{"id":5216,"date":"2022-12-13T17:18:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T16:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wpdi.org\/?p=5216"},"modified":"2022-12-13T17:57:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T16:57:59","slug":"wpdi-runs-business-plan-competitions-in-chiapas-and-tijuana-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wpdi.org\/fr\/news\/wpdi-runs-business-plan-competitions-in-chiapas-and-tijuana-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"WPDI Runs Business Plan Competitions in Chiapas and Tijuana, Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

December 13, 2022 – <\/b>A key component of WPDI\u2019s global efforts to develop sustainable peace in areas affected by violence and insecurity is our <\/span>Business Bootcamp<\/span><\/a> initiative, <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>an incubation platform that serves to complement specific efforts at mediation and reconciliation with the fostering of livelihoods. Years of deploying programs in places affected by conflict and violence have indeed taught us that for lasting peace to occur at the grassroots level, communities must rely on endogenous forces and resources. Hence our choice to promote entrepreneurship and teach business skills. Skills are critical. They mean knowledge can be mobilized in the workplace. Possessing concrete skills is critical also because it is empowering in itself; it brings self-confidence and social recognition, two existential pillars that are often lacking in the personal development of youths and women from vulnerable and marginalized areas. However, the reality for these youths is not just that they lack access to skills, they also lack access to opportunities and capital. To respond to this opportunity gap, our business graduates can apply into a competitive process, the Business Plan Competition, through which we select promising projects that we will fund and monitor for at least a year. Being flexible and highly responsive to local realities, this is an approach that we have come to deploy in all our target countries with constant success.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year, WPDI ran a series of such Business Plan Competitions in Chiapas and Tijuana, Mexico, giving aspiring entrepreneurs the opportunity to win funding for their startup projects following participation in the Business Bootcamp<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span>In Tijuana, this year\u2019s Business Plan competition took place on October 18th. The Tijuana program trained 2 different groups of people this year: migrants and women who were victims of violence. These two groups are particularly vulnerable in Tijuana, with gender-based violence widespread in a city fraught with violent crime. Furthermore, with Tijuana being one of the most visited border towns in the world, migration crises are common. Giving these women the chance to participate in something positive and proactive is important for their development and integration into society.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For Tijuana, the three winners were:<\/span><\/p>\n