At the present stage of the development of the modern society entrepreneurship is being positioned as an effective form of implementing human potential. One of the main factors in the management process is entrepreneurial abilities, which form the potential to be used in the management activity. In order to rebuild the economy and gain a higher level of employment, Europe needs more entrepreneurs. Evaluating the role of education in the development of entrepreneurship, the issue of the influence of teaching curriculum on the development of entrepreneurial potential has become topical and widely-discussed. The article clarifies what entrepreneurial skills are to be developed in order to start and deal with entrepreneurship and how higher education contribute to acquisition of such skills. The aim of the article is to define how teaching curriculum contribute to the development of entrepreneurial potential. The research methods: monographic, abstract logical, graphical method, questionnaire.

The following skills, such as planning of personal finances, formation and diversification of savings, augmentations of personal capital and open-mindedness to new initiatives in entrepreneurship activities, enhance financial sustainability of the population, and are decisive for the quality of life. Every person in certain circumstances can be financially and economically active, if he/she has got such a competence as financial literacy, which is much more important in the course of life than a level of income or professional qualifications, because, hereafter the governing factor will be not a possession of financial instruments by the person, but skills of the effective management for an achievement of own objectives. The aim of the research – to analyse the financial literacy of young people in Daugavpils.Methods used in the research: the monographic method – a theoretical description of financial literacy, the graphical method – a graphical representation of obtained results, the interview method (questionnaire) –  data acquisition required for the research, the statistical method–analysis of statistical information, the comparative method – a description of obtained data and drawing conclusions. The financial literacy of Daugavpils youth has been researched and evaluated.

The aim of the article is to analyse the readiness of Daugavpils young people for entrepreneurship and to define the level of creative thinking. In 2016 the research “Readiness of Daugavpils youth for entrepreneurship” carried out based on the survey among Daugavpils young people showed that 54% of the respondents experience lack of ideas, which testifies to the fact that the young are not specifically creative. In 2017 the research into the creativity of Daugavpils youth was carried out with the use of E.P. Torrance test. According to the results of the research, Daugavpils youth in general think creatively within the normal limits, though there is also a big part of young people whose level of creative thinking according to E.P. Torrance test is lower than the norm.