Network Review | 2015/2016 · know that entrepreneurship is an instinct shared by people regardless of their background or circumstances. From Silicon Valley to the Rift Valley, millions

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Network Review | 2015/2016

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At Youth Business International weknow that entrepreneurship is aninstinct shared by people regardless oftheir background or circumstances.

From Silicon Valley to the Rift Valley, millions of youngpeople share the desire to start a business, they can calltheir own. These young people are willing to work hardand take risks to create a sustainable future, for boththemselves and their families.

Globally, these young people tell us that they are notable to access the support they need. This is oftenbecause they are not recognised as entrepreneurs in thetraditional sense of the term.

Pema Seyden (pictured, above) may not look like astereotypical young entrepreneur – but her successfuldairy business is built on the same entrepreneurialprinciple, that drives thousands of youth led startupsacross the world.

This is what an entrepreneur looks like.

Every year YBI helps tens of thousands of youngentrepreneurs like Pema Seyden to start and growsustainable businesses in their local community.Starting a business increases competition in the market,creates jobs and promotes sustainable growth in thegreater economy – all of which are key to tackling youthunemployment. After all, every business is created by aperson who starts off with little more than a good ideaand the conviction to make it happen. Having thecourage to take that first step is crucial, whether it’sdairy farming or databases. This is whatentrepreneurship looks like.

Pema Seyden used a zero interest loanfrom YBI member in Bhutan, The LodenEntrepreneurship Programme, to start

her Druksel Diary Farm



Not all entrepreneurslook the same

Entrepreneurshipis everywhere -

if you knowwhere to look

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Each year our network supports thousands of youngentrepreneurs to start and grow their own business.

We operate at the member level as an accelerator for everysingle connection in our network – allowing members directexposure to the most effective youth entrepreneurshipsolutions in the world. Everything we do is geared towardsimproving this support and making it more effective,

ultimately allowing members to support more young peopleand create more jobs year on year.

At the core of our model is the provision of training, access tofinance and a connection to a volunteer mentor for every newentrepreneur. Although YBI members each provide serviceswhich are appropriate to their local context, they all deliverservices based on YBI’s proven support methodology.

Training

Access to capital

Mentoring

EmpowermentJobcreation

Strongercommunities

Businessstereotypes

Our Network starts a business every30 minutes | 7days a week | 365 days a year

Our approach

There are 71 million unemployedyoung people worldwide and 156million young workers living inpoverty – youth employmentremains a global challenge and a top policy concern.

Youth unemployment is one of the principalsocial and economic challenges facing the worldtoday. Long spells of unemployment can haveserious long-term effects for young people, suchas reduced earnings and social exclusion. It isestimated that one year of unemployment duringyouth can reduce annual earnings at age 42 byup to 21% (Gregg and Tominey, 2015). An extrathree months of unemployment prior to age of23, results in an extra two months ofunemployment, on average, between the ages of28 and 33.

Prolonged unemployment magnifies theseproblems and could increase the chances that it ispassed on to the next generation. In addition tothese pronounced individual costs, theunemployed represent a significant store ofunused economic resources which lowers outputand the potential for economic growth.

When considered alongside the wider social andcommunity damage caused by unchecked youthunemployment, it is clear that more needs to bedone at both a local and global level. YBI ismaking a real difference, and thanks to ournetwork there are thousands of young peoplerunning businesses today, who could otherwisebe unemployed. We are proud of our impact so farand we know we need to do more.

Youth unemploymentchallenge

Under-served young people aged 18–35 whowant to start and grow

a business with potential for employment creation

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A true network is a structure thatplaces every individual at its centre. By bringing together leading youngentrepreneurship support organisations into onecooperative and responsive unit, we are creatinga knowledge driven community which isaccessible to all.

Our network has decades of experience ofworking with young entrepreneurs, mentors andbusinesses – to create a new generation of youthled businesses. Our decentralised approachempowers individuals and places decisionmaking responsibility closer to the young peoplewe support.

The YBI network team exists to help memberorganisations deliver effective support to moreyoung entrepreneurs each year – with evergreater levels of success.

By working together, we maximise ourcollaborative impact, enabling our members toscale their operations in a fraction of the time itwould take them if they worked alone.

Our network supports members in thefollowing key ways:

Sharing knowledge YBI brings members together, both online and inperson to share best practice. Working withmember organisations and partners, like theSalesforce Foundation, we use cutting edgetechnology to build new tools – connecting ourmembers to each other and creating sustainablecommunities of practice.

