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YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS NETWORK FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN, AFRICA AND MIDDLE

EAST

- MAME YE NETWORK -

ALICANTE MID-TERM MEETING

Alicante, 9th April 2010

MAME YE Network Mid-Term Meeting - Participants

MAME Y.E. NETWORK: CEAJE (Spain); GI Confindustria (Italy), Egyptian Junior Business Association (Egypt), ESYNE (Greece), JCI (South Africa), Reseau National des Clubs de Jeunes Entrepreneurs (Senegal)

New Members: CEIS (Mali) ReJECI (Ivory Coast) Youth Business (Cameroon) Tugiad (Turkey)

MAME YE Network Mid-Term Meeting - Agenda

Presentation of the Constitution of MAME

Video on the Constitutional Cerimony (Rome, 25th Feb. 2010)

Discussion on subjects of common interests and launch of working groups

G20 Young Business Summit - Canada

Next MAME Y.E. Event: Cairo - Egypt - Sept. 2010

Presentation of new Associations

Signature of the Memorandum of Understanding Addendum

MAME YE Network project 3 Target Areas

84 countries involved in three target areas are:

Mediterranean

Africa

Middle East

84 countries involved in three target areas are:

Mediterranean

Africa

Middle East

M.A.M.E. Y.E. Network A bit of history on how it all started…

July 2009

Stresa G8 Young Summit

Identified need for enhanced dialogue and collaboration within the

target areas

July2009

Athens Meeting”Bridging the

Mediterranean”

Oct.2009

Capri ConferenceCentral topic: ”The

Mediterranean” and kick off of the M.A.M.E.

project

Milan Med ForumEconomic and financial

meeting on the Mediterranean basin

July 2009

Feb. 2010

M.A.M.E. YE NetworkSigning of the

Memorandum of Understanding and start

of the activities

April2010

Alicante Interim Meeting

First enlargement effort and definition of work

streams

Sept. 2010

Cairo M.A.M.E. YE Event

Signing of the Memorandum of

Understanding and start of the activities

Detailednext

MAME YE Network – Constitution Conference

The Constitution Conference took place during the II Economic Forum for the Mediterranean organized by Confindustria

It was attended by: 10 Young Entrepreneurs Associations from: Albania, Egypt,

Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, Senegal, Spain, South Africa, Tunisia

2 Young Entrepreneurs from: Cameroon and Kuwait 4 Commercial delegations from the Embassies of: Angola,

Israel, Lesotho, Mozambique 28 Young Entrepreneurs Associations were not able to

participate but sent a letter of interest More than 50 Italian YE

Points discussed during themeetings

1. Name and logo of the Network

2. Network’s objectives

3. Network’s structure

4. Network’s membership criteria

5. Memorandum of Understanding

6. Network’s agenda

1. Name and Logo of the Network

Young Entrepreneurs’ Associations Network

for the Mediterranean, Africa and Middle East

- M.A.M.E. Y.E. Network -

2. Network’s Objectives

Description

1 – Collaboration

amongst associations

1 – Collaboration


3 – New strategy

implementation

2 – Promotion of

entrepreneurship

Definition and presentation of specific strategies to support youth entrepreneurship, with the cooperation of national governments, local authorities and institutions of interest

Developing and strengthening the collaboration with the Associations of Young Entrepreneurs in the target countries through the sharing of organizational models, best practices and operational tools already used to support the YE in some Member States

Promoting, through the Network’s activities, the development of entrepreneurship among young people in each of the targeted countries and opportunities for collaboration between the various actors involved

Objectives

3. Network’s Structure

All the participants decided that at the moment the Network needs a flexible structure for its start-up, which may develop over time

The Network’s representatives will be elected within a year once the Network will be more structured

The Network will be formed by M.A.M.E. coordination and Working Groups It is important to underline that the aim of the Network is

a “Net” and not an Association

Coordination office: Rome - GI Confindustria

4. Membership Criteria

During the conference it was decided that the Network’s membership should be formed by Associations of Young Entrepreneurs rather than by single entrepreneurs

An association of Young Entrepreneurs can only join the Network if it resides in one of the target areas

There will be more than one type of membership The Criteria of memberships should be defined

5. Memorandum of Understanding

The following associations of Young Entrepreneurs signed the Memorandum of Understanding: Albanian Young Entrepreneurs Egyptian Junior Business Association Centre de Jeunes Dirigeants D’Entreprise (CJD Morocco) Reseau National des Clubs de Jeunes Entrepreneurs du Senegal CEAJE – Confederation of Spain Young Entrepreneurs JCI – South Africa ESYNE – Hellenic Federation of Young Entrepreneurs Associations Giovani Imprenditori Confindustria (Italy) Young Entrepreneurs – Kuwait Lebanese International Business Association Centre des Jeunes Dirigeants D’Entreprise (CJD Tunisia)

