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MJDE and UNDP hand in hand for the growth of Entrepreneurship
The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneurship (MJDE), through the Directorate of Entrepreneurship - in its mandate to promote entrepreneurship in the country - has invested in finding training opportunities and direct incentives for young entrepreneurs.
Despite the limitations of the market, MJDE, through local and international partners, has encouraged young people to realise their business ideas.
The Minister of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneurship, Vinicio Pina, continues to sensitise bilateral and multilateral partners, namely the UNDP, to ensure support for the projects already flagged.
MJDE e PNUD de mãos dadas para o crescimento do Empreendedorismo
Agostinho Neto hosts the launching of the new Girls Empowerment project
The community of Agostinho Neto, district of Lobata, was the chosen scenery for the launching of the project "Empowerment of Girls" that has as main objective the accomplishment of the national strategy of gender.
It is a project made up of the following components: increased technical business capacity through UNICEF, increased access to finance for startups led by women in vulnerable situations through UNDP, increased capacity of women-led startup associations through ILO, and increased education-related safety nets available for girls in vulnerable situations through UNICEF.
The project targets girls aged 18-24 who have experienced early pregnancy, are at risk of dropping out of school and those who have dropped out for some reason.
At the time, the Minister of Youth, Vinício Pina, underlined the importance of the project because "we have seen in recent times, an increasing number of this section of the population of school age abandoning their studies, especially in this pandemic period due to various factors, mainly economic, social, financial, among others, especially young women, which may be perfectly reversed with this project in a well defined way, implemented to combat this growing index that graces our society.
Throughout the project, training in entrepreneurship will be implemented as a tool of capital importance capable of allowing girls to be better integrated in society so that they can be their own solutions, those of their families and of society.
The UNICEF representative said that "we should work so that each family, each woman, each youth, each adolescent and each child can enjoy a family life, a social context favourable to their health and well-being and development. In fact, as you know, women, girls and children are unfortunately the most affected, especially as regards the socio-economic impacts of this pandemic.
The project lasts 3 months and is supported by UNICEF, UNDP and ILO to build the capacities of 180 girls who have dropped out of school by providing training in life skills, sex education and sewing, entrepreneurship, etc.
The project aims to make the girls attend school and be informed about professional opportunities and develop other skills in women empowerment.
Agostinho Neto- acolhe lançamento do novo projecto de Empoderamento das Raparigas
A comunidade de Agostinho Neto, distrito de Lobata, foi o cenário escolhido para o lançamento do projecto de “Empoderamento das Raparigas” que tem como objetivo principal a realização da estratégia nacional de género.
Trata-se de um projecto composto pelas seguintes componentes: aumento de capacidade técnica empresarial através da UNICEF, aumento do acesso ao financiamento de startups lideradas por mulheres em situação de vulnerabilidade através do PNUD, aumento da capacidade de associações de startups lideradas por mulheres através da OIT e aumento de redes de segurança relacionadas com a educação disponível para as raparigas em situações de vulnerabilidades através da UNICEF.
O projecto destina-se à raparigas dos 18 aos 24 anos que já passaram por situações de gravidez precoce, que estejam em risco de abandono escolar e aquelas que por algum motivo abandonaram as escolas.
Na altura o Ministro da Juventude, Vinício Pina, sublinhou a importância do projecto porque " te- se constatado nos últimos tempos, um número cada vez maior desta franja da população com idade escolar a abandonarem os seus estudos, sobretudo neste período pandémico devido diversos factores mormente, económico, social, financeiro, dentre outros, principalmente, as jovens mulheres o que poderá ser perfeitamente revertido com este projecto de forma bem definido, implementado para combater este índice crescente que graça a nossa sociedade ".
Ao longo do projecto serão implementadas formações na área de empreendedorismo como ferramenta de capital importância capaz de permitir que as raparigas estejam melhor integradas na sociedade de forma que elas sejam suas próprias soluções, dos seus familiares e da sociedade.
O representante do UNICEF por sua vez pontuou que “devemos trabalhar para que cada família, cada mulher, cada jovem, cada adolescente e cada criança possam desfrutar de uma vida familiar, de um contexto social favorável à sua saúde e bem-estar e desenvolvimento. De facto como sabem, as mulheres, raparigas e as crianças são infelizmente as mais afectadas especialmente no que diz respeito aos impactos socioeconómicos desta pandemia ”.
