HAVANA.- The United States Embassy in Cuba called on young entrepreneurs from the country to participate in the scholarships of the Young Leaders Initiative America (YLAIfor its acronym in English), which each year offers the possibility of internships in business institutions in the northern country.
The YLAI, an initiative of the US State Department, trains emerging entrepreneurs to promote “the full economic potential of the region’s citizens,” the portal reports. CubaNet.
“YLAI empowers entrepreneurs to strengthen their ability to launch and advance their business ideas and effectively contribute to the social and economic development of their communities,” the program wrote on its official site.
According to the website, the application process for the next Young Leaders of the Americas (YLAI) Scholarship Program is now open and the deadline is June 5, 2024 at 11:59 pm.
Since the launch of the initiative in 2015, more than 1,750 young people from Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada have received scholarships from YLAI.
What does the program contemplate?
The program focuses on a Business Leadership Curriculum and individualized professional practices, to “accelerate the success of their commercial and social endeavors” and develop “specific action plans to implement upon returning to their home countries.”
The scholarship includes four-week internships in cities throughout the United States; business leadership curriculum with online and in-person courses, developed by IREX and Arizona State University (ASU).
In addition, they foresee the collaboration of YLAI scholarship recipients with American partners after the program ends, a relationship that provides access to “professional development opportunities, mentoring, networking, and activities for alumni.”
The YLAI scholarship application is free and if accepted, the US Government will cover all the costs of the program, in addition: assistance for the J-1 visa, round trip travel from the participant’s city of origin to the United States and domestic travel to the United States, as required by the program.
Who can participate?
“Candidates will be considered without distinction of race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexuality, national origin, disability or any other characteristic protected by US law,” the call says.
Candidates must be between 25 and 35 years old by January 1, 2025; be residents and citizens of one of the participating countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada , Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Martin, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Source: WRITING
