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

More documents

Recommendations

Info

5.3 MonitoringThis project aimed at promoting youth entrepreneurship development through tackling thetwin issue of youth unemployment and poverty through a combination of development tools,which offer linkages to training and advisory services in a manner consistent with achieving itsstrategic objective of improved entrepreneurial activity of youth.Consequently, this report describes activities from the 3 rd quarter of 2009 and 1 st quarter of 2010following the initial 12-month pilot phase of the programme implementation. The months underreview are October, November and December, January, February and March 2010. The reportcovers programme activities, which include training, advisory and other support services,partnership collaboration, development of programme monitoring tools such as field visits, andreporting procedures adopted for performance and results achievement.Programme output were measured by data analysis based on established indicators, whichinclude, (a) number of youth participating in entrepreneurship and business management training(b) number of youth linked to credit access and the total sum disbursed; (c) income generation;(d) Number of youth counseled (e) number of youth sensitized on entrepreneurship (f) number ofproducts developed to promote youth entrepreneurshipThis report documents the activities of the project, following the implementation of activitiessince project inception. The baseline was collated in 2009 and the indicators for measuringperformance were defined so as to periodically monitor and evaluate the impact and relevance ofthis project to our community. It indicates that the active involvement of targeted stakeholders inthe programme has resulted in reinforcing the project objective of improved entrepreneurshipculture among youth in Lagos, Nigeria.70
The report assesses the performance of the project from inception till date and below is the projectoverview which provides the guide for measuring outcomes.5.3.1 Performance Measurement Plan:Below are performance plans and the indicators that were used to measure the effectiveness andrelevance of the project to the target group. It also contains the intermediate results which showwhat was achieved within the time frame of the project implementation.5.3.2 Performance Report:Performance Indicator one: No. of youth receiving entrepreneurship development andbusiness management trainingIntermediate Result 1.0: A total of 20 youth; 15 females and 5 males were trained by the project.They were all trained in the key thematic areas of enterprise development, see appendix 10.6 (Listof topics).Performance Indicator two: No. of youth sustaining self employment opportunitiesIR 2.1: Number of youth gainfully employed after three months of establishing businessesA total of 5 new businesses created, and 2 new indirect jobs bringing a total of 13 new businesseswith 15 jobs created. Therefore, 15 youth were gainfully employed during the accompaniment ofthis project. This is more than the anticipated 10 youth sustaining self employment opportunitiesas projected on the baseline.IR 2.2: Number of youth engaged through internships during accompaniment phase.A total of 13 youth out of the 20 youth trained were involved in this internship and thiscontributed to more practical experience acquired and enhancement of business knowledge. Thisresult was not initially part of the monitoring plan, but the activity took place during the lifespanof the project implementation and contributed to more knowledge acquired by youth onentrepreneurship.IR 2.3 Intermediate Result: Percentage increase in youth run enterprise.71
Page 1 and 2:
Promoting Youth Entrepreneurshipin
Page 3 and 4:
3.6 CNA Results: ..................
Page 5 and 6:
List of TablesTable 1: Logical fram
Page 7 and 8:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTThis dissertation co
Page 9 and 10:
1.0 PROBLEM STATEMENTThe impact of
Page 12 and 13:
During the early years of independe
Page 14 and 15:
The main purpose of this literature
Page 16 and 17:
loans due to the high interest rate
Page 18 and 19:
Gambia and Nigeria in West Africa,
Page 20 and 21: Two are highlighted here as the mos
Page 22 and 23: successfully launching a new enterp
Page 24 and 25: demand economic growth including ma
Page 26 and 27: skills training to young men and wo
Page 28 and 29: Treating youth as ‗clients‘ and
Page 30 and 31: students‘ personal environment (p
Page 32 and 33: children to go into businesses. The
Page 34 and 35: the experience to know all these re
Page 36 and 37: 3.0 COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPO
Page 38 and 39: forms which cover areas such as mot
Page 40 and 41: fashion, poultry, fish farming, tra
Page 42 and 43: This study targeted both the employ
Page 44 and 45: Total 20 100%Figure 12: Type of fam
Page 46 and 47: Majority of the respondents are ope
Page 48 and 49: Figure 21: Factors the influences e
Page 50 and 51: 3.8.3 Important de-motivating facto
Page 52 and 53: The response here is very diverse.
Page 54 and 55: • It is helps to determine the ne
Page 56 and 57: 4.0 Project Description4.1 Host Org
Page 58 and 59: emerged ( morecreative, less riskav
Page 60 and 61: selection process1.0 Stakeholdersse
Page 62 and 63: 4.4.2 Implementation ReportThe proj
Page 64 and 65: 4.4.5 Group Formation:This activity
Page 66 and 67: Project Objective One: Improvements
Page 68 and 69: 5.0 Monitoring and Evaluation5.1 In
Page 72 and 73: There was a reported percentage inc
Page 74 and 75: 5.4 Evaluation5.4.1 Conceptual Fram
Page 76 and 77: awareness on youth entrepreneurship
Page 78 and 79: processes, knowledge practices (i.e
Page 80 and 81: are efficient. We hypothesized that
Page 82 and 83: elationship with the income level.
Page 84 and 85: 6.0 Sustainability PlansThe sustain
Page 86 and 87: 7.0 Lesson Learnt7.1 RelevanceThis
Page 88 and 89: 8.0 RECOMMENDATIONSThe findings sug
Page 90 and 91: and are passionate to start busines
Page 92 and 93: 9.0 REFERENCES:Australia Government
Page 94 and 95: United Nations. (2007, December 18)
Page 96 and 97: MFI (Stakeholder)for the youthThey
Page 98 and 99: Appendix 10.3: Detailed BudgetS/N E
Page 100 and 101: Percentageincrease inincome levelof
Page 102 and 103: dataPercentageincrease inYouth-rune
Page 104 and 105: entServicesandCounselingyouthreceiv
Page 106 and 107: Appendix 10. 7: Community Needs Ass
Page 108 and 109: 4. Starting date: _________________
Page 110 and 111: 13. In your opinion, what measures
Page 112 and 113: 13.1 Other regulative barriers: The
Page 114 and 115: ……………………………
Page 116 and 117: to seek the challenge (to compete w
Page 118 and 119: 8. Workload:I am afraid of not bein
Page 120 and 121:
What have been the major impediment
Page 122 and 123:
Appendix 10. 8: Socio -Economic Sur
Page 124 and 125:
Appendix 10. 9: Business Advisory a
Page 126 and 127:
___________________________________
Page 128 and 129:
Description Strengths Weaknesses Im
Page 130 and 131:
Appendix 10.0: Stakeholder Analysis
show all

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

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?