Entrepreneurship Policy

Fiorina Mugione, Chief Entrepreneurship Section, Enterprise Branch, Division on Investment and

Enterprise

Pedro 30 years

Pedro 10 years 16 years: high school 21 years: no advice: look for

a job or start-up? 25 years: dealing with the admin

26 years: First start-up HOT DOGS

28 years: tough to access credit

Scared to fail

THE STORY OF PEDRO: just a kid in Ecuador today

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Ecuador, building an innovative and entrepreneurial country by

2020

The UNCTAD Entrepreneurship Policy Framework comprises

6 areas that have a direct impact on entrepreneurial activity

Source: UNCTAD (2012). Entrepreneurship Policy Framework

GUIDING FRAMEWORK FOR YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2 Creating an

enabling regulatory

environment for young

people

3 Embedding

Youth entrepreneurs

hip in education

4 Enhancing technology

and innovation for and among

youth

5 Ensuring a

youth Financial inclusion

6 Promoting

networks for and among

youth

1 Design an integrated youth entrepreneurship strategy

Source: UNCTAD and Commonwealth Guiding Framework for Youth Entrepreneurship

Pedro- 30 years Entrepreneur

Pedro-10 Years 16 years: Development of entrepreneurial competencies

21 years: Bootcamp on Entrepreneurship and

Innovation

25 years: Public Private Partnership improving business

environment

28 years: Information to create innovative

start ups

29 years: Access to Finance

Network support

THE STORY OF PEDRO BY 20-20

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Ecuador, building an innovative and entrepreneurial country by

20-20

Ecuador

ESTRATEGIA ECUADOR EMPRENDEDOR E INNOVADOR 2020

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Empretec Centers Worldwide

340,000 entrepreneurs

36 countries

10,000 workshops

600 trained field staff 350 trainers and interviewers 21 international meetings 4 Empretec Women in Business Award (42 finalists, over 350 nominations) Over 20 country requests for new installations

Empretec impact

• created 3.1 jobs per participant with a business idea (Jordan)

• 68% of participants established business after workshop (Jordan)

• 28% growth in turnover, in just eight months after the workshop (Jordan)

• 160,000 entrepreneurs trained in 6,820 workshops in 27 States (Brazil)

• over 5,900,000 clients among Brazilian SMEs (Brazil)

• 91% of businesses found a deal during Empretec roundtables (Peru)

• 84% of participants rated the workshop as excellent (Argentina)

Results: Empretec Brazil survey in 2013

Participation in the programme promotes the development of entrepreneurial skills and helps participants develop professionally, even

without becoming an entrepreneur:

among those who were employed before completion of the program, started their own businesses;

among those who were not employed, found a job or started their own businesses after completion of the program;

reported an increase in their income after completion of the program;

Made more tax payments after completion of the program.

37%

43%

58%

76%

Social entrepreneurs

Leena Irshaid (Jordan) Renas Women Cooperative

Association

http://webtv.un.org/search/empretec-women-in-business-awards-2014-ceremony-world-investment-forum-

2014/3842390009001?term=empretec%20women%20in%20business%20award

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Success stories from the Empretec network

Tony Oteng-Gyasi (Ghana) Tropical Cable & Conductor Ltd.

Empretec workshop in Guatemala

Lindolfo Martin (Brazil) Multicoisas

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Construction of complete housing units

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Capital-intensive approach reduces affordability, unless otherwise mitigated

Incremental building, upgrading and

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Largest currently existing market segment

Construction of expandable starter cores

High affordability and strongly growing demand projected for the future

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For more information:

www.empretec.net

www.unctad.org

http://unctad-worldinvestmentforum.org/

Contact: fiorina.mugione@unctad.org