Heba Press – Rabat
Today Saturday, at the International University of Rabat, the National Observatory for the Rights of the Child launched an entrepreneurship training camp for the benefit of 395 child parliamentarians, under the effective presidency of Her Royal Highness the Princess Lalla Meryem.
This training camp, organized in partnership with the Ministry of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills and the National Agency for the Promotion of Employment and Skills, on the occasion of World Children’s Day, is an important initiative aimed at training children in entrepreneurship. , particularly social entrepreneurship.
The camp also aims to stimulate the entrepreneurial spirit of child parliamentarians, release their energies and help them implement their ideas and projects related to children’s rights on the ground.
In a speech delivered on the occasion, Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills Younis Al-Skouri confirmed that the entrepreneurship training camp mainly aims to train children parliamentarians, men and women, to the approach linked to entrepreneurship, and to support entrepreneurship, through numerous training courses and supports, over a period of three days.
Mr. Al-Sakuri added that this event is considered a qualitative initiative that aims to train 395 children in the field of entrepreneurship through projects in various fields, stressing that this initiative will allow the new generation to develop their capabilities and its knowledge to contribute to the path of development.
For her part, the vice-president of the National Observatory for the Rights of the Child, Ghizlane Benjelloun, indicated that this training camp constitutes an opportunity and an innovative and distinguished educational experience, noting that it aims to revive the spirit of will and ambition, and to offer children the skills and tools that will accompany them throughout their academic and professional career.
Ms. Benjelloun added that these child parliamentarians will be, for three days, accompanied and guided by experts and specialists in the field of entrepreneurship in order to open new horizons linked to innovation and creativity.
For her part, the Director General of the National Agency for the Promotion of Employment and Skills, Iman Belmatti, confirmed that this training camp, whose organization coincides with the International Entrepreneurship Week, will inscribed in the high royal vision of His Majesty King Mohammed. VI, which views entrepreneurship as a culminating path for learning efforts and overcoming challenges.
Ms. Belmatti stressed that this training camp aims to train child parliamentarians in design thinking for business plan models, financial education, the art of public speaking, the spirit of leadership, facilitate and encourage creativity and innovation, as well as instilling an entrepreneurial spirit.
During this training camp, which runs until November 18, child parliamentarians will be accompanied by consultants specialized in supporting entrepreneurship, providing them with all the tools necessary to develop a business model canvas, notably the approach of the Education for Employment Center, based on learning by doing, to teach these young people, from tomorrow’s leaders, the basics of entrepreneurship.
The children, divided into 25 groups of 16 participants, will also benefit from a practical simulation, which will allow them to develop their personal skills in persuasive communication.
Please note that at the end of this training camp, prizes of excellence and incentive prizes will be awarded to the three best projects.
