AU/ECOWAS Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Skills Development Forum (YEES-Forum) 2016, Dakar Senegal (Funded),
Application Deadline: 9 September 2016
The African Union Commission in
collaboration with ECOWAS, the National Agency for the Promotion of
Youth Employment in Senegal and YALI are pleased to announce a call
for applications to the Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Skills
Development Forum (YEES-Forum).
The forum aims at bringing young African
entrepreneurs to learn, network, share experiences and good practices, motivate
each other and showcase their businesses and thereby be an inspiration to one
another. The YEES forum is scheduled to be held from the 5th of October to the
7th of October in Dakar Senegal. This forum targets the Francophone Countries
and follows the inaugural forum that was held in Kenya in 2014 targeting
Anglophone Countries.
The YEES forum is driven
by the realisation that interventions focused on linkages will improve the
value chain by enabling the flow of critical services through embedded
arrangements. In addition to peer to peer linkages, these interventions shall
also focus on linking regional competitive youth entrepreneurs to industry
champions thus addressing some of the challenges faced by young people,
particularly women in business and providing a platform for peer learning.
The forum aims to attract entrepreneurs with scalable businesses who are currently employers of labour and are interested in working towards a better Africa.
The forum aims to attract entrepreneurs with scalable businesses who are currently employers of labour and are interested in working towards a better Africa.
Participants at the forum will benefit
from:
·
Improved
business development skills through practical workshops;
·
Collaborative
learning and sharing of experiences to increase success rates for business
start-ups among young entrepreneurs;
·
Opportunity
to identify successful business men or women to act as Mentors for young
entrepreneurs;
·
Opportunities
to engage with young entrepreneurs in dynamic sectors of the emerging
intra-Africa trade including extractives and agri-business.
The program will include:
The program will include:
·
Training:
Training sessions on core business development including building a sustainable
financial structure and personal development. The sessions will also introduce
participants to various mentoring techniques as well as new tools for effective
mentoring.
·
Exhibition:
This exhibition will give opportunity to young entrepreneurs to showcase their
products and explore new market opportunities. Business development service
providers will also be invited to proffer advice to the young entrepreneurs
·
Field
Visits: Participants visit a successful enterprise owned by young entrepreneurs
in the host country. This is expected to inspire the participants and serve as
successful models for their own enterprise development and managemen
·
Experience
Sharing: Key business organizations and leaders will be identified to
facilitate the forum. The regional entrepreneurship development platform to be
established shall provide back stopping for experience sharing, mentoring and
business development services
Date and Venue:
The YEES Forum will take place from 5th to
7th of October 2016 in Dakar Senegal.
Eligibility Criteria:
·
Open
to Citizens of African Francophone Countries;
·
African
youth between the ages of 15 and 35. Women are strongly encouraged to apply;
·
Must
be able to speak and work in at least one AU working language (English, French,
Arabic or Portuguese).
Benefits
·
Participation
Cost: Young entrepreneurs can sponsor themselves to this workshop and there is
also a limited number of scholarships available to entrepreneurs. Please
indicate if you will be interested in sponsorship while applying.
Further Info
Ms. Diana Diallo | Department of Human
Resources Science and Technology | African Union Commission | Email: DialloD@africa-union.org
Mr. Nicholas Ouma | Department of
Human Resources Science and Technology | African Union Commission | Email: OumaN@africa-union.org
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