From July 1–4, JA Albania participated in GEN-E 2025, Europe’s largest youth entrepreneurship festival, held in Athens. With over 900 young innovators from 40+ countries, the festival showcased entrepreneurial ideas solving real-world problems.
Albania’s 24 participants — from Junior UP and Student Companies programs — competed with passion and skill, winning four international awards:
🏆 PIGI – Start-Up of the Year 2025
🏆 PulsePal – Digital Innovation Award & Get in the Ring Winner, Turgut Ozal College
🏆 Aquabrain – Green Manufacturing Award, Arben Broci High School in Tirana
🏅 SilverSprings – FedEx Access & Delta Sustainability Award Nominee, Arben Broci High School in Tirana
Following GEN-E, the PulsePal team attended the Unknown Summer School in The Hague and Rotterdam, joining innovators from 27+ countries for an intensive program on entrepreneurship, creativity, and global networking.