Marbella will launch a free summer camp for young entrepreneurs from July 14 to July 24.

The City Council will launch a free summer camp for young entrepreneurs to be held in July at the Marbellup facilities. Alejandro Freijo, the Economic Development and SMEs Advisor, presented the initiative today and explained that it "aims to develop key skills such as leadership, creativity, and communication in the talent of the future." He also highlighted that "it adds to other proposals that we have promoted in the same line, such as the Marbella Hub project, which has trained about 800 people since September." He specified that 60 places will be offered, divided into two groups of 30 students each, aged between 14 and 17 years old, which will take place from July 14 to 18 and from July 21 to 24, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

Freijo, who was accompanied by the director of the School of Young Entrepreneurs, Toñi Lima, stated that "these are programs that respond to the municipal strategy to energize the productive fabric and support future professionals, directly contributing to the economic well-being of the locality." In this regard, he highlighted the excellent employment figures for June, the best since 2007, with a record of 15,200 self-employed individuals and more than 22,000 active companies in the municipality. "We want to provide our youth with the necessary tools for their career path, whether by starting their own business or within a company," he affirmed.

Lima, for her part, explained that the camp "will use a playful and participative methodology, away from the traditional educational system, learning through dynamics and not exams so that students find a safe space to get to know each other and foster skills without limitations." She detailed that there will be four thematic days: creativity, with presentations to enhance imagination; leadership and teamwork, through an 'Entrepreneurial Olympics' to promote critical thinking and collaboration; communication, with workshops to speak in public and present projects effectively, and innovation, with practical activities in which the youth will symbolically sell a product created by them. She indicated that registration remains open and advanced that the initiative will culminate with a large event to be held in October at the Adolfo Suárez Congress Palace, gathering more than five hundred people.