Guaranteeing quality We accredit each YBI member regularly, usingfully independent consultants. This is so donors,partners and entrepreneurs can be confident inthe quality of our membership and collectiveability to deliver meaningful impact across theworld.

Strengthening capacity By strengthening our members we strengthenthe network. From the provision of end-to-endcloud technology for operational delivery, toresearching the latest best practice andinnovation from the world’s leading experts in

entrepreneurship – we empower our memberswith the tools they need, delivering effectivesupport to more young entrepreneurs each year.

Maximizing influence We are a global network that speaks with onevoice on issues of youth unemployment andentrepreneurship. To do this we work together,from the smallest members to our largest.

Driving partnershipThe network team builds partnerships betweenour membership, public and privatestakeholders – to deliver shared value withmeaningful impact. In 2015, Accentureannounced that it was expanding itscommitment to our network, with a new US$5million award. This funding will enable YBI toequip up to 50,000 young people with the skillsand support they need to start, as well as grow, abusiness. We are connecting our members tosources of expertise and funding that have a realimpact on young people.

Achieving scale In the last 12 months, five new members joinedthe network. Each additional member benefitsfrom our existing expertise and brings skills,knowledge and experiences – which collectivelybecome part of the shared YBI experience.

Why a network?

Youth Business International is aninvitation only network and we arepurposely selective about ourmembership.

We only work with the most effective and impactfocused organisations, who have a proven trackrecord of delivering quality support to youngentrepreneurs.

In order to maintain the quality of the network,we oversee a rigorous accreditation process forall our members. We accredit members,

so donors, partners and entrepreneurs can beconfident in the quality of our membership – aswell as our ability to deliver meaningful impact,across a wide variety of local contexts.

The accreditation process is supported by EY andthe Worshipful Company of ManagementConsultants. Our assessment procedures ensurethat every penny invested in the network isdelivered to organisations with proveneffectiveness.

Our assessorsspent 265 hours

meeting theentrepreneurs and

experts in ournetwork

Last year wecarried out 12accreditationassessments

14 membersbecame fully andunconditionally

accreditedmembers of the

network

Betty Oyella Alana launched herprivate nursery and primary school

with the support of YBI memberEnterprise Uganda

Maintaining excellence

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Youth Business Internationalis a global network made up of independent, locally led andlocally owned organisations.

Our global network of national members issupported by a dedicated network team,based in London. YBI also has a regional office in Bogota, Colombia.

THE AMERICAS1 Argentina Fundacion Impulsar www.fundacionimpulsar.org.ar2 Barbados Barbados Youth Business Trust www.youthbusiness.bb3 Brazil Aliança Empreendedora www.aliancaempreendedora.org.br4 Canada Futurpreneur Canada www.futurpreneur.ca5 Chile Accion Emprendedora www.accionemprendedora.org6 Colombia Corporacion Minuto de Dios www.minutodedios.org7 Dominica Dominica Youth Business Trust www.dybt.gov.dm8 Jamaica Jamaica Youth Business Trust www.youthbusinesscaribbean.com

9 México Yo Quiero Yo Puedo www.yoquieroyopuedo.org.mx

10 Paraguay Emprendimientos Juveniles www.fundacionparaguaya.org.py11 Peru Colectivo Integral de Desarrollo www.cid.org.pe12 Trinidad and Tobago Youth Business Trinidad and Tobago www.ybtt.org13 United States of America Youth Business USA www.ybusa.org/14 Uruguay Emprecrea www.kolping.org.uy/proyectos/emprecrea

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA15 Kenya (Mombasa and Nairobi) Kenya Youth Business Trust www.kybtmombasa.org www.kybt.org

16 South Africa TechnoServce South Africa www.technoserve.org.za17 Tanzania Kijana Jiajiri www.kijanajiajiri.com18 Uganda Enterprise Uganda www.enterprise.co.ug

ASIA & OCEANIA19 Australia Many Rivers www.manyrivers.org.au20 Bangladesh Bangladesh Youth Enterprise Advice and Helpcentre (B’Yeah) www.byeahbd.org21 Bhutan Loden Entrepreneurship www.loden.org22 Hong Kong Youth Business Hong Kong ybhk.hkfyg.org.hk

23 India Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust www.bystonline.org24 Kazakhstan Youth Business Kazakhstan www.most.com.kz25 Mongolia Youth Business Mongolia

www.dsmongolia.org

26 Singapore Youth Business Singapore www.youthbizsg.org27 Sri Lanka Youth Business Sri Lanka www.ybsl.lk

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA28 United Arab Emirates Tejar Dubai www.endarabe.org.tn

