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Disrupting Unemployment

  • Preface
  • Case Studies
    • 2020 Legacy of Good Plan
    • 5by20
    • A-B
      • Activate
      • Apprenticeship Programme
      • Apprenticeship Programme
      • Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC)
      • Born to Be
      • Bridge Academy London
      • Buen Trabajo (“Good Job”)
    • C-E
      • Centum Learning
      • Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
      • Coletivo
      • Dangote Academy of Learning and Development
      • Digital Jobs Africa
      • Dual Vocational Education and Training Programme
      • Enterprise Gardens
      • Entrepreneurship Mindset Index
      • Escola Escritório Programme
      • [email protected]
    • F-I
      • facealemploi.tv
      • Fast Start
      • Foundation Programme
      • Future Leaders Programme
      • Generation (Social Initiative)
      • Global Education Initiative – STEM Brazil Learning Programme
      • Global Girls Entrepreneurship Project
      • Global Internship Programme for Unemployed Youth
      • Google for Entrepreneurs
      • Helping Women Get Online
      • Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Skills Development Corporation
      • Internship Programme
      • It’s TYME and Unlocking Youth Potential (UYP)
    • J-L
      • JOBLINGE
      • Junior Achievement and Marsh & McLennan Companies
      • Junior Power
      • Juntos por el Empleo de los Mas Vulnerable (“Together for Employment for the Most Vulnerable”)
      • LEAP Mentorship and Coaching Development Programme
      • Leveraging Unique Talents of People with Autism
      • Lifelong Learning Apprenticeship
      • Linking Postgraduate Students with Job Opportunities
      • Localizing a Business Process Outsourcing Industry
    • M-P
      • Made in Italy
      • Management Trainee Programme
      • Movement for Alternatives and Youth Awareness (MAYA)
      • National Industrial Training Institute
      • National Youth Policy 2014
      • Nayee Disha (“New Direction”)
      • Nestlé needs YOUth
      • Networking Academy
      • Pan African Graduate Development Programme
      • Partnership for Economic Opportunities through Technology in the Americas (POETA)
      • PepsiCo México Foundation
      • Project Business
      • Prominp
    • R-T
      • REACH Project
      • Satya Bharti School Programme
      • Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center
      • Save the Children and Accenture
      • Sino-German Automotive Vocational Education Project
      • Skills to Succeed Academy
      • Solutions for Youth Employment Coalition (S4YE)
      • StartUp Europe
      • StreetWise Partners Career Ventures Programme
      • Strengthening Rural Youth Development through Enterprise Programme (STRYDE)
      • Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards
      • TEACH Ambassadors
      • Teacher Support Programme
      • Think Forward
      • Tshepo 10 000 (“Hope”)
    • U-Z
      • Udaan Programme
      • Upstream Professional Development Center
      • Vocational Training Cooperation
      • Women Development Programme
      • Women Employment Organization
      • Young Entrepreneurs Incubation Programme and Business Skills Development Programme
      • Youth Business International
      • Youth Employment Accelerator
      • Youth Unemployment Initiative
      • YouthActionNet
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  • Preface
  • Case Studies
    • 2020 Legacy of Good Plan
    • 5by20
    • A-B
      • Activate
      • Apprenticeship Programme
      • Apprenticeship Programme
      • Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC)
      • Born to Be
      • Bridge Academy London
      • Buen Trabajo (“Good Job”)
    • C-E
      • Centum Learning
      • Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
      • Coletivo
      • Dangote Academy of Learning and Development
      • Digital Jobs Africa
      • Dual Vocational Education and Training Programme
      • Enterprise Gardens
      • Entrepreneurship Mindset Index
      • Escola Escritório Programme
      • [email protected]
    • F-I
      • facealemploi.tv
      • Fast Start
      • Foundation Programme
      • Future Leaders Programme
      • Generation (Social Initiative)
      • Global Education Initiative – STEM Brazil Learning Programme
      • Global Girls Entrepreneurship Project
      • Global Internship Programme for Unemployed Youth
      • Google for Entrepreneurs
      • Helping Women Get Online
      • Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Skills Development Corporation
      • Internship Programme
      • It’s TYME and Unlocking Youth Potential (UYP)
    • J-L
      • JOBLINGE
      • Junior Achievement and Marsh & McLennan Companies
      • Junior Power
      • Juntos por el Empleo de los Mas Vulnerable (“Together for Employment for the Most Vulnerable”)
      • LEAP Mentorship and Coaching Development Programme
      • Leveraging Unique Talents of People with Autism
      • Lifelong Learning Apprenticeship
      • Linking Postgraduate Students with Job Opportunities
      • Localizing a Business Process Outsourcing Industry
    • M-P
      • Made in Italy
      • Management Trainee Programme
      • Movement for Alternatives and Youth Awareness (MAYA)
      • National Industrial Training Institute
      • National Youth Policy 2014
      • Nayee Disha (“New Direction”)
      • Nestlé needs YOUth
      • Networking Academy
      • Pan African Graduate Development Programme
      • Partnership for Economic Opportunities through Technology in the Americas (POETA)
      • PepsiCo México Foundation
      • Project Business
      • Prominp
    • R-T
      • REACH Project
      • Satya Bharti School Programme
      • Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center
      • Save the Children and Accenture
      • Sino-German Automotive Vocational Education Project
      • Skills to Succeed Academy
      • Solutions for Youth Employment Coalition (S4YE)
      • StartUp Europe
      • StreetWise Partners Career Ventures Programme
      • Strengthening Rural Youth Development through Enterprise Programme (STRYDE)
      • Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards
      • TEACH Ambassadors
      • Teacher Support Programme
      • Think Forward
      • Tshepo 10 000 (“Hope”)
    • U-Z
      • Udaan Programme
      • Upstream Professional Development Center
      • Vocational Training Cooperation
      • Women Development Programme
      • Women Employment Organization
      • Young Entrepreneurs Incubation Programme and Business Skills Development Programme
      • Youth Business International
      • Youth Employment Accelerator
      • Youth Unemployment Initiative
      • YouthActionNet

