Business Plan Competition Partners with local University to Recruit, Train and Reward Young Entrepreneurs

This success story discusses the rebuilding efforts of the USAID funded Haiti HIFIVE project, in partnership with Inter-American Development Bank and the University of Quisqueya, using a Business Plan Competition (BPC) “Mon Entreprise, Mon Avenir” (My Business, My Future) or MEMA to spur local youth entrepreneurship.

Relaunched in Haiti on June 1, 2010, after devastating earthquakes in January, MEMA received over 350 proposal submissions and included activities in key sectors of agriculture and agribusiness, cultural products (tourism, handicrafts, etc.), and innovative products (healthcare, sanitation, renewable energy and information technology).