29 Jordan Youth Business Jordan www.youthbusinessjo.org30 Tunisia Enda Inter-Arabe www.endarabe.org.tn

EUROPE31 United Kingdom Startup Direct www.startupdirect.org UnLtd www.unltd.org.uk Virgin StartUp www.virginstartup.org32 Belgium microStart www.microstart.be33 France Planet Adam www.planetadam.org Adie www.adie.org34 Germany Youth Business Germany www.youthbusiness.de

35 Israel Keren Shemesh Foundation www.ksh.org.il36 Italy Youth Business Italy www.permicrolab.it37 Netherlands Qredits www.qredits.com38 Poland Youth Business Poland www.fit.org.pl39 Russia Youth Business Russia www.youthbusinessrussia.org40 Serbia Youth Business Serbia www.smartkolektiv.org41 Spain Youth Business Spain www.youthbusiness.es42 Sweden Swedish Jobs & Society (NyföretagarCentrum) www.nyforetagarcentrum.se43 Turkey Habitat www.habitatkalkinma.org44 Ukraine Youth Business Ukraine www.sesp.org.ua

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In 2015, our work helped change the lives ofthousands of young people – through networkmembers on six continents, all working with aproven evidence led approach to youthentrepreneurship. YBI members operating in42 countries helped 13,219 new young peoplestart or grow their businesses, providingentrepreneurship training to 52,698individuals.

These young people (47% female: 53% male), will createadditional jobs, strengthen local supply chains – bringing

useful products and services to their local communities. YBIaims for each new business to create approximately threeadditional jobs. On average, 70% of these newly establishedbusinesses are operational for a minimum of three years.

YBI manages a comprehensive data collection process, fromour members on a quarterly basis. We ask 12 key questionsabout the work they are doing. This raw data about the scopeand scale of our operation is fed into our data managementsystem – allowing us to produce detailed dashboards of theactivity of the YBI network. This information enables us toquantify our global impact and to help members meet theirchallenges.

After the initial training, I joined YouthBusiness Mongolia business club

meetings, which helped motivate meand make my idea more concrete.

Purevdorj Enkhjargal

Our impact

In 2015 the YBI network members:

• Started 14,279 new businesses

• Helped 5,836 existing businessesto grow

• Provided training to 52,698 youngpeople

• Engaged 120,484 youngentrepreneurs through awarenessraising campaigns

Also, in 2015:

• More 1,000 staff were working forYBI network members globally

• Of the businesses we started 6,348were in low and middle incomecountries

• Of the young people we supported40% were female

In 2015, YBI has helped 14,279 youngpeople in over 40 countries to start theirown businesses. These young people arethe ultimate end product of the collectivework of our network and a manifestationof our shared vision – entrepreneurship for all.

Empowered with the skills, confidence and capitalthey need, these young YBI entrepreneurs headout to build new business. Strengtheningcommunities, developing local supply chains andcreating new sources of sustainable employment.They are the building blocks of a bright,sustainable future. That is what motivates me andthe other staff in this incredible network. I am soproud that due to our shared work, there areyoung people who set up a businesses, thatwould not be doing so, were it not for the supportof our members.

Together we really are empowering andsupporting young people 24 hours a day, 365days a year. However, although we shouldcelebrate our achievements, we must recognisethe ever present challenge of youthunemployment. It is my firm belief, that in thistime of great global uncertainty, the work of YBI ismore relevant and urgent than ever.

As YBI grows, bringing new ideas and approachesfrom around the world, so our network changes.This is an exciting time for YBI as we develop ourapproaches and structures, making us better

equipped to serve our growing network anddeliver increasingly complex round-the-clockservices to a growing cohort of young people.

One way this has happened over the past twelvemonths, is our increasing focus on the year roundsupport we offer to members. Last year welaunched the Capacity Development Servicesmarketplace, funded in large part by partners atAccenture.

This online platform is where our growingmembership can bid for support, in areas likementoring, training and technology – as andwhen they need it, on their own growth journey.Devolving this responsibility to our members andother expert teams in the network, is animportant step on our journey towards being atruly decentralized and global institution – whichresponds effectively to the needs of members andentrepreneurs alike.

Over the next year, we will continue to makechanges and develop our network in a way thatplaces our members at the very centre of what wedo.

I am very excited about YBI’s next chapter. Thankyou all for your ongoing support far.

Together we’re changing lives.

“The YBI network has provided invaluable support in the launch andgrowth of Youth Business USA. From the highly skilled support of theirteam to the ‘matchmaker’ role that YBI played in connecting us withAccenture – we are very grateful to YBI and to be a part of thisimpactful network of organisations with shared missions.”

