Promoting youth entrepreneurship in Lagos, Nigeria - SNHU ...

4.4 Implementation Plan4.4.1. IntroductionImplementing entrepreneurship development project focusing on youth are sometimes acomplicated idea because of how complex, how mobile and issues such as social and culturalchallenges surrounding these target group. One has to truly understand the mindset, orientation,overall expectations and make provision for assumptions before project design takes place. Thispaper discusses the plan and current implementation of the project ―Promoting YouthEntrepreneurship in Lagos State of Nigeria‖ taking into account the specific changes, activities,and defining the future implementation to take place though May 2010.The detailed implementation activities were Pre-project Appraisal (PPA) visit and subsequentstakeholders meeting, Develop selection criteria and commence registration sensitizationMeetings and follow-up, mobilize materials and develop CNA questionnaires.Others were to conduct CNA and prepare report ,organize entrepreneurship and basic businessmanagement training for the identified youth, organize start up businesses into a network ofsavings and Loan association to facilitate easy access to micro-credit, providing capacity buildingservices and regular strengthening of the group, assist the youth secure funding for start-up capitaleither through the association or elsewhere, provide Business development advisory andcounseling services before and after commencement of business, conduct regular monitoring andevaluation of service delivery, compile and collect data linked to performance indicators, produceand submit at minimum 3 success stories for the project, review performance and conduct thefinal project evaluation. The implementation table could be found on (Appendix 2)61