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Key Partners

 

Status

Start year of the initiative:
2000 – still ongoing.

Next steps of initiative:
Global expansion: Reach an additional 30,000 by 2015

Impact

Country(ies) of impact: 
Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bhutan, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Dominica, France, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Mongolia, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Syria, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, United Kingdom

   

 

Number of people impacted annually: 
Approximately 20,000 beneficiaries

  

 

Time to intended impact:

Less than 2 years

 

Benefit to organization: 

  • Direct benefit to organization
  • Indirect benefit to organization

Key Partners

 

Status

Start year of the initiative:
2000 – still ongoing.

Next steps of initiative:
Global expansion: Reach an additional 30,000 by 2015

Impact

Country(ies) of impact: 
Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bhutan, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Dominica, France, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Mongolia, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Syria, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, United Kingdom

   

 

Number of people impacted annually: 
Approximately 20,000 beneficiaries

  

 

Time to intended impact:

Less than 2 years

 

Benefit to organization: 

  • Direct benefit to organization
  • Indirect benefit to organization

Youth Business International

Submitted by Accenture

Objective

To provide young entrepreneurs with an integrated package of support to help them build and sustain their businesses.

Overview and Main Activities

Youth Business International (YBI) is a global network of independent non-profit members in more than 40 countries that helps young people start and grow their own business and create employment. Accenture helps YBI provide its global network with improved tools, funding, mentoring and training to help disadvantaged young people become successful business entrepreneurs. Through the programme, YBI and its partners have equipped almost 45,000 young entrepreneurs with skills, access to finance and the mentoring needed to build and sustain their businesses. The goal is to reach an additional 30,000 by 2015.

YBI members provide entrepreneurs with a combination of access to capital, mentoring and training and other business development services. This common approach is adapted to local contexts, as members work in partnership with governments, businesses and multilateral and civil society organizations.

  1. Access to capital: Provides young entrepreneurs with an interest-free loan, repayable over two to three years, to cover the expenses of starting or growing their business.
  2. Mentoring: Pairs all young entrepreneurs with an experienced mentor from the local business community to guide them through the early stages of establishing a business for on one to three years.
  3. Technical training: In conjunction with a mentor, YBI members provide technical support and training, which ranges from specific business practice to basic assistance such as bookkeeping and financial management.

YBI members show a 70% average business survival rate after three years and each business creates an average of four new jobs.

Each YBI member is an independent institution and belongs to the global YBI network, which fosters collaboration, such as:

  • Shared expertise, such as developing and sharing best practice on the most effective ways to support young entrepreneurs through toolkits, regional workshops and policy reports.
  • International resources and platforms to raise awareness of the importance of supporting young entrepreneurs, through initiatives such as the Clinton Global Initiative, G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance and Global Entrepreneurship Week.
  • Leading-edge technology, such as the Salesforce platform, which is slashing members’ operational costs.

A network team coordinates and leads this activity, with additional responsibilities for driving network growth, quality and performance.

About the Organization

Website: www.accenture.com
Sector: Professional Services
Size (number of employees): 100,000+
Headquarters: Dublin, Ireland

For Further Engagement

Contact name: Katie Avari
Contact position: Programme Manager at Accenture
Email: [email protected]

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