Voices from the network

Andrew Devenport CEO Youth Business International

Bo Ghiradelli, CEOYouth Business USA

“Working within the YBI network has been incredibly positive for theLoden Entrepreneurship Programme (LEP). We are one of the first civilsociety organisations in Bhutan and having a connection to a globalnetwork of organisations has really helped us to become established.From working together to develop our mentoring capacity, toparticipating in bilateral proposals with other YBI members in theregion – YBI has helped us develop our services, broker newpartnerships and grow to be one of Bhutan’s leading entrepreneurshiporganisations.“

Dorji Tashi, Executive Officer The Loden Entrepreneurship Programme

“We worked with YBI to launch Youth Business Jordan in 2015. TheYBI network delivered the required experience and support we neededto help develop a robust, scalable programme – which will empoweraspiring young Jordanians with business ideas to fulfil their dreams.We’re looking forward to a long and fruitful membership of YBI.”

Farah Al-Mehdawi, Programme Manager Youth Business Jordan

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Born in Chile and raised in Sweden sincethe age of four, Rodrigo became anentrepreneur in the country thatadopted him and his family. He is nowgiving back to society by creatingemployment and providing migrants inSweden the opportunity to build theirown lives – promoting social inclusionand integration.

As a young adult Rodrigo worked in a range ofinsecure jobs to make ends meet, working as afood vendor, online seller and even a streetentertainer. He always nurtured a dream to run hisown business but assumed a lack of capital wouldmean this was always out of reach. With thesupport of Swedish YBI memberNyföretagarCentrum, he was able to turn hisdream into reality. Today he manages a successfulevents business.

More than anything, he needed some adviceregarding his business plan and sought advice tohelp him launch his business. NyföretagarCentrumprovided him with mentoring and coaching thatreally helped build his confidence and solidify thecore ideas around his business: Stagehand.nu.Rodrigo freely admits that his vision would nothave been possible, had it not been for the time

spent working with the YBI network.

Today, Rodrigo’s business is growing and he ismaking it possible for other migrants to transitioninto the Swedish labour market. Thanks to its fluidemployee structure, with some 200 employeesavailable for on-call projects, Stagehand.nu is ableto bring more staff on to events setting, than itscompetitors in the local market. Rodrigo therefore,offers clients the opportunity to manage biggerprojects with high quality results.

Rodrigo hopes to grow his business, Stagehand.nuand expand its services within the constructionsector, alongside event management. Part of hisvision is the desire to change the perception ofthis type of business; empowering clients as muchas employees. For Rodrigo, employees are notmere workers, they are ambassadors of thecompany. In fact, one of the reasons whyStagehand’s reputation is so positive and standsout, is precisely because each employee is proudto spread the word about the company – as wellas the work they do.

CASE STUDY:RODRIGO PEREZ, SWEDEN

“I feel that the support from YBI andNyföretagarCentrum – the counselling,

workshops and mentoring, have been one ofthe most important resources for me, in terms

of information, resource and support. Just toget the chance to sit in a room discussing

business and exchanging ideas with likeminded people is invaluable.”

Sandra Letio runs her own business,thanks to the support and funding ofEnterprise Uganda, the YBI memberbased in Uganda.

I love cleaning. My mum just calls me and says,“Sandra, can you come and help me clean thehouse?” By the time I leave she’s like, “wow!” So, that’s when I thought of starting a businessmaking soap.

I got my first soap recipe from a man who mymother knew. He told me the ingredients, but nothow to mix them. My first batch was in twobuckets. I missed some ingredients out and as aresult, the final product was not good. However,my customers did not tell me at first. Iapproached my local YBI member, EnterpriseUganda and asked them for help. They supportedme with a range of ideas about how to take mybusiness to the next level.

My key motivation was a desire to make my soapbetter – I yearned to achieve that. I wrote to theExecutive Director of the Uganda IndustrialResearch Institute to ask them how I couldimprove my product. After a while they called meand said, “Sandra, your letter’s gone through andwe’re going to help you”. That was my turningpoint to start.

I also had to formalise the business, to be able tosell and on the advice from Enterprise Uganda, Iregistered the company. I submitted so manynames but most of the names were rejected. Firstit was Dream International – but later on I chosePelere, which means ‘awesome’ in my tribe.

My biggest setback was losing 35 cans of soap.This was 1.5m shillings (US$500) that wentdown the drain. At the time, we didn’t have astandard formulation, it was supposed to begreen but it went brown. When the buyer cameto pick the cans up he refused to buy them and Ihad to give it away.

