Encouraging Entrepreneurship: Junior Achievement Returns to Barbados

Junior Achievement (JA) is the world’s largest organization dedicated to educating students in primary and secondary school about entrepreneurship, financial literacy and work readiness through experiential, hands-on programs. The Eastern Caribbean Youth Microenterprise Program (ECYMP) held the relaunch of JA Barbados on June 13, 2011. The Barbados Ministry of Education’s Human Resource Development Strategy called for an initiative to partner with entrepreneurs, mentors and the private sector to revive the JA program. Together with USAID, they take a collaborative approach to entrepreneurship education. This success story details the relaunch of JA at the Barbados Manufacturer’s Expo. ECYMP is financed by USAID’s Microenterprise Development Office through the FIELD-Support LWA, which is managed by FHI 360.