Our three-day conference for MBI program coordinators ended on Sunday.
We have a total of fifteen future coordinators who will develop Youth Bank initiatives in their communities.
The Youth Bank of Initiatives is a model for attracting active people in the community to solve the necessary socially significant problems.
MBI includes 5 main stages on the way, namely:
Study of the problem. The team will be able to assess the situation in the community, determine the main needs by conducting a survey, discussions with representatives of the mayor's office and business, and analyzing statistical data.
Formation of problem-solving programs, which will be a priority according to the conducted research;
Fundraising, search and collection of funds and resources for future implemented projects;
Competition of youth initiatives. Dreams turn into implemented youth projects.
Project financing and monitoring. We implement, supervise the process and observe a positive result in the community thanks to our joint work.
The coordinators gained valuable knowledge in the following areas:
supportive leadership: how to be a role model for youth
fundraising, how to raise funds for your projects
project management
It is these topics that are the main ones for the coordinators to master, and we also explained in detail how the MBI works and the participants who are already implementing their projects within the MBI shared their experience. The participants had practical tasks where they prescribed the development strategy of their future projects and all key stages of the MBI.