Tashabos: Youth Entrepreneurship Education in Afghanistan
Established: 1983
The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) is helping to teach vital business and entrepreneurial skills in schools across Afghanistan.
- Affiliation
- NGO
- Contact No.
- (+1) 202-721-9200
- Address
Andrew Wilson, 1155 15th Street, N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC, 20005, USA
- Email Address
- awilson@cipe.org
- Website
- http://www.cipe.org/regional/southasia/tashabos/index.php
1. Source of funding
National Endowment for Democracy
2. Mission and objectives
Strengthening democracy around the globe through private enterprise and market-oriented reform.
Tashabos provides young people with much-needed business skills. With their newly acquired capabilities, these young Afghan entrepreneurs are starting new enterprises and contributing to the growth of their families’ businesses and the Afghan economy.
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Areas of work relating to youth employment
Enterprise development
4. Partners and areas of partnership
Afghanistan's Ministry of Education
5. Potential or existing partnership with the ILO
6. Successful youth employment interventions
The curricula begin by exploring basic business and economic concepts, discuss how to start a business, and culminate with a look at the role of the entrepreneur in society