Speech on Supporting Youth Entrepreneurship by Boris Tkhachenko of Youth Business Russia

1. Mongolian
Entrepreneurship
Summit
2014
10
November
Panel
Session
“"THE
BIG
PICTURE"
”
Boris
Tkachenko
Head
of
IBLF
Russia,
“Youth
Business
Russia”
Programme
Manager
“Experience
of
the
complex
support
of
youth
entrepreneurship
in
YBI
network
on
the
example
of
YBR”

2. Experience
of
the
complex
support
of
youth
entrepreneurship
in
YBI
network
on
the
example
of
YBR
Key
notes
-­‐ Why
youth?
GEM/YBI
report
"Genera-on
Entrepreneur?
The
state
of
global
youth
entrepreneurship”
-­‐
Importance
of
the
complex
support
for
youth
start-­‐ups,
based
on
experience
of
Youth
Business
Interna@onal/Youth
Business
Russia
-­‐ The
role
of
mentoring
in
entrepreneurship

3. Experience
of
the
complex
support
of
youth
entrepreneurship
in
YBI
network
on
the
example
of
YBR
Why
youth?
• There
are
1.2
billion
young
people
in
the
world
and
the
number
is
increasing
• Global
youth
unemployment
at
highest
recorded
level
of
76.4
million
• Young
people
are
three
-mes
more
likely
to
be
unemployed
• A
dispropor@onate
number
of
the
world’s
working
poor
are
young
• Youth
unemployment
is
an
escala-ng
threat
to
economic
prosperity,
social
cohesion
and
poli@cal
stability

4. Experience
of
the
complex
support
of
youth
entrepreneurship
in
YBI
network
on
the
example
of
YBR
GEM/YBI
report
Main
recommenda-ons
— Educa@on
— High-­‐growth
expecta@ons
— Media
coverage
— Fear
to
failure

5. Experience
of
the
complex
support
of
youth
entrepreneurship
in
YBI
network
on
the
example
of
YBR
Youth
Business
Interna-onal
(YBI)
— YBI
is
a
global
network
of
independent
non-­‐profit
ini@a@ves
(youth
entrepreneurship
support
programmes)
opera@ng
in
46
countries
around
the
world
— Founded
by
the
Prince
of
Wales
as
a
Programme
of
the
Interna@onal
Business
Leaders
Forum.
Became
an
independent
charity
in
2006;
— We
support
disadvantaged
young
entrepreneurs
(aged
18-­‐35)
to
access
the
support
they
need
to
start
and
grow
a
business
in
order
to
create
jobs,
build
communi@es
and
transform
lives
— Focused
on
those
above
subsistence
level
but
without
access
to
finance
and
other
key
support
— Everywhere
we
work
our
support
model
is
adapted
to
suit
local
needs
and
opportuni-es
in
each
country
— Our
members/delivery
partners
are
subject
to
a
rigorous
independently-­‐
administered
quality
assurance
process
to
maintain
standards
across
our
global
network

6. Experience
of
the
complex
support
of
youth
entrepreneurship
in
YBI
network
on
the
example
of
YBR
England,
France,
Scotland,
Israel,
Poland,
Ukraine,
Russia
Canada,
USA
Bangladesh,
B
hutan,
India,
Mongolia,
Sri
Lanka
Barbados,
Belize
Do
minica,
Jamaica,
Trinidad
&
Tobago
Argen-na,
Bo
livia,
Brazil,
Paraguay,
Uruguay
Saudi
Arabia,
Syria
South
Africa,
Kenya,
Nigeria
China,
Hong
Kong,
Singapore
Australia
Where
we
operate

7. Experience
of
the
complex
support
of
youth
entrepreneurship
in
YBI
network
on
the
example
of
YBR
Complex
support
for
youth
start-­‐ups,
YBI/YBR
experience
Training
and
Consulting
Mentor’s
Financing
support
Age
18-­‐35
Neither
collateral
nor
guarantee
required
Expert
entrepreneurs
and
business
owners

8. Experience
of
the
complex
support
of
youth
entrepreneurship
in
YBI
network
on
the
example
of
YBR
YBR
— Goal:
To
s@mulate
entrepreneurship
in
Russia
amongst
young
people.
— Approach:
Provision
of
complex
support
(training/consultancy,
funding
and
mentoring).
— Philosophy
of
partnerships:
We
use
cross-­‐sector
partnerships
(public,
private
and
NGOs)
as
a
core
for
delivery
the
program
in
the
Russian
regions.
— Regions:
Kaluga,
Voronezh,
Novosibirsk,
Rostov,
Moscow,
Kirov,
Krasnodar
and
Primorsky
Krai
— YBR
program
as
a
part
of
a
Youth
Business
Interna-onal
(YBI)
network
— The
overall
management
for
the
YBR
in
Russia
is
carried
out
by
IBLF
Russia

9. Experience
of
the
complex
support
of
youth
entrepreneurship
in
YBI
network
on
the
example
of
YBR
History
of
Youth
Business
Russia
— Founded
in
2008
as
a
joint
project
of
IBLF,
Oxfam
and
Royal
Bank
of
Scotland
(RBS);
— By
now
opera@ng
in
8
regions
across
Russia;
— More
than
50
interna@onal,
na@onal
and
regional
partners;
— Crea@ng
around
30
new
businesses
in
each
region
annually;
— Every
new
business
creates
3-­‐4
jobs.

10. Experience
of
the
complex
support
of
youth
entrepreneurship
in
YBI
network
on
the
example
of
YBR
YBR
as
a
part
of
YBI
— Ac@ve
involvement
in
network’s
global
and
interregional
events
(forums,
conferences,
workshops);
— Adap@ng
materials
in
Russian
language;
— Providing
consultancy
and
study
tours
for
network’s
“newcomers”
(eg
Serbia,
Mongolia,
Kazakhstan,
Belarus);
— Sharing
experience
with
other
network’s
members;
— Member
of
YBR
board
is
represen@ng
Russian-­‐speaking
countries
in
YBI
Board
of
Trustees;
— Nomina@ng
par@cipants
for
YBI
annual
awards.

11. Experience
of
the
complex
support
of
youth
entrepreneurship
in
YBI
network
on
the
example
of
YBR

12. Experience
of
the
complex
support
of
youth
entrepreneurship
in
YBI
network
on
the
example
of
YBR
The
role
of
mentoring
in
entrepreneurship
Ø Unique
YBI
product
Ø Applied
in
all
of
the
46
programs
Ø YBR
adjusted
for
Russia
local
environment
and
has
been
successfully
opera@ng
for
6
years
Ø Long-­‐term
interna@onal
experience
shows
direct
correla@on
between
effec@ve
mentor’s
support
and
increased
chance
for
successful
business/
business
sustainability
/
punctual
loan
repayment
Ø Mo@vates
young
entrepreneurs
to
achieve
objec@ves
Ø Improves
entrepreneurial
skills

13. Experience
of
the
complex
support
of
youth
entrepreneurship
in
YBI
network
on
the
example
of
YBR
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
agen@on!
Boris
Tkachenko
boris.tkachenko@Iblfrussia.org
www.iblfrussia.org