Service d'aide aux jeunes entreprises (SAJE) du Montréal Centre

Published purpose

The project promotes the integration of young entrepreneurs and women entrepreneurs into the formal economy through on-going coaching to help them create and develop micro, small, and medium-size businesses in the Caldas, Risaralda, and Quindío regions of Colombia. The main objectives are: to strengthen the capacity of the local partner and its associates to optimize the intervention model they use to help entrepreneurs; to recruit and train 60 advisors that specialize in business advice and monitoring; to build an interactive regional training platform for business start-up and development; and, finally, to train, advise, and provide on-going support for the entrepreneurs who participate in the project. To accomplish these objectives, the Service d'aide aux jeunes entreprises du Montréal Centre provides local organizations with an advisory approach that has been developed over the past 15 years and adapted to address the development issues faced by micro-entrepreneurs in developing countries.