Youth Business Program

László Balogh

(curator, Calasanctius Ösztöndíj Alapítvány)

Return Founding Conference

6 November 2010

Budapest

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• Slogan of CTP:

„Make a lot, Save a lot, Give a lot”• „Give a lot” = Youth Business Program• YBP since 2000• Mostly funded by CTP alumni• Goal: enhance entrepreneurial spirit among

high-school students• International program

Why YBP?

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• Participants: high school students (16-18)

• Extracurricular program on business

• Preliminary lectures

• Business Ethics

• Intensive program in the summer

• Workshops

• Business Plans

Program Structure

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• Hungary (Budapest & Szeged)

• Transylvania (Csíkszereda, Romania)

• Subcarpathia (Beregszász, Ukraine)

• Highlands (Somorja & Dunaszerdahely, Slovakia – temporary termination)

• US locations in Buffalo, NY and Seattle, WA

• Cooperation with Euro MPs in Strasbourg

International Cooperation (2000-2010)

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• 10 years

• 29 programs

• 650 students

• 520 lectures and workshops

• 35 volunteers from CTP alumni

• 190 hours with US lecturers

YBP in numbers

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• 48 high schools

• 64 lecturers

• 87 business plans

• 26 awarded students in the US

• 32,000 volunteer work hours

YBP in numbers (ctnued)

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Thank you for your attention!

CTP-Youth Business Program