O projecto tem a duração de 3 meses e conta com o apoio do UNICEF, do PNUD e da OIT para o desenvolvimento de capacidades de 180 raparigas que abandonaram a escola proporcionando formações em competências para a vida, educação sexual e corte e costura, empreendedorismo, etc.
O projecto pretende fazer com que as raparigas frequentem as escolas e estejam informadas sobre oportunidades profissionais e desenvolvam outras competências a nível do empoderamento das mulheres.
Family budget day meets with young entrepreneurs
In the context of the activities of the SDG-Fund, a joint fund of the United Nations System for inclusion and empowerment of families and youths, the Entrepreneurship Department started in Ponta-Figo, district of Lembá, the first Family Budget, Savings and Dissemination of the Social Entrepreneurship primer for about 300 families and youths distributed over 13 localities of the country.
This program is the result of a United Nations Fund, made available to countries in the context of the #ODS for the implementation of a catalytic program focused on Social Protection. At a global level, 24 countries were selected and Sao Tome & Principe came in 2nd place in the presentation of proposals.
Budgeted at U$D 2 million the Joint Programme was implemented under the leadership of the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity, Family and Vocational Training in close collaboration with the Office of the Resident Coordinator and three other Ministries (of Health, Youth, Sports and Entrepreneurship and the Ministry of Education) and four other UN Agencies (UNDP, UNICEF, WHO and ILO).
The programme aims to support the Government in implementing the Social Register, the parental education programme, Youth engagement through social entrepreneurship and access to Health and nutrition with monitoring and case management through DHIS2.
The implementation of this activity in the districts identified (Mé-zochi, Água Grande and Lembá), arises from the need to promote financial inclusion and awaken in young people the interest in planning to save and invest, empowering and equipping them with tools that enable them to create their own businesses.
Jornada de orçamento familiar vai ao encontro de jovens empreendedores
Incubadoras de negócios em STP
Uma incubadora de negócios / empresas é uma instituição com objectivo de preparação, fortalecer e dar suporte à micro e pequenas empresas que precisam na fase inicial para que elas sobrevivam no mercado.
As incubadoras oferecem serviços de gestão de empresas, suporte técnico e formações complementares para os empreendedores por meio de um espaço físico estruturado com salas de reunião, internet e acesso a ferramentas e os equipamentos que são oferecidos às novas empresas. Além disso, também é feito por meio de serviços administrativos como gestão financeira, marketing, análise de mercado e assistência jurídica.
Business incubators in STP
Following the project Empreende Jovem, the MJDE and the UNDP in partnership with the operator UNITEL-STP and the BGFI-Bank are creating in the country undertakings capable of fostering the entrepreneurial culture and the creation of new opportunities for entrepreneurs.
It is the construction of a network of Incubators (in Sao Tome and Principe) that are being installed in the country as an alternative for the development of new businesses, jobs and income.
A business/enterprise incubator is an institution with the objective of preparing, strengthening and giving support to micro and small enterprises that are in the initial phase so that they survive in the market.
Incubators offer business management services, technical support and complementary training for entrepreneurs by means of a structured physical space with meeting rooms, internet and access to tools and equipment that are offered to new companies. Moreover, it is also done through administrative services such as financial management, marketing, market analysis and legal assistance.
The target public that characterises this initiative is made up of students, scientists, entrepreneurs, companies that wish to develop new projects, products and services based on innovative technology. Incubators constitute a planned space that, among other things, avoids the early failure of businesses and collaborates with their strengthening within the market.
In São Tomé and Príncipe, incubators are not-for-profit and are a tool to help young people connect with other projects and entrepreneurs through technology.
New entrepreneurs sign financing agreement
Within the Empreende Jovem Project, the Minister of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneurship, Vinício Pina, signed a contract with eight (8) new entrepreneurs so that they receive funding for their business projects.
Empreende Jovem is a programme run by MJDE with funding from UNDP which aims to support the private sector in the creation of employment and through this improve the family economies of those involved, both entrepreneurs and those who work in the companies that the project aims to support.
In parallel to the prize of 25.000 USD, this and other winning organisations will also have internet services, during a period of execution, offered by UNITEL-STP, and also the possibility of having financial guidance from BGFI Bank, partners of the Programme.
Novos empreendedores assinam acordo de financiamento