Young Americas Business Trust

Inter-American Development Bank's Youth Development and Outreach Program (IDB Youth)
and
Young Americas Business Trust (YABT)

Directory of Organizations and Agencies Working with Youth Entrepreneurs,

Age 15 – 30, in Latin America and the Caribbean

Part I: Registration for Directory
The Inter-American Development Bank's Youth Development and Outreach Program (IDB Youth) and the Young Americas Business Trust (YABT) are preparing a directory of organizations and agencies working with young entrepreneurs, age 15 - 30, in Latin America and the Caribbean. The directory will be published in print and electronic formats in early 2004. To be included, organizations must complete the following verifiable information in Part I.  Fields marked with _* must be completed for the form to be submitted succesfully and for the information to be included in the directory.

*Name of Organization:

*Name of Entrepreneurship Program (if applicable):

*Street Address:

*Mailing Address:

*City / State / Zip Code:

*Country:

  --select-- Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Granada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadinas Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Other Other:

*Phone:

Fax:

*Email:

Internet Address:

Contact Person:

 *First Name:

* Last Name:

*Title:

*Year Youth Entrepreneurship Program Began:

*Number of Youth Assisted Annually:

*Age Range:

from to  

*Brief Program Description: (4 lines maximum)

*Type of organization - Please check all that apply:  (At least one type required.)

International non-governmental organization

Regional inter-governmental organization

National non-governmental / non-profit organization

Business organization, association, or chamber of commerce

Non-profit financial institution

For-profit financial institution

Local non-governmental organization

Government agency or ministry

Private business (for profit)

Operating foundation

Parastatal entity / statutory body

Grant-making foundation

Educational institution – type:

Nonformal

Secondary

Technical

Business

E-learning

University

Public

Private

Other type of organization , please specify:

Entrepreneurial development programs your organization provides to young people under age 30:

Please check all that you provide:

Please specify a few details below:

Personal development / motivational training

Skills training in business

Skills training in technical areas

Resource or information center / agency

Technology services

Business incubator

Marketing services to businesses

Loans or access to other financing

Business social responsibility

Business networking

Other programs, please specify:

Target population(s) served, if applicable:

Geographical territory or areas of service:

Part II. Background Information.
The following informational survey will help IDB Youth and YABT better understand your organization’s objectives. This information will be used for general reference and research purposes in order to design young entrepreneur programs for the region. This information will not be included in the directory.

What technical, financial, technological, physical, or other challenges do you think young entrepreneurs face?

What policies, programs, or services do you think are most beneficial to young entrepreneurs?

Please describe your organization’s sources of support (i.e. government funding, volunteers, donations etc.), and indicate if you are a self-sustaining organization or rely on grant funding:

Please describe any partnerships (including type of partnerships) that your organization has with other agencies, programs or private sector groups, as a means of furthering its mission and support for youth entrepreneurs:

Please describe the method that your organization uses to evaluate the impact it is making - both quantitative and qualitative.  Please identify the indicators, what their findings have been, and how you incorporate these findings into program decision-making.

What factors do you think contribute to your organization’s success?

How do you see the future of your youth entrepreneurship program or these programs in general?

What lessons have you / your organization learned that would be useful to others?

Please add any other comments:

In case we need to contact you about the information on this form, please complete the following:

* Name of person completing form: 

* Date completed: 

* Phone # of person completing form: 

By clicking the "Submit" button, on behalf of the organization named above, I hereby authorize IDB Youth and the YABT to use the information contained in this form for the purposes of publishing the directory and for other purposes associated with the project on youth entrepreneurship as may be required.