6. Agenda - A continuous effort to increase participation to the network and start achieving its goals!

As part of YES Event (Young European Entrepreneurs)

April 9th- 10th, 2010 Sept. 24th- 25th, 2010 January 28th - 29th, 2011

Alicante, SPAINAlicante, SPAIN

Cairo, EGYPT

LEBANONto be confirmed

LEBANONto be confirmed

Time

MAME YE Network Interim Meeting - Agenda


Video on the Constitutional Cerimony (Rome, Feb. 25th 2010)

Discussion on subjects of common interest and launch of working groups

Organization and agenda of future meetings


Next MAME Event: Cairo. Egypt - Sept. 2010


Signature of the Memorandum of Understanding - Addendum


Presentation of the Consitution of MAME

Video on the Consitutional Cerimony (Rome, Feb. 25th 2010)





Signature of the Memorandum of Understanding’s Addendum

Work streams – A preliminary list for discussion

Work streams

1 – Collaboration


1 – Collaboration


3 – New strategy

implementation

2 – Promotion of

entrepreneurship

Objectives- Comparative analysis of organizational models

developed by Member Associations and diffusion of best practices

- Comparative analysis of operational tools adopted by the Member Associations to drive their associates and diffusion of best practices

- Communication (web portal, newsletter, etc..) and sharing of best practices

- Discussion on topical subjects relevant to YE

- Identification of projects/strategies of relevance to the MAME YE Network and its Member Associations

- Implementation of actions to facilitate such projects (including discussions with local governments/institutions and fund raising)

Objectives

From work streams toWorking Groups

Objective: According to MAME priorities, the following Working Groups have been defined:1. Enlargement of MAME towards new associations

- Overall promotion of the Network in all target areas- Definition of membership criteria/ procedure

2. MAME Internal Communication- Promotion of the interaction among the individual members of

partner associations- Creation of a web tool for the management of the connections

and the contents3. Sharing of Organizational and Operative aspects

- Analysis and sharing of internal models of each partner association

- Supporting younger associations with tailored capacity building programs

- The working group will start after Cairo, once the number of partner associations is higher.

From work streams toWorking Groups

Participation to the Working Groups: The Working Group are open to all partner associations willing to

contribute in the specific subject Interested association just have to send to MAME coordinator an

Expression of Interest Association that inscribed in Alicante:

Working Group 1: JCI South Africa, GI Confindustria Italy, Clubs de Jeunes Entrepreneurs (Senegal), Youth Business (Cameroon)

Working Group 2: Egyptian Junior Business Association (Egypt), GI Confindustria (Italy), Clubs de Jeunes Entrepreneurs (Senegal), Tugiad (Turkey)

Head of the Working Groups: Interested partner associations could candidate for the position of

head of one of the defined Working Group by sending to MAME coordinator: Name and position of the Candidate Plan of activities to be carried out in 2010

Each association could coordinate maximum one Working Group

G20 Young Business SummitJune 20-23, 2010 – Toronto, Canada

After the success of the G8 Young Business Summit of Stresa (2009), another Young Business Summit is scheduled during the G20 in Canada A three day summit named “Entrepreneurs = Recovery =

Jobs” will be held in Toronto. In fact, “Fostering and encouraging YE is fundamental to a nation’s economic development, job creation and competitveness, irrespective of a nation’s stage of development”

MAME YE Network and its objectives will be presented during this Summit

Expected results for Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 2010

Strong interest by the Egyptian partner to organize an important event

Focus on the participation of key institutions to support the Network

Focus on the interaction among associations’ members

Date to be confirmed



Video on the Constitutional Cerimony (Rome, Feb. 25th 2010)






Enlargement effort

Founding Members

Signingtoday

Targetcountries

Signing today: - Cameroon - Ivory Coast - Mali - Turkey

Signing today: - Cameroon - Ivory Coast - Mali - Turkey

Addendum to the MOU

CEIS (Mali)

ReJECI (Ivory Coast)

Youth Business (Cameroon)

Tugiad (Turkey)

Contacts

G.I. CONFINDUSTRIA

Viale dell’Astronomia 30, 00144, Rome, Italy

http://www.giovanimprenditori.org/gi

Cecilia Scaldaferri , Tel. 0039 06 5903671, [email protected]

Daniela Cannizzo, Tel. 0039 06 5903556, [email protected]

Coordinator M.A.M.E. Y.E. Network

Simone Santi,Tel. 0039 06 68891578 [email protected]

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