I’m humbled by my success, but I’m scaredsometimes too. I realise that I’m becoming a rolemodel in the local area and people are interestedin my views. In my free time, I’m writing a bookcalled ‘Things a Woman Should Know’ – I hopeone day to get it published.

CASE STUDY:SANDRA LETIO, UGANDA

“I had never thought about needing a mentor butthis was the time I realised why I would need one.I went to her and I cried! She told me, “you can doit”, she pushed me and kept on inspiring me. She

was the only person who believed in me.”

This is what anentrepreneur

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On September 25th 2015, the Sustainable DevelopmentGoals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations, inNew York. The SDGs are a set of universal goals, targetsand indicators, that UN member states will be expectedto use – to frame their agendas and political policiesover the next 15 years. The YBI network contributes tothe achievement of the SDGs through its very mission –enabling young people to access the support they needto start or grow businesses thus creating jobs andtriggering sustainable economic development.

For the first time ever, the SDGs included specific targets aroundemployment, decent work and innovation. YBI’s alignment withthe goals comes around goal 4 (Quality Education), goal 8 (Decentwork and economic growth) and goal 17 (Partnerships for thegoals). Most specifically, the YBI network contributes to thefollowing targets:

4.4 By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and

adults who have relevant skills, including technical andvocational skills, for employment, decent jobs andentrepreneurship.

8.3 Promote development-oriented policies that supportproductive activities, decent job creation,entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation. Also,encourage the formalisation and growth of micro, smalland medium-sized enterprises – including through accessto financial services.

8.5 By 2030, achieve full and productive employment, as wellas decent work for all women and men – including foryoung people and persons with disabilities. Also, equalpay for work of equal value.

8.6 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youngpeople not in employment, education or training.

17.16 Enhance the global partnership for sustainable

development, complemented by multi-stakeholderpartnerships that mobilise, share knowledge, expertise,technology and financial resources – to support theachievement of the sustainable development goals in allcountries, in particular developing countries.

17.17 Encourage and promote effective public, public-private andcivil society partnerships – building on the experience andresourcing strategies of partnerships.

Whilst supporting entrepreneurship contributes to achieving thesetargets, the young entrepreneurs themselves are contributing tothe SDGs through their businesses – from ending hunger togender equality and protecting the environment. Theentrepreneurs supported by the YBI network cover the entire SDGsspectrum.

The focus on the development agenda is on sustainability. Acrossthe global Youth Business International network, we have beenworking for more than 15 years’ supporting underserved young

people, to start or grow their own business – thus tacklingunemployment and advancing sustainable economicdevelopment. In our experience, multi-stakeholder partnershipswork.

The YBI network brings together resources from various sectors,working towards positively impacting communities around theworld. We partner with both public and private sectors (oftentogether), local and regional civil society organisations, theeducation sector and individuals. We use this inclusive model andadapt it to the local context of each country, where we are present. Over the coming years, YBI will continue to align with the SDGs by running impact-driven partnerships withthe global community and helping to work towards achievingthese important targets.

Sharad Tandale, whose business started in2011 and employs over 200 people, is

contributing to achieving the SustainableDevelopment Goal 8 in India

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The work of YBI and its network members isonly possible thanks to the ongoing supportof organisations from around the world.These institutions work with YBI globally, and directly withindividual country members, to empower young people tostart businesses and reach their potential.

Api Andrela's is a family run beekeeping company formed by

Ariela Berríos and Laura Cares

Thank you toour partners

This is what an entrepreneur

looks like

Why partner with the YBI Network?

Join a committed group of corporations, foundations, publicsector agencies and individuals who are working with YBI toaddress youth unemployment globally.

In addition to critical financial support, many of our partnersprovide programme participants with market and employmentopportunities combined with world-class business and industryadvice, helping to create a thriving private sector in thecountries where we work.

Please email [email protected] to start the conversation.

GLOBAL IMPACTSupport programmes thattransform lives in localcommunities around the world

EVIDENCE LEDInvest in a market-basedapproach to economicdevelopment that issustainable. Creating jobs,incomes and hope – instead of dependency.

SHARED VALUETap into new markets andsourcing opportunities, thatalso create benefits for poorcommunities.

PUBLIC RECOGNITIONGain visibility as a leader insocial responsibility throughjoint public relations andcause marketing campaigns.

Chavi’s business is providing graduate studiesto women. She provides an alternative route

to academic studies, while respectingreligious and social constraints

In the UK, Youth Business International is registeredCharity no: 1123946 | Company no: 6550164

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t: +44 (0)20 3326 2060

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