SWITCH! Youth Business Plan Competition

Let the Young Power Out

Organized by

Nohbub 24 years old

From Rural area

Dhaka University

Unemployed*Hunting a job for a year

300,000-400,000 populations pour into Dhaka every year

More than 2 million youths are unemployed

Shrinking Rural Communities

Youths are depressed & frustrated. Increase crime rates.

＊ Source: World Bank, 2007

＊ Source: The Daily Star, 2010

Business Plan Competition

Produce youth entrepreneurs & Empower rural communities.

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Rural-to-Urban

Migration

Youth EntrepreneursJob

Creation

Business education &Training opportunities

Growing Urban

Problems

Youth Entrepreneurs

MISSION

Produce youth entrepreneurs & Empower rural communities.

Lack of Quality Education

Lack of Job Opportunities

Poverty

Shrinking Community

Rural Areas

Youth Unemployments

Urban Areas

Urban Congestion

Lack of Capacity

Social Business Plan Competition

+Incubation Support

Business Ideas

Business Plan Competition

Increase Crime Rates

:Launch a social business plan competition.

:Provide incubation support including financial, logistical, and technical support for the selected social business plan.

Target

Activities

Strategies

: Youth in Dhaka between 18 and 29 years old, especially those who are university student or recently graduated but unemployed.

Youth Rural Communities

Partner Organizations

IncubationIdeas Professional

knowledgeRural network

Human resources

Rural network

Coordinating overall programs

Business Plan Competition

PROGRAM FLOWCHART

: Start receiving application

1st Round

2nd Round

:Lectures about business & rural issues

:Field research @Dewanganj

Final Round :Develop social business plans & Judgement awards

Planning Phase

Implementation Phase

:Trainings & workshops

with Partner Organizations

Application Open

:Financial, Technical, Logistical support

Monitoring Phase :Monitoring & Evaluation

& Feedbacks1 year

Support

10 daysProgram

Connect youths & entrepreneurs in Dhaka

*We will focus here this year

2/6~

Audience applications open.

Field trip @Dewanganj2/15~2/19

Field trip @Dewanganj

2/15~2/19

Presentation & Social gatheringwith 200 youths & entrepreneurs

2/26

1/26 ~2/5

Participants application open

2013

2/20~2/24

Workshops for participants

SCHEDULE

2030

2013

Field Trip &

Presentation

2014

Field Trip,Presentation &

Lectures,

Incubation Support

Produce 1,000 youth social entrepreneurs

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!!