Leadership in Community Development programme   

Café Society    

Youth Entrepreneurship    

We are hosting a discussion by video conference link with the Palestinian Territories and Morocco on the theme of Youth Entrepreneurship on 1 March.

We are looking for 20 people who are interested in sharing their experiences of being a young entrepreneur or encouraging youth entrepreneurship skills to take part in this international discussion.

We believe that when we all face the same challenges, we can learn and share from each other. This event will be an opportunity to share successful examples from Scotland of youth entrepreneurship and learn from the experiences of the Palestinian Territories and Morocco.

The conference will discuss:

What makes a successful entrepreneur?   
What types of businesses and social enterprises are most likely to succeed?   
What support can be given to young people starting out?   
What skills are needed and how can these be encouraged and developed?   

Anthony Ives from the Scottish Institute for Enterprise will open the discussion by giving his expert views on youth entrepreneurship in Scotland. Elmahdi Oummih from the African Leadership Academy will be outlining his perspective from Morocco. Sufian Mushasha founder of the Sharek Youth Forum and author of the forthcoming Palestinian UN Human Development Report will be contributing his analysis from the Palestinian Territories.

If you are interested in taking part in this discussion please RSVP by email to scotland-interaction@britishcouncil.org by Wednesday 24 February. Places will be given to the first 20 people to respond, names will then be added to a waiting list.

The event will take place on:

Monday 1 March 2010 at 10:30am   
At the British Council Scotland office, Edinburgh   

For more information on this event please contact Alison Jeffrey on +44 (0)131 524 5738 or email scotland-interaction@britishcouncil.org.

This video conference discussion event is the second in a series of three linking Scotland with countries across the Near East and North Africa. It is part of British Council’s Leadership in Community Development programme. Café Society aims to encourage informal dialogue based on the ideas behind the World Café.

The third video conference discussion will take place in March with Scotland, Syria and Algeria and will continue the youth theme. More information will be available on our website soon, but if you would like to express an interest in participating please email scotland-interaction@britishcouncil.org.

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