No âmbito do Projeto Empreende Jovem que tem como missão apoiar o sector privado, à criação de emprego e, através disto, à melhoria das economias familiares de todos aqueles envolvidos, tanto os empreendedores como os que trabalhem nas empresas que pretende-se apoiar, o Ministro da Juventude, Desportos e Empreendedorismo, Vinício Pina, assinou um contrato com uma ONG vencedora para financiamento da unidade de produção. Trata-se da ONG Quá Téla que propõe criar e instalar 3 unidades de serviços (produção, embalagem e vendas) em 3 comunidades diferentes, como: Roça Abade; Planca I e Roça Saudade.

Esta ONG tem como missão estender as suas actividades, explorar outras áreas de negócio e criar mais oportunidades para juventude dessas comunidades.

The first phase of the Business Creation Support Course being held under the Programme Empreende Jovem for the Tourist Guides Association of São Tomé and Príncipe ended on 8 June.

On 1 July, the participating entrepreneurs will present their projects in pitch format to be evaluated.

Remember that this is a joint initiative between the United Nations Development Programme - UNDP and the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneurship, aimed at supporting the private sector, job creation and, through this, the improvement of the family economies of all those involved, both entrepreneurs and those who work in the companies to be supported. This project aims to develop the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Sao Tome and Principe through a platform instrumented by means of incubators, which are spaces where there will be means and personnel available to work with entrepreneurs both in the development of their ideas and in the accompaniment of their businesses.

The Palace of Congresses, was the chosen scenario, on the morning of the 10th of March of the opening ceremony of the first National Sports Forum.

This event, which brought together leaders, technicians and doers from the different modalities of the country, and foreign guests, was chaired by the Prime Minister and head of the government, Dr Jorge Bom Jesus, and was attended by the President of the National Assembly, Minister of Education, Minister Youth, Sports and Entrepreneurship, Minister of Tourism, President of the São Tomé and Príncipe Olympic Committee among other individuals.

The work started with the presentation of some themes that will enable the elaboration of a document that will guide the sport in the coming years.

It is recalled that the activities of the first edition of SPORT BOOTCAMP-Empreendedorismo Desportivo fall within the framework of this forum and was held on March 8 with the aim of imparting skills to generate profitability opportunities on the part of the participants.

The headquarters of the São Tomé and Príncipe Olympic Committee was the venue for the first edition of SPORT BOOTCAMP - Sports Entrepreneurship for federations, sports associations, clubs, athletes and former athletes in the morning, on the 8th of March. to generate profitability opportunities on the part of the participants.

It was a distance and classroom training with the participation of international specialists with a duration of 50 hours of training, and training and mentoring sessions included in the program.

The modules were adjusted to the reality of São Tomé and Príncipe and according to the training needs of sports agents.

At the end of the training, Jorzita was the big winner of SPORTBOOTCAMP and received the BISTP award in the category of best project with participation in a 6-month business acceleration program.

On the 16th of March, the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneurship presented the first version of the mapping of São Tomé and Príncipe businesses in São Tomé and Príncipe and in the Diaspora. The presentation chaired by the supervising Minister, Vinício Pina, aimed to collect the latest contributions for the validation of the document and as a target audience, representatives of various Public and Private Institutions, as well as with several national entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs. On the occasion, the minister stressed the importance of this work, stressing that the exercise in question would be of great help in “consolidating the work that my ministry is doing”.
Olaf Juergensen, in turn, representing the UNDP, stressed that "this database gives the government, investors and international organizations a set of important information about the types of existing businesses, their location and their volume of production" . With this project, the Ministry of Youth and UNDP intend to support national entrepreneurs, the private sector in creating jobs in meeting the objectives of sustainable development.

The management team of the Empreende Jovem project, led by the Minister of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneurship, Vinício Pina, and UNDP representatives for the project, started last December 7th, a cycle of visits to the entrepreneurial projects in execution, which were financed under the aforementioned project.

This cycle of visits falls within the scope of the strategy of monitoring and accompanying entrepreneurs who are beneficiaries of the "Empreende Jovem" grant.

It is recalled that projects such as soap production, home delivery, digital currency and others that total 15 winning projects are already underway.

Within the scope of the dissemination strategy of the first Entrepreneur's Guide elaborated in the framework of the "Empreende Jovem Program", on December 9, 2020, the workshop to present the respective tool was held at the Liceu Mé-Chinhô.

In this sense, during the presentation, a few pocket copies were shared with one of the classes of the course in order to make contact.
This event was attended by the Director of the School and the National Director of Entrepreneurship.