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Lessons from the work with “Rural Youth” in Latin America and the
Caribbean Procasur Coporation
August, 2014
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Procasur: “South to South Cooperation” in Knowledge Management.
Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean: History of colonization/Cultural linkages/Similar economic and social contexts/Situated and relevant experiences as source of knowledge
Improve development processes from “South to South Cooperation” as a strategy to share experiences/lessons/best practices…
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“South to South Cooperation”…
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PROCASUR 2012-2015: “Rural Youth Entrepreneurship Program” (IFAD).
Objective: To facilitate the integration of Rural Youth as relevant actor in their communities and territories.
Components: 1) Knowledge Management; 2) Policy dialogue; 3) Entrepreneurship through ‘Learning Fund’.
Topics of interest: business development, access to financial services, access to assets, access to land, partnership and networks.
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Lessons in Knowledge Management
Importance to generate adequate knowledge about the Rural Youth regarding their context: Who are the Rural Youth in L.A and C?
Sociodemographic Studies (7 cases studies: Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru and the Dominican Republic).
Research about the Youth and their Strategies of Life: needs, interest, trajectories, enabling and disabling factors and life’s expectations.
Identification and documentation of good practices/successful experiences
Thematic groups and Learning Routes: Entrepreneurship/Access to Financial Services/Access to Land…
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Lessons in Entrepreneurship/Financial Access through the “Learning
Fund" Funds allocation must be complemented with capacity
building in administration/accountability/leadership/communicational skills/self confidence/life’s expectative…
Seed capital: as a pilot experience to manage resources and identify the costs/benefits of business
Risk sharing model: co-funding as counterpart (material and non-material resources)
Business Plan can be improve with the support of other rural young champions.
Support other type of non rural business: value chain/product’s transformations
Specific M&E system: including the rural youth participation
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Lessons in Associativity issues
Rural business with low rentability and high number of associated: analyse the adequate type of association regarding the business characteristics (enterprises/cooperatives/NPO…)
Adapt the model of associativity to the local structures for sustainability: family businesses (5 persons)
Flexibility regarding the “formalization” of associations
Include rural youth women in associations
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Lessons in Access to Land…
Create incentives for the parents to give a plot of land to their sons and daughters to starts a business of their own (Learning Fund: early inheritance)
Call for research to analyse local experiences of access to land for rural youth identifying formal and informal mechanism: learn how communities and families are dealing with land access to younger generations
Land programs with different strategies for subsidizing land to rural youth (customary practices/market/state) should:
be included in a broader strategy of rural development, focus on sub-stages of life cycle (25-35 years/couples) consider complementary financial services according to the youth needs, adapt to forms of association in the territory, involve the community, have a flexible and participatory approach.
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Let’s continue this dance!