagħ in collaboration with the Gozo Business Chamber and Gozo Regional Development Authority organise the Youth 4 Entrepreneurship. This programme invites young people aged between 16 and 30 to submit and present a business idea that is related to the island of Gozo focusing on sustainability. As part of this programme Aġenzija Żgħażagħ organises a number of training sessions that focus on entrepreneurship, planning and drafting a Proposal, budgeting, pitching ideas and public speaking.  

Activities organised during the Malta SME Week have provided the space for young people to consider entrepreneurship as a career option and allow them to meet and network with Maltese entrepreneurs who can share their stories and best practices.  

Global Entrepreneurship Week is held in November. The Edward de Bono Institute collaborates with various partner organisations to put together programmes of activities to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW). This initiative, which takes place in 160 countries around the world, is designed to connect aspiring and inspiring entrepreneurs, helping them embrace originality, imagination and ingenuity through local and global activities.  

Global Entrepreneurship Week also has activities for youth including the Budding Rockstars Conference.  This entrepreneurship and innovation conference was targeted at Malta’s brightest young minds. It used panel discussions, presentations and group activities to promote entrepreneurship and to get young people to work together with experienced entrepreneur. This helps them develop their networks. This conference was organised by The Malta Communications Authority (MCA) in collaboration with other entities.  

Takeoff’s incubation programme focuses on exposing and connecting entrepreneurs and start-ups to an expanding community of mentors who have the desire to share their business and technology development experience, knowledge and networks. Experienced innovators, serial-entrepreneurs, domain experts, professional advisers help Takeoff entrepreneurs get on the right path and succeed.