YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS SHEME
ENGAGE and EMPOWER
WHY
PROJECT YES/CAREER FAIR
The unemployment rate in Nigeria
Inadequate skills training Opportunities and
Resources:
Quality education and skill acquisition has a direct bearing on national prestige, greatness and cohesion. The knowledge and skill that young people acquire help determine their degree of patriotism and contribution to national integration and progress.
Quality education and skill acquisition has a direct bearing on national prestige, greatness and cohesion. The knowledge and skill that young people acquire help determine their degree of patriotism and contribution to national integration and progress.
Effects of unemployment in Nigeria
Every year, over
300,000 graduates are churned out from the tertiary institutions nationwide.
This number grows yearly and translates into more and more unemployed people
littering the streets of Nigerian cities.
If young people are provided with
skills and empowerment opportunities they can become productive assets and take
their part in mainstream society offering the best of their skills and talents.
Why are the youth of Africa unemployed
in such high numbers?
High fertility rates
– it is estimated that there are between 8- 10 million new entrants into the
African labour market annually Low literacy and
numeracy rates – Investment in There are information
failures and a lack of targeted investments in key labour intensive areas.
Over the years, Education has being the
benchmark for every young Nigerian to get employed. Every family will do
everything possible to see that their children gain a degree so as to be
eligible for a white collar job in our society but this routine is gradually
going down the drain because there is high demand of job compared to the
supply.
It is time we start embracing the ‘YOUNG
ENTREPRENEURE PROGRAM’. It is an initiative that is directed towards adding SKILL
and value to the youth and encourage youth to entrepreneurship.
CAREER FAIR is an initiative that is
specially structured for secondary school students because secondary school is
a decisive stage for young people to choose their future career. CAREER FAIR is
a program that will guide students on how to choose the right career.
PROJECT OBJECTIVE
To Provide
avenues for the government, non-governmental organizations, civil society and private-sector
organizations to understand and respond to youth concerns. Support youth information
networks Share and
exchange best practices Provide much
needed information career based opportunities for youths. Pilot and
demonstrate new concepts for Learning, participation, collaboration, youth Development and
societal development. To provide a
platform for youths to develop a global mindset To impact new
skills and add value to youths in order to make them global competitors To Provide an
exciting, quality experience on a diverse cultural platform To develop the skills of the members involved in the training
THE PROJECT CONCEPT
Young Entrepreneurs Summit
project/Career Fair is set to be implemented in three phases. YES project is
targeted towards graduates and undergraduates in
IKA constituency and its environs while
CAREER FAIR is targeted toward High school student within IKA constituency.
PHASE 1: PREPARATORY STAGE
During the stage, the projects team will
plan around the project, raise the required partners for the projects and
ensure that all the projects logistics are put in place for effective delivery.
PARTNERS:
LEARNING PARTNERS- This category of partners
are responsible for providing the learning module for the project. They are
also responsible for ensuring the training content.
MEDIA PARTNERS: Media partners are responsible for promoting the project and
recognise our financial partners during their programmes.
FINANCIAL PARTNERS: These categories of partners are very essential to the success
of the project. The finance the project and they will be recognised as the
proud sponsors of this project.
EXCHANGE PARTICIPANTS: During this period AIESEC Port Harcourt will partner with international
students and professional from different countries that will come down to IKA
to deliver the project. These interns will be responsible for the delivery of
the project.
PHASES 2: DELIVERY
This is the key stage of the project. At
this stage, the projects team, learning partners and the interns will arrive
Delta to implement the project. The training will run in five different centres
around the constituency for a period of six week.
At this phase, Participants will have
theoretical sessions on Business development and entrepreneurship by
professionals and interns in order to give them insight about Business
management. After the theoretical sessions for two weeks, Participants will be
trained on several skills ranging from Web designing, catering, small and
medium scale enterprise, Event decoration, photo Editing, Programming
Languages.
After the skills acquisition training,
participants will register for a business plan challenge where they will
present a business plan in-line with what they were trained on. Over 200 youths will be empowered after the
contest. The challenge will enable us ascertain the best ideas from the
training.
Immediately after the Entrepreneurs
summit, the projects team and the interns will move to over 20 secondary
schools to organise a CAREER FAIR Program for them. Career sessions will be
delivered in these schools so as to enlighten the students on how to choose
careers that is in-line with their passion.
During the project, we will incorporate
session on creating awareness on issues around CANCER. It is also a platform
for us to create awareness and enlighten the youths about cases of CANCER and
how it can be prevented.
The project is due to commence by
October 2013.
PHASE 3: EVALUATION/REPORT
After the project, the project’s team
will come up with a tracking and evaluation systems that will enable us track
our participants’ progress in their specific line of business.
A comprehensive report will be submitted
to all our partners after the project.
PROMOTIONS STRATEGY:
The Projects team will capitalize on the
following Promotion strategies:
Media Posters and Fliers Local Government Information System Rallies Schools’ Internal communication system Internet
Key Benefits for Partners
The following outlines the key Benefits of been
involved in the sponsorship of our project
Company gets
access to youth voice as well as youth audience. Social
responsibility gotten from participating in a life changing experience for
youths that would bring about positive change in the society. Access to top
local talents of the University. Branding
opportunity for your company or product. An added
advantage of your company when compiling an annual report for tax purposes. The project can
serve as your Corporate Social Responsibility The Project will
brand you as a major contributor towards Youth Development Your
Organisation will have access to our international talent pool The Project with
create Relevance of your Organisation and you in the society You will have
the access to promote yourself and Products during our training sessions. You will have
access to sell yourself or product with our media partners.
PROJECT BUDGET
|
ITEM
|
UNIT
|
AMOUNT[N]
|
|
Venue
|
5
|
500,000
|
|
Transportation
of Interns and Projects Team from Port Harcourt to Delta State
|
10
Interns + 10 Project members
|
100,000
|
|
Accommodation
of Interns and Trainers
|
6
weeks
|
220,000
|
|
Feeding
for Interns and Trainers
|
6weeks
|
150,000
|
|
Branded
T-Shirt
|
1000
copies
|
150,000
|
|
Training
Materials
|
|
300,000
|
|
Logistics
|
|
250,000
|
|
Empowerment
Fund
|
200
youths
|
500,000
|
|
MISCELLENOUS
|
|
100,000
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
2,270,000
|
If you want to be part of this Life Changing Programme, Please leave a comment or contact me on francis.omorojie@aiesec.net or +2348065267030
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