Youth “upgraded” their entrepreneurial skills at the Summer Program courses in Ashgabat

Youth “upgraded” their entrepreneurial skills at the Summer Program courses in Ashgabat

The Summer Youth Skills Development Program 2023 ended in Ashgabat. The three-week course was organized by the National Public Association "Union of Economists of Turkmenistan" and the project of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on the development of modern professional skills.
The program is timed to coincide with World Youth Skills Day, which is celebrated annually on July 15th. 40 young people aged 17 to 25 were selected to participate in the project on a competitive basis. They have developed the personal, entrepreneurial and digital skills needed to successfully find employment and build careers in today's world. The main goal of the program is to increase the competitiveness of young people in the labor market.
The Union of Economists, supported by USAID, has been conducting a comprehensive program for a number of years and is being implemented in three stages: trainings on the development of personal skills (soft skills), trainings on the basics of entrepreneurship and business planning, and trainings on digital skills that are necessary for successful employment and work in a modern office. National experts and certified trainers of the Union of Economists conducted training in Turkmen and Russian.
The project participants received theoretical knowledge and practical skills on such important and relevant topics as professional self-determination, managing one's own potential, the basics of business planning and running one's own business, safe online behavior and work in a modern office; during the program, young people mastered the basic methods and tools for successful employment.
In addition to trainings, master classes and meetings with representatives of the Turkmen business community were organized for young people. Young people also had a unique opportunity to take part in an educational Job Fair, with the involvement of real employers, which allowed participants to put into practice the acquired skills and employment tools in conditions as close as possible to real ones.
The summer course ended on July 29 with the “Plan, Product, Presentation” competition - the participants of the program presented their business ideas to the jury, which included experienced business representatives of Turkmenistan from various sectors of the economy, as well as heads of electronic media. The entries were judged on a number of criteria, including the innovativeness and realism of the idea, the elaboration of the business plan and marketing strategy, as well as the presentation skills of the participants. The winners of the competition received prizes from the organizers of the program, and the project participants received certificates of completion of the course.

source: orient news