Can Unemployed Youth Create Their Own Jobs? The Tunisia Business Plan Thesis Competition

Tunisia, like the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in general, has long experienced unemployment, particularly among young university graduates. Unfortunately, job creation in existing enterprises is not sufficient to absorb a growing str...

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Main Authors:	Brodmann, Stefanie, Grun, Rebekka, Premand, Patrick
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACADEMIC YEAR ADVISERS BUSINESS IDEA BUSINESS PLAN BUSINESS PLANS COMPETITIVENESS COMPUTER NETWORKS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OFFICE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS FINANCIAL SUPPORT GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICE JOB CREATION JOBS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INTERMEDIATION LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LEARNING LEARNING ACTIVITIES LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT MALE PARTICIPANT PRELIMINARY RESULTS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PROFESSORS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT QUALITY TRAINING SKILL TRAINING STUDENT POPULATION SUPERVISION TEACHING TECHNICAL SKILLS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY GRADUATES UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS USES VALUE CHAIN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/14288396/can-unemployed-youth-create-own-jobs-tunisia-business-plan-thesis-competition http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10900

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spelling	okr-10986-109002021-04-23T14:02:53Z Can Unemployed Youth Create Their Own Jobs? The Tunisia Business Plan Thesis Competition Brodmann, Stefanie Grun, Rebekka Premand, Patrick ACADEMIC YEAR ADVISERS BUSINESS IDEA BUSINESS PLAN BUSINESS PLANS COMPETITIVENESS COMPUTER NETWORKS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OFFICE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS FINANCIAL SUPPORT GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICE JOB CREATION JOBS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INTERMEDIATION LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LEARNING LEARNING ACTIVITIES LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT MALE PARTICIPANT PRELIMINARY RESULTS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PROFESSORS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT QUALITY TRAINING SKILL TRAINING STUDENT POPULATION SUPERVISION TEACHING TECHNICAL SKILLS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY GRADUATES UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS USES VALUE CHAIN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Tunisia, like the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in general, has long experienced unemployment, particularly among young university graduates. Unfortunately, job creation in existing enterprises is not sufficient to absorb a growing stream of graduates, and this tendency is unlikely to change in the short run. A recent Health District (HD) project is therefore trying to teach university graduates to create their own jobs. The business plan thesis competition uses the undergrad thesis writing process to teach students to create an enterprise project and write a business plan. Apart from professors, private sector coaches mentor the students. Completed theses are submitted to a competition, whose winners receive financial support and further coaching to incubate the enterprise. First results from the baseline survey and accompanying qualitative interviews show the passionate take-up of the program and warrant cautious optimism regarding the emergence of an entrepreneurial culture. The recent events in the MENA region, which first unleashed in Tunisia, have side action supported by the Tunisian employment Development Policy Lending (DPL). 2012-08-13T13:28:59Z 2012-08-13T13:28:59Z 2011-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/14288396/can-unemployed-youth-create-own-jobs-tunisia-business-plan-thesis-competition http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10900 English MNA Knowledge and Learning Fast Brief; No. 83 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Tunisia
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topic	ACADEMIC YEAR ADVISERS BUSINESS IDEA BUSINESS PLAN BUSINESS PLANS COMPETITIVENESS COMPUTER NETWORKS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OFFICE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS FINANCIAL SUPPORT GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICE JOB CREATION JOBS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INTERMEDIATION LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LEARNING LEARNING ACTIVITIES LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT MALE PARTICIPANT PRELIMINARY RESULTS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PROFESSORS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT QUALITY TRAINING SKILL TRAINING STUDENT POPULATION SUPERVISION TEACHING TECHNICAL SKILLS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY GRADUATES UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS USES VALUE CHAIN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
spellingShingle	ACADEMIC YEAR ADVISERS BUSINESS IDEA BUSINESS PLAN BUSINESS PLANS COMPETITIVENESS COMPUTER NETWORKS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OFFICE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS FINANCIAL SUPPORT GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICE JOB CREATION JOBS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INTERMEDIATION LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LEARNING LEARNING ACTIVITIES LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT MALE PARTICIPANT PRELIMINARY RESULTS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PROFESSORS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT QUALITY TRAINING SKILL TRAINING STUDENT POPULATION SUPERVISION TEACHING TECHNICAL SKILLS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY GRADUATES UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS USES VALUE CHAIN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Brodmann, Stefanie Grun, Rebekka Premand, Patrick Can Unemployed Youth Create Their Own Jobs? The Tunisia Business Plan Thesis Competition
geographic_facet	Middle East and North Africa Tunisia
relation	MNA Knowledge and Learning Fast Brief; No. 83
description	Tunisia, like the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in general, has long experienced unemployment, particularly among young university graduates. Unfortunately, job creation in existing enterprises is not sufficient to absorb a growing stream of graduates, and this tendency is unlikely to change in the short run. A recent Health District (HD) project is therefore trying to teach university graduates to create their own jobs. The business plan thesis competition uses the undergrad thesis writing process to teach students to create an enterprise project and write a business plan. Apart from professors, private sector coaches mentor the students. Completed theses are submitted to a competition, whose winners receive financial support and further coaching to incubate the enterprise. First results from the baseline survey and accompanying qualitative interviews show the passionate take-up of the program and warrant cautious optimism regarding the emergence of an entrepreneurial culture. The recent events in the MENA region, which first unleashed in Tunisia, have side action supported by the Tunisian employment Development Policy Lending (DPL).
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Brodmann, Stefanie Grun, Rebekka Premand, Patrick
author_facet	Brodmann, Stefanie Grun, Rebekka Premand, Patrick
author_sort	Brodmann, Stefanie
title	Can Unemployed Youth Create Their Own Jobs? The Tunisia Business Plan Thesis Competition
title_short	Can Unemployed Youth Create Their Own Jobs? The Tunisia Business Plan Thesis Competition
title_full	Can Unemployed Youth Create Their Own Jobs? The Tunisia Business Plan Thesis Competition
title_fullStr	Can Unemployed Youth Create Their Own Jobs? The Tunisia Business Plan Thesis Competition
title_full_unstemmed	Can Unemployed Youth Create Their Own Jobs? The Tunisia Business Plan Thesis Competition
title_sort	can unemployed youth create their own jobs? the tunisia business plan thesis competition
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/14288396/can-unemployed-youth-create-own-jobs-tunisia-business-plan-thesis-competition http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10900
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