AUGUST 8TH
II Latin American Forum on Youth Employment
Policies, Partnerships and Programs for Entrepreneurship
August 7th and 8th
Convention Center, City of Knowledge
AGENDA IN ENGLISH
Day 2: Friday, August 8th, 2008
T I M E SESSION PLACE ROOM
8:30 am – 9:00am
Registration Convention Center Hall
9:00 am – 9:45 am Plenary 4
Building Committment for 2 Millions Young Entepreneurs
From YES 2008 to YES 2010
Convention Center 108
*Poonam Ahluwalia, President, YES Inc.
*Carl Mossfelt, Executive Director, Tallberg Foundation, Sweden.
*Caroline Stiernstedt Sahlborn, Program Coordinator YES 2010, Tallberg Foundation,
Sweden.

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9:45am – 10:15am Convention Center
Coffe Break 110
Plenary 5
Reaching the 2 Millions Opportunities Mark
10:15 am – 11:00am The YES Fund Model
Convention Center 108
*Poonam Ahluwalia, President, YES Inc.
*Samuel González, President, Fundación E.
11:00am-12:00md Plenary 6
Trends and Challenges for the Promotion of
Youth Employment and Entepreneurship Convention Center 108
*Myrian Franco de Martínez, Director, Centro de Recursos Tajy de San Estanislao/YES
Paraguay Network, Paraguay.
*Luis Fernando González Preciado, Regional Manager, Central America and Dominican
Republic, MANPOWER.
*Rafael Luna, Regional Representative, Mesoamerica, AVINA.
*Juan Carlos Córdoba, Youth Coordinator, First Lady Office, Panama.
*Javier Álvarez Ramos, Education Secretary, Chiapas State, Mexico.
12:00md – 1:00 pm Convention Center
Lunch
110
Parallel Sessions 2 –Study Cases
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
S8 Convention Center
S5 S6 S7 Entepreneurship (CC)
ICTs Empowering Youth CSR Programs Training Programs & S5: 301, TBC
S6: 302, TBC
Training and Business S7: 105,TBC
*Case Center (TBC) S8: 102, CC
Building 105

AUGUST 8TH
S5 S6 S7 S8 PLACE ROOM
ICTs Empowering Youth CSR Programs Entepreneurship
Training Programs
*Case IAD, YES *Case United *Case Banks in *Case Fundacion E,
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Peru/Microsoft Network of Young Action-Latin Chile: Graciela
Program, Peru: Peacebuilders: America, Citi Duran, Regional
Arturo Alfaro, YES Humberto Parra, Foundation/ Director-South
Peru Leader. Executive Junior America, Fundacion
Director, Bolivian Achievement: E. Convention Center
*Case TICs Youth Itza Perez Polo, (CC) S5: 301, TBC
Americas, Foundation/YES Coordinator year *Case & S6: 302, TBC
YABT/OAS: Edgar Bolivia Network, 2007 & young Empretec/Chamber S7: 105,TBC
Maestre, Program Bolivia. winners. of Commerce: Training and Business S8: 102, CC
Manager, Young Panama: Felipe Ariel Center (TBC)
Americas Business *Case Institute of *Case Rodriguez, President, Building 105
Trust (YABT Youth Levi´s/Fundacion Empretec.
Competitiveness E: Samuel
Institute/COSPAE: González, *Case PACE/GTZ,
Fabio Carranza, President Guatemala: Mauricio
Director, Panama. Fundacion E and Quintana, Advisor
Vanessa Siliezar, Youth and
YES Honduras. Entepreneurship,
*Case YES GTZ in Guatemala.
Guatemala: *Edgar Bermúdez,
Vivian Noelia CSR Coordinator,
Chacón González, AVINA
member of YES Mesoamérica.
Network.

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Parallel Sessions 3
Workshop (W) and Multistakeholder Concertation Tables (MCT))
PLACE ROOM
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
W1 MCT 1 MCT 2 MCT 3
*Young Enterpreneurs
and the MDGs, Blue Latin American Latin American
Print Project, Agenda on Youth Agenda on Youth Latin American Agenda on
IYFP/YES Latin Entepreneurship Entepreneurship Youth Entepreneurship 2008
America. 2008-2010 2008-2010 2010 Convention Center
(CC)
3Ps (Policy, 3Ps (Policy, 3Ps (Policy, Partnerships and & T1: 102,CC
Partnerships and Partnerships and Programs MCM1: 105,TBC
Programs Programs Training and Business MCM2: 301, TBC
Center (TBC) MCM3:302, TBC
Building 105
Facilitator:
Ursula Carrascal, YES Facilitator: Facilitator: Facilitator:
Latin America *Juan Carlos Maribel Landau, *Felipe Rodriguez,
Cordoba, Youth UNDP Panama. President,
Coordinator, First Empretec, Panamá.
Lady office,
Panama.
4:00-4:30pm Coffe Break Convention Center 110

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4:30pm-5:00pm
Plenary 7
ICTS for Entrepreneurship Convention Center 108
*Verónica Tostado, Regional Manager, Cisco Entepreneur Institute, Latin America
5:00pm-6:00 pm Convention Center 108 y 109
CLOSING CEREMONY
*Multistakeholders Concertation Roundtables (MCT)- Latin American Agenda on Youth
Entepreneurship 2008-2010 (Policies, Partnerships and Programs).
*YES Latin America Award 2008- to Jose Ignacio Morales “El Artístico” for his
contributions to youth employment in Dominican Republic and his committed service
to YES in Latin America.
*Recognition to Diamond Sponsors:
-First Lady Office in Panama
-Tigo
*Launch of YES Fellows for Latin America-pilot in Nicaragua:
- Joel Nitzberg, Director, Institute for Lifelong learning and Community Building
Cambridge College
- Jaime Aguilar, YES Leader, Nicaragua
*Launch YES Fund for Latin America:
- Poonam Ahluwalia, President, YES Inc.
- Samuel González, President, Fundacion E.
- Modaldo Tuñon, President, COSPAE, Panama.
-
Official Closing
of Panama.