The Nepalese Young Entrepreneurs’ Forum (NYEF)

The Nepalese Young Entrepreneurs’ Forum (NYEF) is a membership based nonprofit organization, established with an aim of creating outstanding entrepreneurs through idea exchange, fellowships, education, training and advocacy among the Nepali youth. The forum was officially instituted by the FNCCI in September 26, 2003 as a National Youth Business Forum. NYEF brings together young entrepreneurs within the country. It promotes entrepreneurial mindset and a shared vision through an effective and much needed networking of young entrepreneurs. NYEF provides its member’s access to a dynamic network of peers on a national level. Our forum provides young entrepreneurs with opportunities for an open dialogue and exchange of views to learn about different business opportunities, to discuss how to improve the environment for business and to achieve closer cooperation for the future.

NYEF as a forum also seeks to continually advocate issues and concerns of the business community, especially those faced by young entrepreneurs. The forum seeks to develop positive attitude towards enterprises and businesses by educating the masses about the benefits of an enterprise based free market economy.

Objectives

• Help young entrepreneurs in Nepal build fruitful and productive business networks and links among one another.
• Help young entrepreneurs from Nepal gain a better insight into the present status of key business sectors of tomorrow.
• Facilitate exchange of experience in the different ways of building business and investment relations among young entrepreneurs, as well as learning experiences from individuals already successful and leading in the Nepalese economy.
• Educate entrepreneurs about technology and build an innovative spirit among them, in order to facilitate them to compete in both the Nepalese as well as the global economy.
• Identify and execute strategies and actions to promote the emergence of new socially responsible entrepreneurs, by bringing social issues/subjects into our deliberations, allowing entrepreneurs a forum to visibly see the various aspects of such matters, and take more conscious decisions.
• Provide advisory services to the government and lobby as and when required in the formulation and execution of business and industrial related policies, acts and programmes.

The Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI)

The Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI), an autonomous body and not-for-profit institution, set up in 1983, is sponsored by apex financial institutions, namely the IDBI Bank Ltd, IFCI Ltd. ICICI Ltd and State Bank of India (SBI). The Institute is registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860 and the Public Trust Act 1950. The Government of Gujarat pledged twenty-three acres of land on which stands the majestic and sprawling EDI campus.

Recognition from UN-ESCAP, Bangkok

The EDI has been selected as a member of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) network of Centres of Excellence for HRD Research and Training.

EDI as a member of the Network will have interactive access to information on other 123 member institutions via Internet. The database on the Network is included in the ESCAP HRD Homepage (www.escap-hrd.org) on the Internet. EDI will also be invited to collaborate with ESCAP in the development and delivery of a series of ESCAP HRD courses to train social development personnel working to alleviate poverty in the region. Further, EDI as a member will also be invited to nominate their personnel to participate in a series of ESCAP HRD courses for poverty alleviation, starting in 1998.

The Egyptian Junior Business Association

The Egyptian Junior Business Association, EJB, is a dynamic organization that works as a forum for business people committed to developing an outstanding culture of excellence while taking an active part in the overall development of Egypt

Vision
“To be the Leading Business Association enhancing business environment and positively impacting the Egyptian Society towards sustainable development”.

Mission
“EJB provides a platform for dynamic business people to drive positive change in the Egyptian society and promote a culture of exellence and ethics; through fostering innovative economic , social and environmental initiative”

Goals
- To proactively create a better positive business environment.
- To enhance member capabilities and their organizations at large.
- To develop an equally supportive, controlled community of members based upon excellence, ethics and public service.
- To create business development and networking opportunities for our members in Egypt and abroad.

Centre of Young Entrepreneurs - CDJ, Tunisia

CJD-Tunisia, the association of young entrepreneurs, was founded in 1998 by Mr. Hedi Djilani, UTICA president (Tunisian Union of Industry, Commerce and Handicrafts) in close collaboration with CJD-France. CJD’s main objective is to better prepare the young Tunisian entrepreneur to face globalization challenges.

CJD’s first National Executive Board was appointed in 1999 by the UTICA president; Mr. Montassar AZAIEZ was CJD’s first president.

During the CJD executive board elections, organized by UTICA in June of 2005, Mr. Abdelaziz Darghouth was elected as new president.

CJD’s 3rd executive board was elected in June of 2007 and Mrs. Monia Essaidi is president since.

CJD national executive Board as well as its members had been very active in many areas touching economic and entrepreneurial development.

A member’s initiation training called ‘START’, aimed at getting new members involved and pushing them to becoming active contributors to the CJD movement, has been developed, with the help of CJD France;

CJD’s national bureau holds monthly meetings, and subject oriented commission meetings are held weekly. Commissions are usually composed of 5 to 8 CJD members. These meetings help plan actions, and evaluate project progresses.

The national bureau has put in place an action plan that would help improve CJD’s positioning, and hence attract young entrepreneurs and managers that fulfill the membership criteria. CJD then provides a space where the business development issues as well as the external factors influencing them could be discussed.

Young Entrepreneurs of Palestine (YEP)

Young Entrepreneurs of Palestine (YEP) is a budding organization based in Ramallah with a goal of promoting entrepreneurship and engaging Palestinian people (especially young and women) in economically productive activities. YEP gives a new value to the notion of entrepreneurship, reinforces the economic dimension of entrepreneurship and helps to build a solid foundation of human security (social, economic as well as national).

In other words, YEP is a membership based non-profit, non-governmental Palestinian organization, whose mandate is to promote entrepreneurship and support young entrepreneurs, especially those with scarce resources. YEP aims to enhance the active participation, involvement and contribution of young people to the growth and advance of the Palestinian economy and society through the establishment and development of small and medium enterprises in a variety of settings.