HAITI Port-au-Prince & surrounding area SAY YES! TO BUSINESS Supporting the creation of very small businesses in the manufacturing and service sectors Entrepreneurs du Monde needs to raise €200,000 over two years to continue its work MISSION Mongolia COUNTRY FACTS In Croix des Bouquets, and especially Burma India Vietnam Haiti Burkina Faso ■ 10 millionLaos inhabitants in Corail, the main relocation camp Benin Cambodia for people displaced by the earth- Ghana Togo ■ RankedPhilippines 161/187 on the HDI* ■ Life expectancy: 62 years quake, Entrepreneurs du Monde is helping people set up businesses that ■ Literacy rate: 48.7% will generate jobs in the production *Human Development Index and service sectors. Cuba Entrepreneurs receive help in the form of business start-up loans and subsidies for using lower-pollution en- HAITI ergy sources (solar panels, improved them develop their management and wood or coal stoves, gas stoves). They sales skills and to allow them to share Cabaret Dominican Rep. also receive training and individual good practice. Port-au-Prince mentoring: help formalising their busi- Entrepreneurs du Monde has also set Croix des Léogâne bouquets ness plan before they apply for a loan up a business incubator to support and follow-up after the loan to help some of these businesses at launch. 2012 KEY FIGURES ■ 1,176 entrepreneurs have received 2012 ACHIEVEMENTS pre-loan training In 2012, 34 businesses received sup- ■ 34 small businesses have received port: restaurants, metalworkers and support cabinet makers, hairdressing salons ■ 75 jobs created and cake shops Support with business plans and grants LUDES Following an initial information ses- Using metalwork sion, the entrepreneur presents a skills to help the business idea to their project manag- reconstruction er. If the project meets the established effort criteria (resident of the area, business Training and mentoring in the production or service sectors, Once the application has been ac- Determined to find a way out of the extreme previous work experience) the entre- cepted, the entrepreneur receives in- insecurity he grew up in with his eight brothers preneur starts an orientation course dividual mentoring for the period of and sisters, Ludes funded his training as a met- and, over a period of two months, the loan: for the first three months alworker by doing odd jobs. With the help of the produces a business plan, with the there are monthly mentor meetings, Say Yes! to Business team he was able to set up support of a mentor, before present- and after that a meeting once every a small business in the Corail relocation camp. ing the completed loan application to three months. Ludes put together a business plan with the help the selection committee. In addition, the entrepreneur takes of the team and received a loan of €3,800 to part in monthly training courses to buy his first tools and materials. Today he makes improve his business management gates, doors and wall sculptures, among other skills. These courses cover the fol- things—and with so much construction work going on around him, his services are in great demand! lowing: costing, management of sales, Ludes already has a monthly turnover of €880 inventory and cashflow, and market- and is now looking to employ someone else. He ing. Other topics may be covered de- hopes to expand his workshop and start selling pending on the particular needs of the building materials. participants. SAY YES! TO BUSINESS INDICATORS FOCUS No. who who No. received have information guidance & who No. received have pre-loan training of No. shortlisted applications of No. applications accepted of loans No. granted Average loan (€) Outstanding loans as of 31/12 (€) No of jobs created 2011 20 11 11 1,557 12,690 25 2012 220 176 50 34 23 1,996 35,189 75 OBJECTIVES PRIORITISING THE ECONOMIC INTEGRATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE Expanding the programme On-the-job skills training Say Yes! to Business plans to expand The first step is to set up a database of busi- its programme by incorporating the nesses able to take on interns or which sub- work done by FIL, a programme with contract work out. Large businesses work- similar aims set up by the Fondation ing in specific industries and located outside de France and run by Entrepreneurs the Say Yes! to Business operations area are du Monde. This means that 100 new contacted individually. If they express an in- businesses will receive support which terest in the programme they are added to will allow for the creation of 300 jobs. the database. At the same time, thirty young people are selected twice a year to com- Focus on training plete internships lasting at least 3 months Training is an essential factor in en- with these businesses. suring business success and longevity. financial support to entrepreneurs That is why Say Yes! to Business in- selected, mentored and trained for Theoretical skills training tends to develop the training it offers employment by Entrepreneurs du Participants also benefit from more general in management, customer service, Monde. Similar partnerships are be- training: compiling a curriculum vitae, pre- marketing and promotion. ing forged with other financial institu- paring for job interviews, writing a covering tions and organisations that: letter and looking for jobs. Additional train- Developing partnerships with - promote entrepreneurship and of- ing modules covering these subjects may be Haitian organisations fer funding-related training such offered depending on the needs of the young Entrepreneurs du Monde already as CEDEL and the Fondation Etre people. works with the Fonds pour le Ayisyen Développement Industriel (FDI). This - offer management training, such as Mentoring Haitian public investment fund offers SOFHIDES and KNFP. During the internship programme partici- pants have monthly meetings with a project manager to plan beyond the end of their in- FUNDING NEEDS ternship and identify a suitable career path. There are three possibilities: In 2012, Entrepreneurs du Monde et Développement, the French Red - set up their own small business with the received financial assistance from Cross and the Womanity Foundation. help of the Say Yes! to Business team organisations including the French Entrepreneurs du Monde is looking Ministry of Foreign and European for new funding partners to ensure - become an employee of the business or st workshop where they did their internship Affairs, the 61 session of the IHEDN that Say Yes! to Business will be able - participate in additional training in a vo- (Institute for Higher National to continue its work with entrepre- cational training centre recognised by Defence Studies), the French Embassy neurs in the long term. Entrepreneurs du Monde. in Haiti, Crédit Agricole Solidarité At the end of their internship each young person submits a placement report which PARTNERS outlines their goals for the next three months and the steps they need to take in order to achieve them. The young person’s internship is evaluated on the basis of this report. The Entrepreneurs du Monde men- torship team maintains regular contact with each young person for three months after CONTACTS the internship in order to help them achieve SAY YES! TO BUSINESS Entrepreneurs du Monde their goals. Programme manager: Hélène Mauduit Director: Franck Renaudin > [email protected] > [email protected] > haiti-entrepreneursdumonde.blogspot.com > www.entrepreneursdumonde.org.