YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP

From February to May this year after the recommendation of the Office for Youth rooms, seminars-trainings were held on the topic of youth entrepreneurship. Speakers of the seminar were the experts from the Regional economic center for the development of small and medium enterprises - Krusevac. Seminar participants were the young from 18 to 30 years old and of different educational backgrounds who are interested in starting their own businesses using the start up loans, but also young people who have already successfully started their own business, and wanted to know all the news from the economic-entrepreneurial activities. At this seminar various topics were discussed in economics and entrepreneurship spheres and business planning, funding sources, marketing. After the training, the participants were provided confirmation type of certificates for successful participation in two-day training.

The project "Youth Entrepreneurship" is supported by USAID's Program for planning and emergency situations and Economic Security strengthening (PPES). Edward Rackley from DAI Washington, Michael Pillsbury, Chief of Party of USAID PPES Program, Maurya Wray Bridges Team Leader for Economic Security component and Bratislav Stamenkovic Program Officer USAID PPES Program for Serbia were the guests of the Office for Youth on June 18 2009. They showed the interest in the work of the Office and plans for the future. They showed their satisfaction for the successful youth entrepreneurship seminar held in the office. They have the idea that it is useful to adopt the Action Plan for the development of youth entrepreneurship and development of the plan they take as necessary for the involvement of the Office for Youth and Palilula Municipality. Palilula Municipality and  Office for Youth, aware of how important is to develop the entrepreneurial spirit of young people and provide them support in strengthening their entrepreneurial ideas, on July 3 2009 the Application List of the Office for Youth was filled for drafting the Action Plan for the development of youth entrepreneurship program and submitted to the manager of PPES USAID Program for Serbia, with the expectation to join the adoption of the Action Plan for the development of youth entrepreneurship.